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| Photo of Donah Bassett |
Donah Bassett was born Donah June Polk in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on April 23, 1927. She Moved to California in 1928 with her mother. Donah studied art at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California.
Her career began in the Film Industry in 1954, working as a film technician at Technicolor Film Laboratory. She moved to MGM to become a Negative Film Cutter in 1966 and to Universal Studios in 1971.
Donah founded Donah Bassett & Associates, a Negative Cutting company, in 1976. She contracted with all the major film studios. She worked as a negative film cutter for 42 years.
She worked with Coppola, Scorsese, Friedkin, Caleb Deschnel, Vittorio Storaro, and Steven Spielberg.
She later moved to Phoenix, Arizona. There Donah studied painting with Tom Haas, Joni Falk, Heidi Moran, Maxine Johnson and Jane Wingfield at local workshops associated with The Scottsdale Art School. Her paintings reflect her love of nature and light. She has shown her work in numerous exhibitions and Galleries in California and Arizona.
Donah Died May 4, 2010 at the age of 83.
(Information from biography written by Gary Goldman)
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| Set Photo from “Vision Quest” |
Filmography: The Swarm, Reds, Milagro Beanfield War, Back To The Future, Scarface, Unforgiven, E.T., Vision Quest, A Few God Men, Grumpy Old Men, Tombstone, Dangerous Minds, Chain Reaction
IMDB Profile: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060205/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr49
Donah Bassett & Associates IMDB Profile: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0039491/
Donah’s Obituary in Variety: http://variety.com/2010/film/news/negative-film-cutter-donah-bassett-dies-1118018901/
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