Hubert de la Bouillerie, a film editor whose three-decade career ran from the documentary Woodstock to George Miller's The Witches of Eastwick, died Aug. 8 at 75, Variety and Deadline reported. His family only recently announced the death. His sister Annie Goeke-de la Bouillerie told Deadline he had battled a long-term illness and spent his final two weeks in hospice.
From Woodstock to Tango & Cash
De la Bouillerie started out on Woodstock, the Oscar-winning 1970 documentary about the 1969 festival, where Variety credits him with additional editing. He then worked in assistant editing roles on films including Rollerball, And Justice for All and Firefox, and on the TV miniseries Roots: The Next Generations, before earning his first editor credit on the 1985 prison comedy Doin' Time, according to Deadline.
His editing credits went on to include The Witches of Eastwick, Tango & Cash, Highlander II: The Quickening, Mo' Money, Blank Check, Celtic Pride and Police Academy 5 and 6. In all, he cut more than 30 films and TV programs.
He also directed, including the 1996 TV movie The Right to Remain Silent, starring Carl Reiner, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, LL Cool J and Patrick Dempsey among others, plus The Apocalypse and a 2005 episode of Boston Legal.
A storyteller at heart
Born Jan. 28, 1951, de la Bouillerie was also a photographer and novelist, publishing the gothic novel Of Love and Evil: The Birth in 2012. His family said he was drawn throughout his life to creative expression, whether in the editing room, behind the camera or on the page.
Debbie Robins de la Bouillerie, his wife for 25 years and a collaborator on much of his work, died in 2015. He was earlier married to Hilary Saltzman, daughter of James Bond producer Harry Saltzman. He is survived by his children, Jacqueline Bell and Alexandre de la Bouillerie, and by seven siblings, including his sister Annie Goeke.
Reporting sources: Variety, “Hubert de la Bouillerie, Editor on ‘Woodstock,’ ‘Witches of Eastwick,’ Dies at 75” · Deadline, “Hubert de la Bouillerie Dies: Editor On ‘Woodstock’, ‘Witches Of Eastwick’, ‘Rollerball’ & Others Was 75”.