Hugh A. Robertson was born on May 28, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Midnight Cowboy (1969), Bim (1974) and Shaft (1971). He died on January 10, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The first African American editor to be nominated for an Oscar.
He clashed many times with director John Schlesinger over the editing of "Midnight Cowboy". The British editor Jim Clark, a frequent collaborator of Schlesinger's, did a lot of additional work and is credited as "consultant".