Carol Littleton

A native Oklahoman, Carol Littleton was studying on a Fulbright scholarship in France during the mid-1960s at the height of the French New Wave cinema. After viewing "The Battle of Algiers" (1965), she decided to pursue a career in film editing and was befriended by editors Suzanne Baron and Francoise Bonnot. Returning to the USA, Littleton settled in Southern California and began editing TV commercials. Working at the American Film Institute, she began cutting short films, including Lee Grant's "The Stronger" and Karen Arthur's "To Die in California."