John Carter ( September 22 , 1922 – August 13 , 2018 ) was an American film editor . He rose to the ranks at CBS on the Ed Sullivan Show , becoming the first African-American film editor to be employed by network television in New York . For the last four of his twelve years with CBS , he was the supervising film editor for the award-winning documentary unit , Eye On New York . John left CBS to form his own company John Carter Associates , Inc . John was born in Newark , New Jersey to the proud parents of William and Marie Carter on September 22 , 1922 . He was the third of four children . His family moved to Asbury Park , New Jersey in 1927 . He was an athlete on the basketball , football and track teams at Asbury Park High School and an avid swimmer during the summer months along the Jersey shore , he was a member of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Temple where he acted in religious plays directed by his father . In 1943 he was drafted into the U.S. army where he served during WWII in Europe as a staff sergeant earning the Soldier ’s Medal of Valor , American Service Medal , World War II Victory Medal , European African Middle Eastern Service Medal and Good Conduct Medal . After his honorable discharge in 1946 John trained at the New York Institute of Photography and the Brooklyn Institute of Motion Picture Production . Upon graduating , he went into an apprenticeship program at the Signal Corps Pictorial Center for film editing . During this time , he met the love of his life Carole at a dance in Harlem at the Hotel Theresa on the top floor in the Skyline Ballroom . They were married on the August 22nd 1954 in Idlewild , Michigan . They had 3 beautiful children , and 6 grandsons . He died at his White Plains , New York home on August 13 , 2018 , aged 95
World War II Victory Medal
World War II Victory Medal (United States)
John Carter (film editor)