George Joseph Folsey Jr. (January 17, 1939 â December 29, 2024) was an American film producer, editor, and assistant director.
Folsey was born in Los Angeles on January 17, 1939, the son of George J. Folsey. He was educated at Pomona College.
Folsey began his career at KABC-TV in Los Angeles, before moving into film. He frequently worked with director John Landis in the 1980s. In 1987, he was acquitted in a manslaughter case brought over the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children in a helicopter accident on the set of '.
Folsey and his wife, Belinda, had two children. He died from pneumonia in Los Angeles on December 29, 2024, at the age of 85.
At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.
Folsey Jr. edited or co-edited six Landis films: all productions from Schlock (1973) to The Blues Brothers (1980), Thriller and Coming to America. Folsey produced eleven films directed or co-directed by Landis (Schlock, The Blues Brothers, all films from An American Werewolf in London to Coming to America). He was also second unit director on Landis' Trading Places, Into the Night and Three Amigos projects. His son, editor Ryan Folsey appeared in Landis's first feature film Schlock. Folsey's name is mentioned in a scene in Trading Places when Louis Winthorpe gives his coat to the coat attendant and says "Good morning, Folsey."