Career
He had a longstanding, notable collaboration with director Sydney Pollack, editing nearly all of Pollack"s films from Tootsie (1982) through the director"s last film, The Interpreter (2005). Steinkamp"s first credits are as an assistant editor to his father, Fredric Steinkamp, on two of Pollack"s films in the late 1970s. From 1980 on, Steinkamp co-edited most of Pollack"s films with his father.
After his father"s retirement in 1995, William Steinkamp became Pollack"s principal editor through the end of the latter"s career in 2005.
Steinkamp has edited several of director Gary Fleder"s films, from Kiss the Girls (1997) through The Express (2008).