He studied film at the University of Southern California before dropping out to go to work at Republic Studios.
[1] He received Primetime Emmy Awards for editing the My Sweet Charlie World Premiere in 1970[3] and the Columbo NBC Mystery Movie in 1972[4] He shared the 2006 American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.
[6] He has also worked as an editor in Sam Peckinpah’s suspense thriller film The Osterman Weekend (1983).
[1] Abroms had joined Review Productions (present Universal Studios) as an apprentice editor after a short stint at Technicolor.
He earned his first Emmy Award for the 1970 NBC telefilm My Sweet Charlie, directed by Lamont Johnson and starring Patty Duke.