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George Tomasini has been something of an unsung hero in the editing business. He was for several years under contract to Paramount, before joining Alfred Hitchcock to collaborate on nine projects, beginning with Rear Window (1954). This partnership was to span a ten-year period, ending in Tomasini's premature death from a massive heart attack at the age of 55. Hitch's subsequent films never again enjoyed the same level of artistic success. While Tomasini may not have had the same creative freedom in selecting his own shots as other editors, he nonetheless became highly intuitive about the director's wishes. Tomasini was a master of time and space in editing to heighten suspense and determine mood. Much of Hitch's best films were strongly driven by editing, in particular Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963) (another classic, the sub-Hitchcockian thriller Cape Fear (1962) also falls into this category, though directed by J. Lee Thompson).
Tall and handsome, Tomasini was married to glamorous Hollywood star Mary Brian.Alfred Hitchcock's editor. The Misfits, Stalag 17.- Editor
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Olivier Bugge Coutté was born on 26 May 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Olivier Bugge is an editor and producer, known for Thelma (2017), Beginners (2010) and Oslo, August 31st (2011).The Worst Person in the World, Oslo 31 August, Beginners, The Promised Land, Reprise.- Editor
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Tim Squyres was born on 29 March 1959 in Wenonah, New Jersey, USA. He is an editor, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Life of Pi (2012) and Gosford Park (2001).And Lee's editor.- Editor
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Nino Baragli was born on 1 October 1925 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an editor, known for Django (1966), Mediterraneo (1991) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He died on 29 May 2013 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.The Good, the Bad and Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, Once Upon A Time in the West, Django.- Editor
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José Salcedo was born in 1949 in Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was an editor, known for All About My Mother (1999), Broken Embraces (2009) and The Skin I Live In (2011). He died on 19 September 2017 in Madrid, Spain.Pedro Almodovar's editor- Editor
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Dody Dorn was born on 20 April 1955 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is an editor and producer, known for Memento (2000), The Abyss (1989) and Fury (2014).Collaborator of Ridley Scott and Zack Snyder.- Editor
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Though he's cut celluloid for some of the best in the business, chances are many film lovers wouldn't even recognize the name Pietro Scalia in a lineup of Hollywood's best film editors. Born in Sicily in 1960, Scalia resided in Switzerland before heading to Los Angeles to continue his education. After receiving his M.F.A. in Film and Theater Arts from U.C.L.A. in 1985, Scalia began his career as an assistant editor to Oliver Stone on such features as Wall Street (1987) and Talk Radio (1988). Later coming into his own with such films as JFK (1991) (for which he received a Best Editing Oscar) and Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead (1995), Scalia continued to work on such high-profile films as Stealing Beauty (1996) and G.I. Jane (1997). Scalia also received Best Editor Oscar nominations for Good Will Hunting (1997) and Gladiator (2000), though he would have to wait until the following year for his next win at the Oscars, as he received the Best Editing Award for director Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down (2001).Former collaborator with Ridley Scott, Solo, Ferrari.- Editor
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Eddie Hamilton is known for Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023).Kick-Ass, X-Men First Class, Mission Impossible and Top Gun Maverick.- Editor
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In 2022, British film editor Joe Walker won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Dune. Walker is also a two-time Academy Award nominee and a three-time BAFTA nominee for his work on the films 12 Years a Slave, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049. Walker was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award in 2009, and the British Independent Film Award in 2010. In 2012, he won the European Film Award for Best Editor for the feature film Shame starring Michael Fassbender. Additionally, Walker was nominated for The Satellite Award in 2011, 2013, 2015 and was the winner in 2016 for the American crime thriller-movie Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Walker has received a string of four nominations over five years from the American Cinema Editor's Award for the Best Edited Dramatic Feature Film. In 2016, Walker won this award for Arrival.
In 2018, Walker cut the film Widows for director Steve McQueen. Walker is currently editing Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two.Arrival, Dune, 12 Years A Slave, Sicario, Hunger, The Creator, Black Hat- Editor
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Paul Hirsch, A.C.E. has edited over 40 films, among them the first "Star Wars" written and directed by George Lucas, for which he received an Academy Award in 1978, and "The Empire Strikes Back"; 11 films for Brian De Palma, including "Carrie", "Blowout" and "Mission: Impossible"; four for Herbert Ross, including "Footloose", "The Secret of My Success" and "Steel Magnolias"; three for John Hughes, including "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"; and "Falling Down" for Joel Schumacher. In 2005, he received his second Academy Award nomination for "Ray", a biopic based on the life of Ray Charles, directed by Taylor Hackford. The various genres in his resume include drama, action, horror, musical comedy, fantasy, suspense, mystery and comedy. In 2008, he reunited with Hackford on "Love Ranch." More recently, he edited "Source Code", directed by Duncan Jones, "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol", directed by Brad Bird, "Warcraft", his second picture with Duncan Jones, and has served as additional editor on numerous films. Hirsch was born in NYC. His father, Joseph Hirsch, was a well-known painter whose works are in the permanent collections of major museums in the US, including the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum. His mother and stepfather, Ruth & Leonard Bocour, were important collectors of 20th Century American painting. He spent part of his childhood growing up in Paris and is fluent in French, as well as somewhat conversant in Italian and British. He studied music at the High School of Music & Art in NYC. He majored in Art History at Columbia University. He is married, with two grown offspring both in the film business, and lives in Pacific Palisades. He is the author of a memoir titled "A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away."Collaborated with George Lucas and Brian De Palma- Director
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Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Montreal. He directed Black List, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club, Los Locos, Loser Love and Café de Flore. He also created the HBO shows Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects. He was married to Chantal Cadieux and had two sons. He passed away on Christmas Day 2021.Sharp Objects- Editor
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Craig McKay is known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Philadelphia (1993) and Reds (1981). He is married to Patricia Knack McKay. They have one child.The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia.- Editor
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Peter Zinner was born on 24 July 1919 in Vienna, Austria. He was an editor and producer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), The Godfather (1972) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He was married to Christa Zinner. He died on 13 November 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.The Godfather Parts I & II, The Deer Hunter, A Star is Born, Conspiracy- Editor
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Dede Allen started her career as a messenger at Columbia Pictures. She graduated to being a sound cutter and assistant editor. Her first job as a film editor was for director Robert Wise, and since then, she has achieved a reputation as one of the most stylish and creative editors in the American film industry.The Breakfast Club, Dog Day Afternoon, Bonnie & Clyde, Serpico, The Hustler, Rachel Rachel.- Editor
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William Goldenberg was born on 2 November 1959 in the USA. He is an editor and director, known for Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Argo (2012) and Miami Vice (2006).Heat, Argo.- Editor
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Four-time Oscar nominee Dorothy Spencer was one of the versatile stalwarts of the Hollywood studio system. She began her career as a cutter with Fox and subsequently enjoyed a close collaboration with the independent producer Walter Wanger at Paramount (1936) and United Artists (1937-41). Her longest career spell was at 20th Century Fox, from 1943 to 1963, during which time her assignments ranged from war/action movies and gothic thrillers to large-scale Biblical epics shot in CinemaScope.
Testimony to the high level of competence and consistency of her work can be found in the frequency of her associations with prominent directors: Tay Garnett (Stand-In (1937), Trade Winds (1938), Eternally Yours (1939)); John Ford (Stagecoach (1939), My Darling Clementine (1946), What Price Glory (1952)); Ernst Lubitsch (To Be or Not to Be (1942), Heaven Can Wait (1943), Cluny Brown (1946)); Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Dragonwyck (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Cleopatra (1963)); Edward Dmytryk (Broken Lance (1954), The Left Hand of God (1955), The Young Lions (1958)); Henry Hathaway (Down to the Sea in Ships (1949), North to Alaska (1960), Circus World (1964)); and Mark Robson (Von Ryan's Express (1965), Valley of the Dolls (1967), Earthquake (1974)).
Spencer was at her best working on action subjects, her cutting instrumental to augmenting the director's work in creating or sustaining the desired level of suspense. Arguably, the most difficult task of her lengthy career was having to pare down the 70,000 feet of film shot for the epic production of "Cleopatra" to 'a mere' 22,000 feet. Spencer retired in 1979. Though the Oscar ultimately eluded her, she was awarded an American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1989. She was also presented with a 'Golden Scissors Award' for her outstanding work on the disaster epic "Earthquake".Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, Cleopatra, Foreign Correspondent, Lifeboat, To Be or Not to Be, The Snake Pit, Earthquake, Decision Before the Dawn, A Hatful of Rain.- Editor
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Thrice Oscar-winning editor Daniel Mandell started out in show business as one of "The Flying Mandells" with Ringling Brothers Circus. He then turned his acrobatic skills to performing on the vaudeville circuit. Following service with the Marines in World War I and subsequently taking part in the post-Armistice occupation, he joined a longtime friend in the editing department of MGM. For five years he plied his trade with Columbia (1924-29), before his career really took off after being hired by independent film maker Samuel Goldwyn (at RKO: 1930-1932 and 1941-1952; at United Artists: 1936-1940). Mandell quickly became Goldwyn's number one editor and was assigned the lion's share of prestige pictures: Dodsworth (1936), Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939) (his own personal favorite), The Westerner (1940), The Little Foxes (1941), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Guys and Dolls (1955). Mandell considered timing to be of paramount importance in his work and believed that his performing background had given him an vital insight into audience reaction.
Mandell's other fruitful collaboration was with the director Billy Wilder, for whom he worked on five films, notably Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Apartment (1960) and The Fortune Cookie (1966).Wyler's long collaborator. The Apartment, Witness for the Prosecution, The Best Years of Our Lives, Wuthering Heights, The Little Foxes, Dodsworth, Dead End, The Pride of the Yankees, The Westerner, The Good Fairy, Counsellor at Law, Enchantment.- Editor
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Anne Bauchens was a pioneering film editor who had a long-standing partnership with director Cecil B. DeMille. In fact, she first edited a DeMille film in 1915 and then edited all of his films for 38 years, beginning with We Can't Have Everything (1918) and ending with The Ten Commandments (1956). She was nominated for four Oscars and won one, for North West Mounted Police (1940).Cecil B. DeMille's editor. The Ten Commandments, The Greatest Show on Earth, Cleopatra, Samson and Delilah, The Sign of the Cross, The King of Kings, Union Pacific, Unconquered, so on.- Editor
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Doane Harrison was born on 19 September 1894 in Paw Paw, Michigan, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He was married to Grace ?. He died on 11 November 1968 in Riverside, California, USA.Billy Wilder's: Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Remember the Night, The Foreign Affair, Five Graves to Cairo, Major and Minor.- Editor
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Arthur P. Schmidt was born on 21 August 1912 in New York, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He was married to Madeline. He died on 22 July 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Sunset Boulevard, Some Like it Hot, Sabrina, Ace in the Hole, The Spirit of St. Louis- Editor
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Chris Hunter is known for House of the Dragon (2022), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).House of the Dragon