Ralph E. Winters
Editing
Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry. After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller Gaslight (1944). Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for King Solomon's Mines (1950) (shared with Conrad A. Nervig) and Ben-Hur (1959) (shared with John D. Dunning). He received four additional nominations: Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). Winters' other films included On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Winters had a notable collaboration with director Blake Edwards. Over 20 years, they collaborated on 12 films together, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). His last film was the pirate epic Cutthroat Island in 1995. Winters had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and in 1991, Winters received the organization's career achievement award. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.
Known for
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movieLily in Winter
1994
Editor
movieLet's Get Harry
1986
Editor
movieBig Trouble
1986
Editor
movieMicki & Maude
1984
Editor
movieVictor/Victoria
1982
Editor
movieS.O.B.
1981
Editor
movie10
1979
Editor
movieOrca
1977
Editor
movieKing Kong
1976
Editor
movieThe Front Page
1974
Editor
movieMr. Majestyk
1974
Editor
movieThe Spikes Gang
1974
Editor
movieThe Outfit
1973
Editor
movieAvanti!
1972
Editor
movieKotch
1971
Editor
movieThe Hawaiians
1970
Editor
movieGaily, Gaily
1969
Editor
movieThe Party
1968
Editor
movieFitzwilly
1967
Editor
movieThe Great Race
1965
Editor
movieAda
1961
Editor
movieBUtterfield 8
1960
Editor
movieBen-Hur
1959
Editor
movieThe Sheepman
1958
Editor
movieMan on Fire
1957
Editor
movieJailhouse Rock
1957
Editor
movieHigh Society
1956
Editor
movieExecutive Suite
1954
Editor
movieKiss Me Kate
1953
Editor
movieYoung Bess
1953
Editor
movieQuo Vadis
1951
Editor
movieOn the Town
1949
Editor
movieLittle Women
1949
Editor
movieHills of Home
1948
Editor
movieKiller McCoy
1947
Editor
movieGaslight
1944
Editor
movieCry 'Havoc'
1943
Editor
movieYoung Ideas
1943
Editor
movieTheir Own Desire
1929
Assistant Editor
Acting4
movieBen-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993
Self - Editor
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
movieIntrigue
1947
Air Force Pilot at Bar (uncredited)
Crew1
movieDisorderlies
1987
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