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Canadian film editor
Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters and Susan Hayward (1961)
Born(1909-06-17)June 17, 1909
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedFebruary 26, 2004(2004-02-26) (aged 94)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupationfilm editor
Years active1941–1995
Spouses
Teddy ​ ​(m. 1935; died 1985)​
Lulu Winters ​ ​(m. 1988; died 2004)​

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.

Selected filmography

Based on Winters' filmography at the Internet Database.

Editor
Year Film Director Notes Other notes
1941 The Penalty Harold S. Bucquet First collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet
The People vs. Dr. Kildare Second collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet
1942 Mr. and Mrs. North Robert B. Sinclair
Kid Glove Killer Fred Zinnemann First collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
The Affairs of Martha Jules Dassin First collaboration with Jules Dassin
Eyes in the Night Fred Zinnemann Second collaboration with Fred Zinnemann
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Willis Goldbeck
1943 The Youngest Profession Edward Buzzell
Young Ideas Jules Dassin Second collaboration with Jules Dassin
Cry 'Havoc' Richard Thorpe First collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1944 Gaslight George Cukor
The Thin Man Goes Home Richard Thorpe Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Roy Rowland First collaboration with Roy Rowland
1946 Boys' Ranch Second collaboration with Roy Rowland
1947 The Romance of Rosy Ridge Third collaboration with Roy Rowland
Killer McCoy Fourth collaboration with Roy Rowland
1948 Tenth Avenue Angel Fifth collaboration with Roy Rowland
Hills of Home Fred M. Wilcox
1949 Little Women Mervyn LeRoy First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
Any Number Can Play Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
On the Town First collaboration with Stanley Donen
1950 King Solomon's Mines
1951 Quo Vadis Mervyn LeRoy Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1953 The Story of Three Loves
Young Bess George Sidney First collaboration with George Sidney
Kiss Me Kate Second collaboration with George Sidney
1954 Executive Suite Robert Wise First collaboration with Robert Wise
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Stanley Donen Second collaboration with Stanley Donen
1955 Jupiter's Darling George Sidney Third collaboration with George Sidney
Love Me or Leave Me Charles Vidor
1956 Tribute to a Bad Man Robert Wise Second collaboration with Robert Wise
High Society Charles Walters
1957 Man on Fire Ranald MacDougall
Jailhouse Rock Richard Thorpe Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe
1958 The Sheepman George Marshall
1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler
1960 BUtterfield 8 Daniel Mann First collaboration with Daniel Mann
1961 Ada Second collaboration with Daniel Mann
1963 Dime with a Halo Boris Sagal
Soldier in the Rain Ralph Nelson
The Pink Panther Blake Edwards First collaboration with Blake Edwards
1964 A Shot in the Dark Second collaboration with Blake Edwards
1965 The Great Race Third collaboration with Blake Edwards
1966 What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Fourth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1967 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying David Swift
Fitzwilly Delbert Mann
1968 The Party Blake Edwards Fifth collaboration with Blake Edwards
The Thomas Crown Affair Norman Jewison First collaboration with Norman Jewison
1969 Gaily, Gaily Second collaboration with Norman Jewison
1970 The Hawaiians Tom Gries
1971 Kotch Jack Lemmon
1972 The Carey Treatment Blake Edwards Sixth collaboration with Blake Edwards
Avanti! Billy Wilder First collaboration with Billy Wilder
1973 The Outfit John Flynn
The All-American Boy Charles Eastman
1974 The Spikes Gang Richard Fleischer First collaboration with Richard Fleischer
Mr. Majestyk Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer
The Front Page Billy Wilder Second collaboration with Billy Wilder
1976 King Kong John Guillermin
1977 Orca Michael Anderson
1979 The American Success Company William Richert
10 Blake Edwards Seventh collaboration with Blake Edwards
1981 S.O.B. Eighth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1982 Victor/Victoria Ninth collaboration with Blake Edwards
Trail of the Pink Panther Tenth collaboration with Blake Edwards Uncredited
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther Eleventh collaboration with Blake Edwards
The Man Who Loved Women Twelfth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1984 Micki & Maude Thirteenth collaboration with Blake Edwards
1986 Big Trouble John Cassavetes
Let's Get Harry Stuart Rosenberg
1995 Cutthroat Island Renny Harlin
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1928 Four Walls William Nigh Assistant editor
1929 The Thirteenth Chair Tod Browning Uncredited
Their Own Desire E. Mason Hopper
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
1947 Intrigue Edwin L. Marin Air Force Pilot at Bar Uncredited
Additional crew
Year Film Director Role
1987 Jane and the Lost City Terry Marcel Special consultant
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
1987 Disorderlies Michael Schultz Special thanks
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1975 The Entertainer Donald Wrye
1978 The Other Side of Hell Ján Kadár
1991 Tagget Richard T. Heffron
1993 Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth Bradford May
1994 Lily in Winter Delbert Mann
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1962 Combat! 1 episode
Additional crew
Year Title Role Notes
1962 Combat! Production assistant 1 episode

See also

References

  1. "Ralph Winters, Film Editor, 94; Did Ben Hur". The New York Times. March 12, 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  2. "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  3. Winters, Ralph E. (2001). Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor (Scarecrow Press) ISBN 978-0-8108-4024-9.

External links

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1934–1950
1951–1975
1976–2000
2001–present
  • Best Film Editing became Best Editing in 1999
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