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Carl Pierson

{{short description|American film editor}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Carl Pierson

| birth_name = Carl Leo Pierson

| birth_date = June 26, 1891

| birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

| death_date = February 11, 1977

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA

| occupation = Film editor, director, producer

| spouse = {{plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Minerva Jane Sherwood|||end=divorced}}
  • {{marriage|Mary|||end=divorced}}

}}

}}

Carl Leo Pierson (1891–1977) was an American film editor who edited more than 200 films (primarily low-budget Westerns for Monogram and Republic) and television episodes over the course of his lengthy career in Hollywood. He also produced and directed a handful of movies.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FS4hAQAAIAAJ&q=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film&pg=RA2-PA133|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1952|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoXeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film&pg=PA33|title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999|last=Mavis|first=Paul|date=2011-03-03|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786449156|language=en}}

Biography

Carl Pierson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was married at least twice: first Minerva Jane Sherwood in 1924, who filed for divorce in 1930;{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/379976351/?terms=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film|title=Wife's Plea for Gayer Life Wins|date=19 Dec 1930|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728090502/http://www.newspapers.com/image/379976351/?terms=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film |archive-date=2021-07-28 }} and then to an actress Mary; she sued for divorce in 1939.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/157319146/?terms=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film|title=Says Husband Sulky|date=5 Aug 1939|website=The Albuquerque Journal|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=2019-09-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728090501/http://www.newspapers.com/image/157319146/?terms=%22carl+pierson%22+editor+film |archive-date=2021-07-28 }} He had a daughter, Lois, with his first wife.

Filmography (as editor)

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Category:American film editors

Category:1891 births

Category:1977 deaths

Category:People from Indianapolis

Category:Film directors from Indiana