Hughes Winborne

{{Short description|American film editor}}

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| birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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| occupation = {{hlist|Film editor}}

| years_active = 1980–present

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Hughes Winborne is a Hollywood film editor. He has edited 20 films, including Crash, for which he won an Oscar for film editing in the 78th Academy Awards. He also edited Sling Blade (1996) and The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), though his true passion resides in Indie features.Armstrong, Matt (2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20081122122531/http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/craft/f/editing/6171.html "Crash Editor Hughes Winborne"], Studio Daily, March 3, 2006; archived at Webcite from [http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/craft/f/editing/6171.html this original URL] 2008-05-06.

Hughes graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1975 (with a bachelor's degree in history). After working for several years, he enrolled in a film program at New York University and discovered film editing.Kaplowitz, Harry (2006). [https://web.archive.org/web/20060517150902/http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=e831dd97-25cc-46d6-96d2-6f657f0c6812 "Alumnus up for editing Oscar"], [http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/ The Daily Tar Heel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208192943/http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/ |date=2007-12-08 }} February 3, 2006, archived at Webcite from [http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=e831dd97-25cc-46d6-96d2-6f657f0c6812 this original URL] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517150902/http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=e831dd97-25cc-46d6-96d2-6f657f0c6812 |date=2006-05-17 }} 2008-05-06.

Winborne has been elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080218035827/http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html "American Cinema Editors > Members"], webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.