Ralph E. Winters
{{Short description|Canadian film editor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ralph E. Winters
| image = Ralph E. Winters-Susan Hayward (Ada set).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Ralph E. Winters and Susan Hayward (1961)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|6|17}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|2|26|1909|6|17}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, United States
| occupation = film editor
| years_active= 1941–1995
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Teddy|1935|1985|end=died}}
- {{marriage|Lulu Winters|1988|2004|end=died}}
}}
}}
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.{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E0DA133EF931A25750C0A9629C8B63 |title=Ralph Winters, Film Editor, 94; Did Ben Hur |work=The New York Times |date=March 12, 2004 |access-date= 2008-03-09}}
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,[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. 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.Winters, Ralph E. (2001). Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor (Scarecrow Press) {{ISBN|978-0-8108-4024-9}}.
Selected filmography
Based on Winters' filmography at the Internet Database.
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Notes ! Other notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 1941
|rowspan=2| Harold S. Bucquet |First collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet | |
| The People vs. Dr. Kildare
|Second collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet | |
| rowspan=5| 1942
| | |
| Kid Glove Killer
|First collaboration with Fred Zinnemann | |
| The Affairs of Martha
|First collaboration with Jules Dassin | |
| Eyes in the Night
|Fred Zinnemann |Second collaboration with Fred Zinnemann | |
| Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
| | |
| rowspan=3| 1943
| | |
| Young Ideas
|Jules Dassin |Second collaboration with Jules Dassin | |
| Cry 'Havoc'
|First collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| rowspan=2| 1944
| Gaslight | | |
| The Thin Man Goes Home
|Richard Thorpe |Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| 1945
| Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |rowspan=5| Roy Rowland |First collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1946
|Second collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| rowspan=2| 1947
|Third collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| Killer McCoy
|Fourth collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| rowspan=2| 1948
|Fifth collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| Hills of Home
| | |
| rowspan=3| 1949
|rowspan=2| Mervyn LeRoy |First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| Any Number Can Play
|Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| On the Town
|{{ubl|Gene Kelly|Stanley Donen}} |First collaboration with Stanley Donen | |
| 1950
|{{ubl|Compton Bennett|Andrew Marton}} | | |
| 1951
|Mervyn LeRoy |Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| rowspan=3| 1953
|{{ubl|Vincente Minnelli|Gottfried Reinhardt}} | | |
| Young Bess
|rowspan=2| George Sidney |First collaboration with George Sidney | |
| Kiss Me Kate
|Second collaboration with George Sidney | |
| rowspan=2| 1954
|First collaboration with Robert Wise | |
| Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
|Stanley Donen |Second collaboration with Stanley Donen | |
| rowspan=2| 1955
|George Sidney |Third collaboration with George Sidney | |
| Love Me or Leave Me
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1956
|Robert Wise |Second collaboration with Robert Wise | |
| High Society
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1957
| | |
| Jailhouse Rock
|Richard Thorpe |Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| 1958
| | |
| 1959
| Ben-Hur | | |
| 1960
|rowspan=2| Daniel Mann |First collaboration with Daniel Mann | |
| 1961
| Ada |Second collaboration with Daniel Mann | |
| rowspan=3| 1963
| | |
| Soldier in the Rain
| | |
| The Pink Panther
|rowspan=4| Blake Edwards |First collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1964
|Second collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1965
|Third collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1966
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? |Fourth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| rowspan=2| 1967
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | | |
| Fitzwilly
| | |
| rowspan=2| 1968
|Blake Edwards |Fifth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair
|rowspan=2| Norman Jewison |First collaboration with Norman Jewison | |
| 1969
|Second collaboration with Norman Jewison | |
| 1970
| | |
| 1971
| Kotch | | |
| rowspan=2| 1972
|Blake Edwards |Sixth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| Avanti!
|First collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| rowspan=2| 1973
| | |
| The All-American Boy
| | |
| rowspan=3| 1974
|rowspan=2| 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
| | |
| 1977
| Orca | | |
| rowspan=2| 1979
| The American Success Company | | |
| 10
|rowspan=7| Blake Edwards |Seventh collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1981
| S.O.B. |Eighth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| rowspan=2| 1982
|Ninth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| Trail of the Pink Panther
|Tenth collaboration with Blake Edwards |{{center|Uncredited}} |
| rowspan=2| 1983
|Eleventh collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| The Man Who Loved Women
|Twelfth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1984
|Thirteenth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| rowspan=2| 1986
| | |
| Let's Get Harry
| | |
| 1995
| | |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editorial department |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1928
|rowspan=3| Assistant editor | |
| rowspan=2| 1929
|rowspan=2| {{center|Uncredited}} |
| Their Own Desire |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Actor |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1947
| Intrigue |Air Force Pilot at Bar |{{center|Uncredited}} |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Additional crew |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1987
|Special consultant |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Thanks |
| Year
! Film ! Director ! Role |
|---|
| 1987
|Special thanks |
;TV movies
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Film ! Director |
|---|
| 1975
| The Entertainer |
| 1978
| The Other Side of Hell |
| 1991
| Tagget |
| 1993
| Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth |Bradford May |
| 1994
| Lily in Winter |Delbert Mann |
;TV series
| class="wikitable"
|+ Editor |
| Year
! Title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1962
| Combat! |1 episode |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Additional crew |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1962
| Combat! |Production assistant |1 episode |
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0935988}}
{{Academy Award Best Film Editing|state=collapsed}}
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