Ralph E. Winters

Ralph E. Winters

Known For: Editing

Date Of Birth:1909-06-17

Place Of Birth:Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

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The Front Page
Ben-Hur
King Kong
The Sheepman
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Pink Panther
The Party
High Society
The Great Race
Quo Vadis
10
Avanti!
Victor/Victoria
Orca
The Spikes Gang
Kid Glove Killer
The Man Who Loved Women
Cutthroat Island
Jupiter's Darling
Killer McCoy
Hills of Home
Young Ideas
The Carey Treatment
Fitzwilly
The Outfit
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
S.O.B.
BUtterfield 8
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Gaily, Gaily
The Hawaiians
Mr. Majestyk
Gaslight
The All-American Boy
Dime with a Halo
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Jailhouse Rock
Kiss Me Kate
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Little Women
Tenth Avenue Angel
Big Trouble
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
A Shot in the Dark
The Story of Three Loves
Soldier in the Rain
Micki & Maude
Man on Fire
Any Number Can Play
The Affairs of Martha
King Solomon's Mines
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
On the Town
Executive Suite
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Cry 'Havoc'
Love Me or Leave Me
Tribute to a Bad Man
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
The Other Side of Hell
Young Bess
Eyes in the Night
Let's Get Harry
Mr. and Mrs. North
Ada
Kotch
The Thin Man Goes Home
Lily in Winter