Ralph Dawson
American film editor (1897–1962)
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 Dawson with film reels and canisters for Anthony Adverse (1936) | |
| Born | (1897-04-18)April 18, 1897 Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 1962(1962-11-15) (aged 65) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Film editor |
Ralph Dawson (April 18, 1897 – November 15, 1962) was an American film editor who also did some acting, directing, and screenwriting. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing four times, and won the Award three times. He died on November 15, 1962.[1][2]
Selected filmography as editor
- 1925: Lady of the Night
- 1928: The Singing Fool with co-editor Harold McCord
- 1928: Tenderloin
- 1929: Stark Mad
- 1929: The Desert Song
- 1930: Under a Texas Moon
- 1931: The Mad Genius
- 1933: Girl Missing
- 1934: Something Always Happens with co-editor Bert Bates
- 1934: The Life of the Party
- 1935: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1936: Anthony Adverse
- 1936: The Story of Louis Pasteur
- 1937: The Prince and the Pauper
- 1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1938: Four Daughters
- 1939: Daughters Courageous
- 1939: Espionage Agent
- 1941: The Great Lie
- 1942: Kings Row
- 1942: Larceny, Inc.
- 1944: The Adventures of Mark Twain
- 1944: Mr. Skeffington
- 1945: Saratoga Trunk
- 1948: An Act of Murder
- 1950: Harvey
- 1952: The Lusty Men
- 1954: The High and the Mighty
Awards and nominations
| Year of ceremony | Ceremony | Award | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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| 1936 | 8th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Won | [3] |
| 1937 | 9th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | Anthony Adverse | Won | [4] |
| 1939 | 11th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Won | [5] |
| 1955 | 27th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | The High and the Mighty | Nominated | [6] |
References
- ^ Smith, Fredrick Y., ed. (1971). "In Memoriam". ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book. American Cinema Editors, Inc. p. 73.
- ^ "Ralph Dawson, 65, won three Oscars". Associated Press. November 17, 1962. p. 21. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ "1936". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "1937". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "1939". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "1955". Academy Awards. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
External links
- Ralph Dawson at IMDb
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- Ralph Dawson (1936)
- Gene Havlick and Gene Milford (1937)
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- Hal C. Kern and James E. Newcom (1939)
- Anne Bauchens (1940)
- William Holmes (1941)
- Daniel Mandell (1942)
- George Amy (1943)
- Barbara McLean (1944)
- Robert J. Kern (1945)
- Daniel Mandell (1946)
- Francis Lyon and Robert Parrish (1947)
- Paul Weatherwax (1948)
- Harry W. Gerstad (1949)
- Ralph E. Winters and Conrad A. Nervig (1950)
- William Hornbeck (1951)
- Elmo Williams and Harry W. Gerstad (1952)
- William Lyon (1953)
- Gene Milford (1954)
- Charles Nelson and William Lyon (1955)
- Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax (1956)
- Peter Taylor (1957)
- Adrienne Fazan (1958)
- Ralph E. Winters and John D. Dunning (1959)
- Daniel Mandell (1960)
- Thomas Stanford (1961)
- Anne V. Coates (1962)
- Harold F. Kress (1963)
- Cotton Warburton (1964)
- William Reynolds (1965)
- Fredric Steinkamp, Henry Berman, Stewart Linder and Frank Santillo (1966)
- Hal Ashby (1967)
- Frank P. Keller (1968)
- Françoise Bonnot (1969)
- Hugh S. Fowler (1970)
- Gerald B. Greenberg (1971)
- David Bretherton (1972)
- William Reynolds (1973)
- Harold F. Kress and Carl Kress (1974)
- Verna Fields (1975)
- Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976)
- Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, and Richard Chew (1977)
- Peter Zinner (1978)
- Alan Heim (1979)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (1980)
- Michael Kahn (1981)
- John Bloom (1982)
- Glenn Farr, Lisa Fruchtman, Tom Rolf, Stephen A. Rotter, and Douglas Stewart (1983)
- Jim Clark (1984)
- Thom Noble (1985)
- Claire Simpson (1986)
- Gabriella Cristiani (1987)
- Arthur Schmidt (1988)
- David Brenner and Joe Hutshing (1989)
- Neil Travis (1990)
- Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991)
- Joel Cox (1992)
- Michael Kahn (1993)
- Arthur Schmidt (1994)
- Mike Hill and Daniel P. Hanley (1995)
- Walter Murch (1996)
- Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron, and Richard A. Harris (1997)
- Michael Kahn (1998)
- Zach Staenberg (1999)
- Stephen Mirrione (2000)
- Pietro Scalia (2001)
- Martin Walsh (2002)
- Jamie Selkirk (2003)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (2004)
- Hughes Winborne (2005)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (2006)
- Christopher Rouse (2007)
- Chris Dickens (2008)
- Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009)
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- William Goldenberg (2012)
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- John Gilbert (2016)
- Lee Smith (2017)
- John Ottman (2018)
- Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker (2019)
- Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (2020)
- Joe Walker (2021)
- Paul Rogers (2022)
- Jennifer Lame (2023)
- Best Film Editing became Best Editing in 1999
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