Ralph E. Winters

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Ralph E. Winters

Editing June 17, 1909

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…

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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

7.9 1959 Movie
The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

6.8 1963 Movie
King Kong

King Kong

6.3 1976 Movie
The Party

The Party

7.3 1968 Movie
A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

7.2 1964 Movie
Cutthroat Island

Cutthroat Island

5.8 1995 Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

6.8 1968 Movie
Gaslight

Gaslight

7.5 1944 Movie
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

7.1 1954 Movie
Orca

Orca

6.2 1977 Movie
Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

7.1 1951 Movie
Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria

7.3 1982 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 2003
    The Pink Panther Story

    Movie Himself

  2. 1995
    Cutthroat Island

    Movie Editor

  3. 1994
    Lily in Winter

    Movie Editor

  4. 1993
    Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth

    Movie Editor

  5. 1993
    Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

    Movie Self - Editor

  6. 1987
    Disorderlies

    Movie Thanks

  7. 1986
    Let's Get Harry

    Movie Editor

  8. 1986
    Big Trouble

    Movie Editor

  9. 1984
    Micki & Maude

    Movie Editor

  10. 1983
    The Man Who Loved Women

    Movie Editor

  11. 1982
    Victor/Victoria

    Movie Editor

  12. 1981
    S.O.B.

    Movie Editor

  13. 1979
    10

    Movie Editor

  14. 1978
    The Other Side of Hell

    Movie Editor

  15. 1977
    Orca

    Movie Editor

  16. 1976
    King Kong

    Movie Editor

More credits
  1. 1974
    The Front Page

    Movie Editor

  2. 1974
    Mr. Majestyk

    Movie Editor

  3. 1974
    The Spikes Gang

    Movie Editor

  4. 1973
    The All-American Boy

    Movie Editor

  5. 1973
    The Outfit

    Movie Editor

  6. 1972
    Avanti!

    Movie Editor

  7. 1972
    The Carey Treatment

    Movie Editor

  8. 1971
    Kotch

    Movie Editor

  9. 1970
    The Hawaiians

    Movie Editor

  10. 1969
    Gaily, Gaily

    Movie Editor

  11. 1968
    The Thomas Crown Affair

    Movie Editor

  12. 1968
    The Party

    Movie Editor

  13. 1967
    Fitzwilly

    Movie Editor

  14. 1967
    How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

    Movie Editor

  15. 1966
    What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?

    Movie Editor

  16. 1965
    The Great Race

    Movie Editor

  17. 1964
    A Shot in the Dark

    Movie Editor

  18. 1963
    The Pink Panther

    Movie Editor

  19. 1963
    Soldier in the Rain

    Movie Editor

  20. 1963
    Dime with a Halo

    Movie Editor

  21. 1961
    Ada

    Movie Editor

  22. 1960
    BUtterfield 8

    Movie Editor

  23. 1959
    Ben-Hur

    Movie Editor

  24. 1958
    The Sheepman

    Movie Editor