Ralph E. Winters
- Known for
- Editing
- Born
- June 17, 1909
- Died
- February 26, 2004 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Cutthroat Island
Movie · Editor
Lily in Winter
Movie · Editor
Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Movie · Editor
Big Trouble
Movie · Editor
Let's Get Harry
Movie · Editor
Micki & Maude
Movie · Editor
The Man Who Loved Women
Movie · Editor
Victor/Victoria
Movie · Editor
S.O.B.
Movie · Editor
10
Movie · Editor
The Other Side of Hell
Movie · Editor
Orca
Movie · Editor
King Kong
Movie · Editor
The Front Page
Movie · Editor
The Spikes Gang
Movie · Editor
Mr. Majestyk
Movie · Editor
The Outfit
Movie · Editor
The All-American Boy
Movie · Editor
Avanti!
Movie · Editor
The Carey Treatment
Movie · Editor
Kotch
Movie · Editor
The Hawaiians
Movie · Editor
Gaily, Gaily
Movie · Editor
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · Editor
The Party
Movie · Editor
Fitzwilly
Movie · Editor
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Movie · Editor
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Movie · Editor
The Great Race
Movie · Editor
A Shot in the Dark
Movie · Editor
The Pink Panther
Movie · Editor
Dime with a Halo
Movie · Editor
Soldier in the Rain
Movie · Editor
Ada
Movie · Editor
BUtterfield 8
Movie · Editor
Ben-Hur
Movie · Editor
The Sheepman
Movie · Editor
Jailhouse Rock
Movie · Editor
Man on Fire
Movie · Editor
High Society
Movie · Editor
Tribute to a Bad Man
Movie · Editor
Jupiter's Darling
Movie · Editor
Love Me or Leave Me
Movie · Editor
Executive Suite
Movie · Editor
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie · Editor
Kiss Me Kate
Movie · Editor
The Story of Three Loves
Movie · Editor
Young Bess
Movie · Editor
Quo Vadis
Movie · Editor
King Solomon's Mines
Movie · Editor
Little Women
Movie · Editor
Any Number Can Play
Movie · Editor
On the Town
Movie · Editor
Hills of Home
Movie · Editor
Tenth Avenue Angel
Movie · Editor
Killer McCoy
Movie · Editor
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie · Editor
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Movie · Editor
Gaslight
Movie · Editor
The Thin Man Goes Home
Movie · Editor
Young Ideas
Movie · Editor
Cry 'Havoc'
Movie · Editor
Kid Glove Killer
Movie · Editor
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
Movie · Editor
The Affairs of Martha
Movie · Editor
Eyes in the Night
Movie · Editor
Mr. and Mrs. North
Movie · Editor
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
Movie · Editor
Their Own Desire
Movie · Assistant Editor