Barbara McLean

Barbara McLean ( born November 16, 1903 in Palisades Park, New Jersey, † 28 March 1996 in Newport Beach, California, Barbara really Pollut ) was an American film editor.

Life and work

Barbara McLean is one of the few women who have made it to the U.S. of the 1930s, in a male domain, namely the film industry to make a name for himself. McLean, who first dreamed of a career as an actress, working in the summer in the film laboratory of her father. Sorry, failed to materialize role offers so that she worked for Sol Wurtzle. Your first job as an editor on a feature film was in 1929 Coquette, in which she was not mentioned in the credits.

McLean was the personal assistant to Darryl F. Zanuck, before he founded the 20th Century Fox. In 1933, she began her work for this company as an editor. For 15 years she was involved in various productions as one of only eight women in this job. Approx. 1,000,000 footage of over 60 films she has worked in her career in which she was nominated seven times for an Oscar. She won the Oscar again in 1945 for her work on Wilson. In 1960 she became head of the section of department at Fox and maintained this position held for nine years.

In 1951 she married the director Robert Webb, with whom she 1955 film The seven golden cities (Seven Cities of Gold ) produced. In 1988, she was of the A.C.E. (American Cinema Editors ) honored for her life's work with the Career Achievement Award.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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