Frank Sullivan (film editor)
Frank Sullivan ( born February 7, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, † September 30, 1972 in Los Angeles ) was an American editor.
Life
Sullivan was responsible for the editing of countless films in nearly 30 years, from the mid- 20s to late 40s. Among his most famous silent films and later sound films included West Point, Mata Hari, Tarzan and his son and Tarzan, the defender of the jungle. For Joan of Arc in 1949 he received an Oscar nomination for Best Editing. By Letter to Loretta Sullivan 1954 applied for the first time to the new medium of television and worked until 1962 in several television films and series, including Johnny Ringo, The Bounty Hunter and west of Santa Fe.
Frank Sullivan was the younger brother of screenwriter C. Gardner Sullivan. He was married to Doris Sullivan and had with her two children together.