John Dunning (film editor)
Daniel John Dunning ( born May 5, 1916 in Los Angeles, † February 25, 1991 in Santa Monica, California ) was an American editor.
Life
John D. Dunning stood in 1947 at MGM as an editor under contract, where he became co-operated with a number of renowned directors, including Richard Thorpe, George Sidney, Mervyn LeRoy and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
1950 Dunning received his first Oscar nomination for Best Editing for William A. Wellman's war film encirclement battle ( Battle Ground, 1949). However, he had to Harry W. Gerstad for intermediate women and ropes (Champion, 1949) admit defeat. Ten years later he received along with Ralph E. Winters the coveted trophy for William Wyler's award-winning Monumental epic Ben Hur ( Ben- Hur, 1959).
In the 1960s, John D. Dunning was involved almost exclusively in the U.S. television series. In 1970 he retired from show business.