Ralph Dawson
Ralph Dawson ( born April 18, 1897 in Westboro, Massachusetts, † November 15, 1962 in Hollywood, California ) was an American editor.
Life
His career in film began Ralph Dawson mid-1920s.
Besides his work as an editor, he was also active as a director and screenwriter. In 1929, he staged with The Girl in the Glass Cage made his first film in 1933 was The Bermondsey Kid followed by his third film, The Life of the Party in the following year.
In 1937, he was first employed as a screenwriter and wrote the screenplay for the film The Schooner gear. By 1950, Dawson wrote two screenplays.
For the 1935 turned literary adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream ( A Midsummer Night's Dream ) Dawson has been nominated for the first time for an Oscar and was able to win him the same also. His second trophy in the category Best Editing he won in 1937 for his involvement in Anthony Adverse. The third and last Oscar he won for the adventure film Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds in 1939. In 1955 he was nominated for the first and only time, only for the Oscar for the film, it is always day.
His last film on which he worked was The Boss of 1956, after which Ralph Dawson retired from the film business.