Ralph E. Winters
Ralph E. Winters ( born June 17, 1909 in Toronto, Ontario, † 26 February 2004 in Los Angeles, California ) was a Canadian cutter.
Life and work
His debut as a film editor Ralph E. Winters was in 1941 with the film The Penalty. For the 1950 turned adventure film King Solomon's Mines, he was first awarded the Oscar. A year later, he received another Oscar nomination for his involvement in quo vadis? . For Ben Hur winter in 1960 was awarded the trophy for a second time.
In 1963 he worked with the film The Pink Panther for the first time with director Blake Edwards. This was followed by eleven further cooperation. The 1984 film directed Micki & Maude was their last joint production. With Billy Wilder, he worked at Avanti, Avanti and extra leaf.
In 1991 he was honored by the organization with the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.
His last film on which he worked as an editor was in 1995 turned pirate movie Cutthroat Island. Subsequently, he retired from the film business. In 2001 he published under the title Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor his memoirs.
Ralph E. Winters was married and father of three children two times.