Adrienne Fazan

Adrienne Fazan (born May 9, 1906 in Los Angeles , California , † August 23, 1986 there ) was an American film editor .

Life

After Adrienne Fazan was responsible for editing the drama Day of Reckoning for the first time in 1933, she was responsible for editing countless short films from 1939 to 1944, including Prophet Without Honor , More About Nostradamus and No News Is Good News . Then she got the chance to cut movies like You should be my lucky star , Damn them all and Two Weeks in Another City . She received an Oscar nomination for An American in Paris (1951) and an award for Best Film Editing for Gigi (1958) . After Anne Bauchens and Barbara McLean, she was only the third woman to win the cut Oscar.

Her career ended in 1970 with shooting at midnight . She had been involved in around 80 productions.

1933: Day of Reckoning
1937: The Bride Wore Red (The Bride Wore Red)
1939: Prophet Without Honor (short film)
1940: More About Nostradamus (short film)
1942: Mr. Blabbermouth! (Short film)
1943: No News Is Good News (short film)
1945: Between Two Women
1945: Vacation in Hollywood (Anchors Aweigh)
1949: Back in the summer (In the Good Old Summertime)
1950: Venus falls in love (Duchess of Idaho)
1951: An American in Paris (An American in Paris)
1952: You shall be my lucky star (Singin 'in the Rain)
1955: Mostly cheerful (It's Always Fair Weathe)
1956: Invitation to the Dance (Invitation to the Dance)
1956: Vincent van Gogh - A life in passion (Lust for Life)
1957: Why did I say yes? (Designing Woman)
1958: Gigi
1958: Damn they are all (Some Came Running)
1962: Two weeks in another city (Two Weeks in Another Town)
1962: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse )
1963: The prize (The Prize)
1965: 36 hours (36 hours)
1968: The Man in Mammi's Bed (With Six You Get Eggroll)
1970: Shooting starts at midnight (The Cheyenne Social Club)

Oscar
- 1952 : Best Editing - An American in Paris (nominated)
- 1959 : Best editing - Gigi