Charles Nelson (film editor)
Charles Nelson (born April 15, 1901 in Sweden , † January 19, 1997 in Los Angeles ) was an American film editor .
Life
Charles Nelson stood in 1937 at Columbia Pictures as an editor under contract and cut in the following years for the time being, numerous B movies . From 1943 he was also entrusted with larger film productions, including Zoltan Korda's war film Sahara (1943) with Humphrey Bogart and Charles Vidor's film noir Gilda (1946) with Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford . From 1955 he worked particularly often with director Richard Quine . Their joint productions include, among others, My Bride Is Supersensible (1958), Not With Me, My Lords (1959) and Strangers When We Meet (1960).
In 1946, Nelson received his first Oscar nomination for Best Editing for Charles Vidor's biopic Polonaise (1945), which starred Merle Oberon and Paul Muni . In 1956 he and William A. Lyon received the Oscar for Picnic (1955), a small-town drama starring William Holden and Kim Novak . Nelson was nominated again for an Oscar in 1966 for the western comedy Cat Ballou - Hang You Should Be in Wyoming (1965) with Jane Fonda .
In 1970, Charles Nelson retired from the film business. In 1992 he received the Career Achievement Award from the Society of American Cinema Editors for his life's work .
Filmography (selection)
- 1940: Babies for Sale - Director: Charles Barton
- 1941: The face behind the mask ( The Face Behind the Mask ) - Director: Robert Florey
- 1942: Flight Lieutenant - Directed by Sidney Salkow
- 1942: A Night to Remember - Directed by Richard Wallace
- 1943: Sahara - Director: Zoltan Korda
- 1944: None Shall Escape - Director: André De Toth
- 1945: Polonaise ( A Song to Remember ) - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1946: Gilda - directed by Charles Vidor
- 1947: The Guilt of Janet Ames - Director: Henry Levin
- 1948: The Man from Colorado ( The Man from Colorado ) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1948: Liebesnächte in Sevilla ( The Loves of Carmen ) - Director: Charles Vidor
- 1949: Honeymoon with Obstacles ( Tell It to the Judge ) - Director: Norman Foster
- 1950: Born Yesterday ( Born Yesterday ) - Director: George Cukor
- 1951: The trail leads to the harbor ( The Mob ) - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1952: happy ending ... and what comes next? ( The Marrying Kind ) - Director: George Cukor
- 1952: Budapest does not answer ( Assignment: Paris ) - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1953: Let's Do It Again - Director: Alexander Hall
- 1953: Hot Iron ( The Big Heat ) - Director: Fritz Lang
- 1954: The Incredible Story of Gladys Glover ( It Should Happen to You ) - directed by George Cukor
- 1954: A Happy Divorce ( Phffft ) - Director: Mark Robson
- 1955: My Sister Ellen ( My Sister Eileen ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1955: Picnic ( Picnic ) - Director: Joshua Logan
- 1956: The woman in golden Cadillac ( The Solid Gold Cadillac ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1957: Seldom Laughed Like This ( Operation Mad Ball ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1958: Jakobowsky und der Oberst ( Me and the Colonel ) - Director: Peter Glenville
- 1958: My Bride Is Psychic ( Bell, Book and Candle ) - Directed by Richard Quine
- 1959: Not with me, gentlemen ( It Happened to Jane ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1959: The wrath of the righteous ( The Last Angry Man ) - Director: Daniel Mann
- 1960: strangers when we meet ( Strangers When We Meet ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1960: The Wackiest Ship in the Army - Director: Richard Murphy
- 1961: The devil comes to four ( The Devil at 4 O'Clock ) - Director: Mervyn LeRoy
- 1962: Still Rooms Free ( The Notorious Landlady ) - Director: Richard Quine
- 1963: Bye Bye Birdie - Director: George Sidney
- 1964: Lend Me Your Husband ( Good Neighbor Sam ) - Directed by David Swift
- 1965: Cat Ballou - You should hang in Wyoming ( Cat Ballou ) - Director: Elliot Silverstein
- 1966: The Silencers ( The Silencers ) - Director: Phil Karlson
- 1970: Barquero - Director: Gordon Douglas
Awards
- 1946: Oscar nomination in the category Best Editing for Polonaise
- 1956: Oscar in the category Best Editing together with William A. Lyon for Picnic
- 1966: Oscar nomination for Best Editing for Cat Ballou - You Should Hang in Wyoming
- 1992 Career Achievement Award of the American Cinema Editors for his life's work
Web links
- Charles Nelson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nelson, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sweden |
DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 1997 |
Place of death | los Angeles |