William Hornbeck
William Hornbeck (born August 23, 1901 in Los Angeles , California , † October 19, 1983 in Ventura , California) was an American film editor .
biography
Hornbeck began his career in 1916 as an assistant in the laboratories of the Keystone Comedies. At the age of 20 he was given the opportunity to edit a film on his own responsibility for the first time . At first he was employed by Mack Sennett and was brought to London in 1933 by the British film producer Alexander Korda and used in larger film projects such as Rembrandt and Four Feathers .
After the beginning of the Second World War , he followed Korda to the United States, where he got the editing for the propaganda film series Why We Fight . A frequent collaboration took place with Frank Capra and Anatole Litvak , with whom he had mostly worked on Why We Fight . He ended his career as an editor after the film Suddenly last summer , became a manager at Universal Studios in 1960 , where he was responsible for all aspects of editing, and in 1966 became vice president. His responsibility as Vice President included the final versions of Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz , George Lucas ' American Graffiti and Mark Robson's Earthquake .
Hornbeck was nominated four times for the Oscar in the category Best Editing and won the trophy in 1952 for the film Ein Platz an der Sonne .
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: The Scarlet Flower (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
- 1936: The man who wanted to change the world (The Man Who Could Work Miracles)
- 1937: Tatjana (Knight without armor) - editing supervision
- 1937: The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel - Editing Supervisor
- 1939: The Spy in Black (The Spy in Black)
- 1941: Lord Nelson's Last Love (Lady Hamilton)
- 1941: A woman's heart never forgets (Lydia)
- 1942: The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book)
- 1946: isn't life beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
- 1948: The Best Man (State of the Union)
- 1949: The Heiress (The Heiress)
- 1950: Laugh and Cry with Me (Riding High)
- 1951: A Place in the Sun (A Place in the Sun)
- 1952: What life is worth (Something to Live For)
- 1953: My great friend Shane (Shane)
- 1954: The Barefoot Countess (The Barefoot Contessa)
- 1956 giant (Giant)
- 1958: Let me live (I Want to Live!)
- 1958: Four Pipes of Opium (The Quiet American)
- 1959: One size too big (A Hole in the Head)
- 1959: Suddenly Last Summer (Suddenly, Last Summer)
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 65.
Web links
- William Hornbeck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hornbeck, William |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1983 |
Place of death | Ventura , California , United States |