Ralph E. Winters

Known for EditingBorn 1909-06-17Died 2004-02-26Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ralph E. Winters (June 17, 1909 – February 26, 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who became one of the leading figures of this field in the American industry. After beginning on a series of B movies in the early 1940s, including several in the Dr. Kildare series, his first major film was George Cukor's Victorian chiller Gaslight (1944). Winters won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for King Solomon's Mines (1950) (shared with Conrad A. Nervig) and Ben-Hur (1959) (shared with John D. Dunning). He received four additional nominations: Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). Winters' other films included On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). Winters had a notable collaboration with director Blake Edwards. Over 20 years, they collaborated on 12 films together, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982). His last film was the pirate epic Cutthroat Island in 1995. Winters had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and in 1991, Winters received the organization's career achievement award. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.Read more

Movies & web series

The Pink Panther Story

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Ben-Hur

The Other Side of Hell

Lily in Winter

Victor/Victoria

The Front Page

The Party

Gaslight

Little Women

A Shot in the Dark

The Great Race

Avanti!

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Executive Suite

Quo Vadis

Tribute to a Bad Man

The Thin Man Goes Home

The Oscars

The Outfit

Mr. Majestyk

The Sheepman

On the Town

The Spikes Gang

The Thomas Crown Affair

The Pink Panther

Hills of Home

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

Love Me or Leave Me

Any Number Can Play

High Society

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Kotch

Ada

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Soldier in the Rain

King Kong

Let's Get Harry

Kiss Me Kate

King Solomon's Mines

The Affairs of Martha

Tenth Avenue Angel

Cry 'Havoc'

Orca

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

BUtterfield 8

Jailhouse Rock