Ferris Webster

Editor. Born 29 April 1912 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. Died 4 February 1989.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nominations

Born

29 April 1912, Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Died

4 February 1989

Active

1950–1982

Frequently works with

Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Elizabeth Taylor, John Frankenheimer, John Sturges, Ron Spang, Sondra Locke, Steve McQueen

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

76Fi1m

71Critics

We rate Ferris’s work 5 points above the press, across 5 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above5

60 to 791

Under 602

Of 8 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 8 films
Screen time: 16 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $209m across 7 films with figures
Academy Awards: 3 Oscar nominations
Active: 1950–1982

Genres

Drama4
Thriller4
Adventure3
Science Fiction3
Action2
Comedy2

Best and worst on Fi1m

88BestThe Manchurian Candidate1962

47WorstFirefox1982

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

101940s

241950s

131960s

161970s

41980s

Directors most worked with

Clint Eastwood5 titles

John Frankenheimer2 titles

John Sturges2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Charles Bronson2 titles

Elizabeth Taylor2 titles

Sondra Locke2 titles

Steve McQueen2 titles

Producers most worked with

Robert Daley2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards3 nominated

Nominated1964Best Film Editing · The Great Escape
Nominated1963Best Film Editing · The Manchurian Candidate
Nominated1956Best Film Editing · Blackboard Jungle

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.