Biography
Ralph E. Winters (17 June 1909 – 26 February 2004) was a Canadian-born film editor who worked in the American industry for nearly seven decades. Born in Toronto, he began his career at MGM as an assistant editor in 1928 and received his first major credit on George Cukor's Gaslight (1944).
Winters won two Academy Awards 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 further nominations, for Quo Vadis (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Great Race (1965) and Kotch (1971). His credits include On the Town (1949), High Society (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), King Kong (1976) and Cutthroat Island (1995). He collaborated extensively with director Blake Edwards on twelve films over twenty years, including The Pink Panther (1963), The Party (1968), 10 (1979) and Victor/Victoria (1982).
A founding member of the American Cinema Editors, Winters received the organisation's career achievement award in 1991. His memoir, Some Cutting Remarks: Seventy Years a Film Editor, was published in 2001.
