Frederic Knudtson Explained

Frederic Knudtson
Birth Date:9 April 1906
Birth Place:North Dakota
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Occupation:Film Editor
Yearsactive:1932 - 1963

Frederic Knudtson (April 9, 1906  - February 15, 1964) was an American film editor with 79 credits over his career, which spanned 1932 to 1964. He received six nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, including five in the six years preceding his death.

Biography

His first credit was as an assistant editor on the 1932 film What Price Hollywood?. He then edited a string of B-movies throughout the 1930s and 1940s, picking up his first Oscar nomination in 1949 for the dark thriller The Window (directed by Ted Tetzlaff).[1] [2]

His professional relationship with director Stanley Kramer began in 1955, which yielded his most prolific work and garnered him five more Academy Awards nominations: The Defiant Ones (1958),[3] On the Beach (1959),[4] Inherit the Wind (1960),[5] Judgment at Nuremberg (1961),[6] and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).[7]

He died on February 14, 1964.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners . May 22, 2019 . Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093814/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/22nd-winners.html . 6 July 2011 . live .
  2. Web site: The Official Academy Awards® Database . May 22, 2019 . https://archive.today/20120707141343/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=1&BSFromYear=22 . 2012-07-07 . dead .
  3. Web site: The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners . 2011-08-21 . oscars.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094137/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/31st-winners.html . 6 July 2011 . live .
  4. Web site: The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners . 2011-08-21 . oscars.org . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706094204/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/32nd-winners.html . 6 July 2011 . live .
  5. Web site: The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners . May 4, 2015 . oscars.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015234831/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1961 . October 15, 2015 .
  6. Web site: The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners . February 19, 2015 . oscars.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215223044/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1962 . February 15, 2015 .
  7. Web site: The 36th Academy Awards (1964) Nominees and Winners . May 4, 2015 . oscars.org . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150502002917/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1964 . May 2, 2015 .
  8. Book: Smith . Fredrick Y. . ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book . In Memoriam . 1971 . American Cinema Editors, Inc . 73 .

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