Peter Zinner

Nationality:
Austrian
Birthdate:
07/24/1919
Birthplace:
Vienna, Austria
Death Date:
11/13/2007
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biography
Prominent editor, mostly of US films and some TV. An adept handler of powerful and violent action scenes, Zinner has several very important films to his credit. His earliest work dates back to the late 1950s; one of his first films was the early Sam Peckinpah Western, "The Deadly Companions" (1961). His mid-60s work is distinguished by two solid films for director Richard Brooks, the exciting Western "The Professionals" (1966) and the chilling docudrama "In Cold Blood" (1967). Zinner has not been a prolific craftsman, but in the 70s, after working on Mikhail Kalatozov's "La Tenda Rossa" Continued
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Milestone
1938 
Escaped from Vienna in July and eventually moved to the USA
1959 
Earliest feature film credits include work as editor of the United States-West German-Italian co-production, "Come Prima"
1972 
Received first Oscar nomination for Best Film Editing for the Francis Ford Coppola film, "The Godfather"
1981 
Directed first feature film, "Salamander," which played theatrically in Europe and in the US on HBO; film later received a limited theatrical release in the US
1982 
Received an Oscar nomination for editing the feature, "An Officer and a Gentleman"
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