# Ralph E. Winters

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.

## Selected filmography

Based on Winters' filmography at the Internet Database.
Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
| 1941 | The Penalty | Harold S. Bucquet | First collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet | |
| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Harold S. Bucquet | Second collaboration with Harold S. Bucquet | |
| 1942 | Mr. and Mrs. North | Robert B. Sinclair | | |
| 1942 | Kid Glove Killer | Fred Zinnemann | First collaboration with Fred Zinnemann | |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Jules Dassin | First collaboration with Jules Dassin | |
| 1942 | Eyes in the Night | Fred Zinnemann | Second collaboration with Fred Zinnemann | |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Willis Goldbeck | | |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Edward Buzzell | | |
| 1943 | Young Ideas | Jules Dassin | Second collaboration with Jules Dassin | |
| 1943 | Cry 'Havoc' | Richard Thorpe | First collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| 1944 | Gaslight | George Cukor | | |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Richard Thorpe | Second collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| 1945 | Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Roy Rowland | First collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1946 | Boys' Ranch | Roy Rowland | Second collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Roy Rowland | Third collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Roy Rowland | Fourth collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1948 | Tenth Avenue Angel | Roy Rowland | Fifth collaboration with Roy Rowland | |
| 1948 | Hills of Home | Fred M. Wilcox | | |
| 1949 | Little Women | Mervyn LeRoy | First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| 1949 | Any Number Can Play | Mervyn LeRoy | Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| 1949 | On the Town | Gene KellyStanley Donen | First collaboration with Stanley Donen | |
| 1950 | King Solomon's Mines | Compton BennettAndrew Marton | | |
| 1951 | Quo Vadis | Mervyn LeRoy | Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy | |
| 1953 | The Story of Three Loves | Vincente MinnelliGottfried Reinhardt | | |
| 1953 | Young Bess | George Sidney | First collaboration with George Sidney | |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate | George Sidney | Second collaboration with George Sidney | |
| 1954 | Executive Suite | Robert Wise | First collaboration with Robert Wise | |
| 1954 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Stanley Donen | Second collaboration with Stanley Donen | |
| 1955 | Jupiter's Darling | George Sidney | Third collaboration with George Sidney | |
| 1955 | Love Me or Leave Me | Charles Vidor | | |
| 1956 | Tribute to a Bad Man | Robert Wise | Second collaboration with Robert Wise | |
| 1956 | High Society | Charles Walters | | |
| 1957 | Man on Fire | Ranald MacDougall | | |
| 1957 | Jailhouse Rock | Richard Thorpe | Third collaboration with Richard Thorpe | |
| 1958 | The Sheepman | George Marshall | | |
| 1959 | Ben-Hur | William Wyler | | |
| 1960 | BUtterfield 8 | Daniel Mann | First collaboration with Daniel Mann | |
| 1961 | Ada | Daniel Mann | Second collaboration with Daniel Mann | |
| 1963 | Dime with a Halo | Boris Sagal | | |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain | Ralph Nelson | | |
| 1963 | The Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | First collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | Blake Edwards | Second collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1965 | The Great Race | Blake Edwards | Third collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1966 | What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | Blake Edwards | Fourth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | David Swift | | |
| 1967 | Fitzwilly | Delbert Mann | | |
| 1968 | The Party | Blake Edwards | Fifth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Norman Jewison | First collaboration with Norman Jewison | |
| 1969 | Gaily, Gaily | Norman Jewison | Second collaboration with Norman Jewison | |
| 1970 | The Hawaiians | Tom Gries | | |
| 1971 | Kotch | Jack Lemmon | | |
| 1972 | The Carey Treatment | Blake Edwards | Sixth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1972 | Avanti! | Billy Wilder | First collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1973 | The Outfit | John Flynn | | |
| 1973 | The All-American Boy | Charles Eastman | | |
| 1974 | The Spikes Gang | Richard Fleischer | First collaboration with Richard Fleischer | |
| 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Richard Fleischer | Second collaboration with Richard Fleischer | |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Billy Wilder | Second collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1976 | King Kong | John Guillermin | | |
| 1977 | Orca | Michael Anderson | | |
| 1979 | The American Success Company | William Richert | | |
| 1979 | 10 | Blake Edwards | Seventh collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1981 | S.O.B. | Blake Edwards | Eighth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1982 | Victor/Victoria | Blake Edwards | Ninth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1982 | Trail of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | Tenth collaboration with Blake Edwards | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Curse of the Pink Panther | Blake Edwards | Eleventh collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1983 | The Man Who Loved Women | Blake Edwards | Twelfth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1984 | Micki & Maude | Blake Edwards | Thirteenth collaboration with Blake Edwards | |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | John Cassavetes | | |
| 1986 | Let's Get Harry | Stuart Rosenberg | | |
| 1995 | Cutthroat Island | Renny Harlin | | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1928 | Four Walls | William Nigh | Assistant editor | |
| 1929 | The Thirteenth Chair | Tod Browning | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
| 1929 | Their Own Desire | E. Mason Hopper | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
Actor :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1947 | Intrigue | Edwin L. Marin | Air Force Pilot at Bar | Uncredited |
Additional crew :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1987 | Jane and the Lost City | Terry Marcel | Special consultant |
Thanks :
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1987 | Disorderlies | Michael Schultz | Special thanks |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1975 | The Entertainer | Donald Wrye |
| 1978 | The Other Side of Hell | Ján Kadár |
| 1991 | Tagget | Richard T. Heffron |
| 1993 | Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth | Bradford May |
| 1994 | Lily in Winter | Delbert Mann |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1962 | Combat! | 1 episode |
Additional crew :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1962 | Combat! | Production assistant | 1 episode |