# Daniel Mandell

Daniel Mandell (August 13, 1895 – June 8, 1987) was an American film editor with more than 70 film credits. His first editing credit was for The Turmoil in 1924. From Dodsworth (1936) to Porgy and Bess (1959), Mandell worked for Samuel Goldwyn Productions. He had notable collaborations with directors William Wyler (1933–1946) and Billy Wilder (1957–1966). Mandell's last credit was for The Fortune Cookie in 1966.
Mandell won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Pride of the Yankees (1942; directed by Sam Wood), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946; directed by William Wyler), and The Apartment (1960; directed by Billy Wilder). No editor has won more than three Academy Awards, and only three others have won three times: Ralph Dawson, Michael Kahn, and Thelma Schoonmaker. Mandell was nominated for the Academy Award for two additional films, The Little Foxes (1941; directed by William Wyler) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957; directed by Billy Wilder).
Additional credits include Holiday (1930), Counsellor at Law (1933), Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), Meet John Doe (1941), The North Star (1943), Enchantment (1948), Roseanna McCoy (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), and Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).

## Filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes | Other notes |
| 1924 | The Turmoil | Hobart Henley | | |
| 1925 | California Straight Ahead | Harry A. Pollard | First collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1926 | Poker Faces | Harry A. Pollard | Second collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1927 | Love Me and the World Is Mine | E. A. Dupont | | |
| 1927 | Beware of Widows | Wesley Ruggles | | |
| 1927 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Harry A. Pollard | Third collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1929 | Man, Woman and Wife | Edward Laemmle | First collaboration with Edward Laemmle | |
| 1929 | Silks and Saddles | Robert F. Hill | First collaboration with Robert F. Hill | |
| 1929 | Show Boat | Harry A. Pollard | Fourth collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1929 | Melody Lane | Robert F. Hill | Second collaboration with Robert F. Hill | Uncredited |
| 1930 | Undertow | Harry A. Pollard | Fifth collaboration with Harry A. Pollard | |
| 1930 | Swing High | Joseph Santley | | |
| 1930 | Holiday | Edward H. Griffith | First collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| 1930 | Sin Takes a Holiday | Paul L. Stein | First collaboration with Paul L. Stein | |
| 1931 | Beyond Victory | John S. Robertson | | |
| 1931 | Rebound | Edward H. Griffith | Second collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| 1931 | Devotion | Robert Milton | | |
| 1932 | A Woman Commands | Paul L. Stein | Second collaboration with Paul L. Stein | |
| 1932 | The Animal Kingdom | Edward H. Griffith | Third collaboration with Edward H. Griffith | |
| 1933 | Emergency Call | Edward L. Cahn | | |
| 1933 | Saturday's Millions | Edward Sedgwick | First collaboration with Edward Sedgwick | Uncredited |
| 1933 | Counsellor at Law | William Wyler | First collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1934 | Love Birds | William A. Seiter | | |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Edward Sedgwick | Second collaboration with Edward Sedgwick | |
| 1934 | Embarrassing Moments | Edward Laemmle | Second collaboration with Edward Laemmle | |
| 1934 | Wake Up and Dream | Kurt Neumann | | |
| 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Edward Sloman | | |
| 1935 | The Good Fairy | William Wyler | Second collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | A. Edward Sutherland | | |
| 1935 | His Night Out | William Nigh | | |
| 1935 | King Solomon of Broadway | Alan Crosland | | |
| 1936 | These Three | William Wyler | Third collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1936 | Dodsworth | William Wyler | Fourth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Fritz Lang | | |
| 1937 | Woman Chases Man | John G. Blystone | | |
| 1937 | Dead End | William Wyler | Fifth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1939 | Wuthering Heights | William Wyler | Sixth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Henry Hathaway | | |
| 1940 | The Westerner | William Wyler | Seventh collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Frank Capra | First collaboration with Frank Capra | |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes | William Wyler | Eighth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | Howard Hawks | First collaboration with Howard Hawks | |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Sam Wood | | |
| 1943 | They Got Me Covered | David Butler | First collaboration with David Butler | |
| 1943 | The North Star | Lewis Milestone | | |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Elliott Nugent | | |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Frank Capra | Second collaboration with Frank Capra | |
| 1944 | The Princess and the Pirate | David Butler | Second collaboration with David Butler | |
| 1945 | Wonder Man | H. Bruce Humberstone | | |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | Norman Z. McLeod | | |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | William Wyler | Ninth collaboration with William Wyler | |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Howard Hawks | Second collaboration with Howard Hawks | |
| 1948 | Enchantment | Irving Reis | First collaboration with Irving Reis | |
| 1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Irving Reis | Second collaboration with Irving Reis | |
| 1949 | My Foolish Heart | Mark Robson | First collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1950 | Edge of Doom | Mark Robson | Second collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1951 | Valentino | Lewis Allen | | |
| 1951 | A Millionaire for Christy | George Marshall | | |
| 1951 | I Want You | Mark Robson | Third collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen | Charles Vidor | | |
| 1953 | Return to Paradise | Mark Robson | Fourth collaboration with Mark Robson | |
| 1955 | Guys and Dolls | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | | |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters | Jerry Hopper | | |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Billy Wilder | First collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Otto Preminger | | |
| 1960 | The Apartment | Billy Wilder | Second collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1961 | One, Two, Three | Billy Wilder | Third collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1963 | Irma la Douce | Billy Wilder | Fourth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Billy Wilder | Fifth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Billy Wilder | Sixth collaboration with Billy Wilder | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1922 | Foolish Wives | Erich von Stroheim | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Hot Rod Girl | Leslie H. Martinson | Assistant film editor | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Kiss Me, Stupid | Billy Wilder | Assistant editor | Uncredited |

### Shorts

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1932 | Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath | Harry Sweet |
| 1932 | A Firehouse Honeymoon | George Marshall |
| 1932 | Sham Poo, the Magician | Harry Sweet |
| 1932 | Jitters the Butler | Mark Sandrich |
| 1933 | Art in the Raw | Harry Sweet |
| 1933 | The Gay Nighties | Mark Sandrich |