# Frank Bracht

Frank Belton Bracht (January 7, 1910 – September 26, 1985) was an American film and music editor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1968 for The Odd Couple.

## Selected filmography (as editor)

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1942 | Wake Island | John Farrow | |
| 1947 | The Peanut Man | Tony Paton | |
| 1951 | The Mating Season | Mitchell Leisen | |
| 1951 | My Favorite Spy | Norman Z. McLeod | |
| 1952 | Somebody Loves Me | Irving Brecher | |
| 1952 | Hurricane Smith | Jerry Hopper | |
| 1953 | The Vanquished | Edward Ludwig | |
| 1953 | Arrowhead | Charles Marquis Warren | First collaboration with Charles Marquis Warren |
| 1953 | Flight to Tangier | Charles Marquis Warren | Second collaboration with Charles Marquis Warren |
| 1954 | White Christmas | Michael Curtiz | First collaboration with Michael Curtiz |
| 1955 | The Far Horizons | Rudolph Maté | |
| 1956 | Anything Goes | Robert Lewis | |
| 1956 | The Mountain | Edward Dmytryk | First collaboration with Edward Dmytryk |
| 1957 | Funny Face | Stanley Donen | First collaboration with Stanley Donen |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Michael Curtiz | Second collaboration with Michael Curtiz |
| 1958 | Damn Yankees | George AbbottStanley Donen | Second collaboration with Stanley Donen |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Melville Shavelson | First collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1959 | The Miracle | Irving Rapper | |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Norman Taurog | |
| 1960 | It Started in Naples | Melville Shavelson | Second collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life | Melvin Frank | First collaboration with Melvin Frank |
| 1961 | On the Double | Melville Shavelson | Third collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues | John Cassavetes | |
| 1962 | The Pigeon That Took Rome | Melville Shavelson | Fourth collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1963 | Hud | Martin Ritt | First collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Melville Shavelson | Fifth collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1964 | The Carpetbaggers | Edward Dmytryk | Second collaboration with Edward Dmytryk |
| 1964 | Where Love Has Gone | Edward Dmytryk | Third collaboration with Edward Dmytryk |
| 1965 | Sylvia | Gordon Douglas | First collaboration with Gordon Douglas |
| 1965 | Harlow | Gordon Douglas | Second collaboration with Gordon Douglas |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Henry Hathaway | |
| 1967 | Hombre | Martin Ritt | Second collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1968 | The Odd Couple | Gene Saks | |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Martin Ritt | Third collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1970 | The Molly Maguires | Martin Ritt | Fourth collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1970 | Flap | Carol Reed | |
| 1971 | Plaza Suite | Arthur Hiller | |
| 1971 | Star Spangled Girl | Jerry Paris | |
| 1972 | The War Between Men and Women | Melville Shavelson | Sixth collaboration with Melville Shavelson |
| 1972 | Pete 'n' Tillie | Martin Ritt | Fifth collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1974 | Conrack | Martin Ritt | Sixth collaboration with Martin Ritt |
| 1975 | Mandingo | Richard Fleischer | |
| 1976 | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Melvin Frank | Second collaboration with Melvin Frank |
| 1977 | Sidewinder 1 | Earl Bellamy | |
| 1978 | Goin' Coconuts | Howard Morris | |
| 1979 | Something Short of Paradise | David Helpern | |
| 1981 | Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. | Theodore J. Flicker | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues | Victor Schertzinger | Assistant film editor | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | Assistant editor | Uncredited |
Cinematographer :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1968 | The Brotherhood | Martin Ritt |

### Documentaries

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1945 | Know Your Enemy: Japan | Frank CapraJoris Ivens | Uncredited |

### Shorts

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1946 | Golden Slippers | Jerry Hopper |
| 1947 | Sweet and Low | Jerry Hopper |
| 1948 | Footlight Rhythm | Billy Daniel |
| 1948 | Gypsy Holiday | Francisco Day |
| 1948 | Catalina Interlude | Alvin Ganzer |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1980 | Gideon's Trumpet | Robert L. Collins |