caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
ralph e. winters and susan hayward -lrb- 1961 -rrb- 26 february 2004 los angeles , california , usa 1941-1995 toronto , ontario , canada 17 june 1909 lulu -lrb- his death -rrb- winters -lrb- 1988 - 26 february 2004 -rrb- ralph jpg e. winters-susan hayward -lrb- ada set -rrb- . ralph e. winters
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ralph e. winters

ralph e. winters -lrb- 17 june 1909 - -- 26 february 2004 -rrb- 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 '' -lrb- 1944 -rrb- .
winters won the academy award for film editing twice , for `` king solomon 's mines '' -lrb- 1950 -rrb- and `` ben-hur '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- .
he received four other nominations , for `` quo vadis '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- , `` seven brides for seven brothers '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- , `` the great race '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- and `` kotch '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- .
among winters other projects were such leading films as `` on the town '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- , `` high society '' -lrb- 1956 -rrb- , `` jailhouse rock '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- and `` the thomas crown affair '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- .
winters had a notable collaboration with director blake edwards .
over twenty years , they collaborated on twelve films together , including `` the pink panther '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , `` the party '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , `` 10 '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- and `` victor victoria '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- .
his last film was the ill-fated pirate epic `` cutthroat island '' released in 1995 .
winters had been elected to membership in the american cinema editors , and in 1991 , winters received their career achievement award .
his memoir , `` some cutting remarks : seventy years a film editor '' , was published in 2001 .
