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David Bretherton

Crew | * 02/29/1924 († 76, 05/11/2000) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
David L. Bretherton (February 29, 1924 – May 11, 2000) was an American film editor with more than 40 credits for films released from 1954 to 1996. Bretherton, the son of editor/director Howard Bretherton and actress Dorothea McEvoy, was born in Los Angeles. He served with the United States Air Force during World War II. After World War II, he joined the editing department at Twentieth Century-Fox, at first helping other editors, including Barbara McLean, Robert L. Simpson, Louis R. Loeffler, James B. Clark, William H. Reynolds, and, in later years, Dorothy Spencer and Hugh S. Fowler. His first project as a film editor was An Affair to Remember in 1954. In 1995, Bretherton received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. Bretherton died of pneumonia in Los Angeles in 2000. Bretherton's most noted work was the editing of the film Cabaret (1972), which was directed by Bob Fosse. Bretherton received the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, an ACE Eddie Award, and a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for this film. In his 1972 review, Roger Greenspun gives some insight into Bretherton's achievement: ... the film has a musical part and a nonmusical part (except for Miss Minnelli, n... ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for David Bretherton

Academy Award for Best Film Editing American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award Academy Award for Best Film Editing BAFTA Award for Best Editing
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Movies with David Bretherton as Crew(35)

Editing/Editor1996 City Hall
Editing/Editor1993 Malice
Editing/Editor1989 Sea of Love
Editing/Editor1987 Lionheart
Editing/Editor1987 The Pick-up Artist
Editing/Editor1985 Clue
Editing/Editor1982 Cannery Row
Editing/Supervising Editor1980 The Big Red One
Editing/Editor1979 Winter Kills
Editing/Editor1978 Coma
Editing/Editor1976 Silver Streak
Editing/Editor1976 High Velocity
Editing/Editor1975 The Man in the Glass Booth
Editing/Editor1973 Slither
Editing/Editor1973 Save the Tiger
Editing/Editor1973 Westworld
Editing/Editor1972 Cabaret
Editing/Editor1970 Lovers and Other Strangers
Editing/Editor1968 Villa Rides
Editing/Editor1967 The Honey Pot
Editing/Editor1965 The Sandpiper
Editing/Editor1964 The Train
Editing/Editor1961 Return to Peyton Place
Editing/Editor1960 Let's Make Love
Editing/Editor1959 The Diary of Anne Frank
Editing/Editor1957 Peyton Place
Editing/Editor1957 Valerie
Editing/Editor1956 The Bottom of the Bottle
Editing/Editor1956 The King and Four Queens
Editing/Editor1956 Hilda Crane

Full Name: David Bretherton
Born: Friday, 02/29 1924 (February) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 05/11 2000 (May) in Los Angeles (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
David Bretherton frequently works together with these people:
Michael Crichton (7x, Crew)
Jerry Goldsmith (7x, Crew)
Walter M. Scott (6x, Crew)
Dick Ziker (6x, Crew)
Lyle R. Wheeler (5x, Crew)
Harold Becker (5x, Crew)
Martin Ransohoff (4x, Crew)
Jonathan Lynn (3x, Crew)
Jerry Wald (3x, Crew)
Paul S. Fox (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617479, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/15/2024