Occupation Film editor Ex-spouse Leone Dumont Role Film Editor | Name Daniel Mandell Years active 1922-1966 | |
Born August 13, 1895 ( 1895-08-13 ) New York City, New York Died June 8, 1987, Huntington Beach, California, United States Awards Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Achievements In Film And Sound Editing Similar People Joseph LaShelle, I A L Diamond, Gregg Toland, Alexandre Trauner, Harold Russell | ||
"The Apartment" winning the Oscar® for Film Editing
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).