William Hornbeck

William Hornbeck (born August 23, 1901, Los Angeles, California – died October 19, 1983 Ventura, California) was an American film editor.

He was nominated four times for the Academy Award for Film Editing, and won the award for A Place in the Sun (1951). Other important credits include It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Giant (1956), and I Want to Live! (1958). Universal Pictures almost brought him on board to completely re-edit George Lucas' American Graffiti.

Certain of his film related material and personal papers are contained in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives to which scholars and media experts from around the world may have full access.^[1]

Selected filmography

• 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer (editorial consultant - as William W. Hornbeck)
• 1958 I Want to Live!
• 1958 The Quiet American
• 1956 Giant
• 1954 The Barefoot Contessa
• 1953 Shane
• 1952 Something to Live For
• 1951 A Place in the Sun
• 1949 The Heiress
• 1947 Magic Town (montage)
• 1946 It's a Wonderful Life
• 1942 Jungle Book (supervising film editor)
• 1941 Lydia (supervising film editor)
• 1941 That Hamilton Woman (supervising editor)
• 1940 The Thief of Baghdad (supervising editor)
• 1940 21 Days Together (supervising editor)
• 1939 The Lion Has Wings (supervising editor)
• 1939 The Four Feathers (supervising editor)
• 1939 The Spy in Black (supervising film editor)
• 1939 Clouds Over Europe (supervising editor)
• 1939 Over the Moon (supervising editor)
• 1938 Drums (supervising editor)
• 1938 The Divorce of Lady X (supervising editor)
• 1937 Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (supervising editor)
• 1937 Storm in a Teacup (supervising editor - as W. Hornbeck)
• 1937 Knight Without Armour (supervising editor)
• 1937 Elephant Boy (supervising editor)
• 1937 Dark Journey (supervising editor)
• 1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (supervising editor)
• 1936 Men Are Not Gods (supervising editor)
• 1936 Rembrandt (supervising editor)
• 1936 Things to Come (supervising editor)
• 1935 The Ghost Goes West (supervising editor)
• 1935 I Stand Condemned (supervising editor)
• 1935 Sanders of the River (supervising editor)

References

1. "The William Hornbeck Papers". Wesleyan Cinema Archives. Retrieved 2011-07-01. External link in |work= (help)

External links

• William Hornbeck at the Internet Movie Database