Peter Zinner (July 24, 1919 – November 13, 2007) was an Academy Award and BAFTA-winning film editor. He was born in Vienna, Austria.
He was nominated for three Oscars for his work on The Godfather (1972), The Deer Hunter (1978), and An Officer and a Gentleman {1982}. He won an Oscar and a BAFTA for The Deer Hunter. His work on The Godfather Part II (1974) earned him a second BAFTA nomination. Zinner was nominated four times for Emmy Awards and won twice, once for the miniseries War and Remembrance and once for HBO's Citizen Cohn (1992). His peers in the American Cinema Editors Guild honored him with six Eddie nominations of which he won four.
Peter Zinner also worked as a music editor on such films as Lord Jim, X-15, and the US version of King Kong vs. Godzilla. His many other film editing credits include Blake Edwards' Gunn, Richard Brooks' In Cold Blood, Darling Lili, Dirty Pictures, Crazy Joe, Mahogany, A Star is Born (with Barbra Streisand) and Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture.
In 1990 he played the role of an admiral in the film The Hunt for Red October. Zinner also produced four films, among them was The Salamander with Anthony Quinn.
He died on November 13, 2007, aged 88, in Santa Monica, California, from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. His funeral was held on January 5, 2008.
External links
Peter Zinner at the Internet Movie Database
Sloman, Tony (2007). "Obituary: Peter Zinner, Oscar-winning film editor", The Independent, November 19, 2007. Online version retrieved July 5, 2008.
Mclellan, Dennis (2007). "Peter Zinner, 88; film editor won Oscar for ‘The Deer Hunter’", Los Angeles Times November 16, 2007. Online version retrieved July 5, 2008.
"Obituary: Peter Zinner, Film editor who helped to make The Godfather and The Deer Hunter", The Times November 20, 2007. Online version retrieved July 5, 2008.
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