Frank Santillo (October 8, 1912 – June 30, 1978) was an American film editor who won the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
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for ''
Grand Prix
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'' in 1966. He was an associate of
Slavko Vorkapich
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and Peter Ballbusch at
MGM
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during the 1930s and 1940s and was known for his creative
montage
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work.
[ He was under contract as an editor at MGM from 1956 to 1966.]Sam Peckinpah
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on three films, and was interviewed at length about the production of ''Ride the High Country
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'' (1962).[ In addition to ''Ride the High Country'', Santillo edited '']The Ballad of Cable Hogue
''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'' is a 1970 American Technicolor Western comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards, Stella Stevens and David Warner. Set in the Arizona desert during a period when the frontier was closing, the ...
'' (1970) and ''Junior Bonner
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'' (1972).
He died in his sleep in Los Angeles.
References
Further reading
* Hoggan notes Santillo's editing of ''The Outrage
''The Outrage'' is a 1964 American Western film directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson and William Shatner. It is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1950 Japanese film ''Rashomon'', based ...
'' (1964) as an example of presenting a single event in a film using the differing perspectives of witnesses; the film was an adaptation of the earlier film ''Rashomon
is a 1950 Jidaigeki psychological thriller/crime film directed and written by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. Starring Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyō, Masayuki Mori (actor), Masayuki Mori, and ...
'' (1950).
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1912 births
1978 deaths
American film editors
Best Film Editing Academy Award winners
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