Hal C. Kern (July 14, 1894 – February 24, 1985) was an American film editor. He won the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, ...
for his work on ''
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind most often refers to:
* Gone with the Wind (novel), ''Gone with the Wind'' (novel), a 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell
* Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' (film), the 1939 adaptation of the novel
Gone with the Win ...
.'' He was also nominated for ''
Rebecca
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'' and ''
Since You Went Away
''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the American home front during World War II that was adapted and pr ...
.''
He began his editing career in 1915, cutting shorts at Inceville. A fire that started in his cutting room during the editing of the
Thomas H. Ince
Thomas Harper Ince (November 16, 1880 – November 19, 1924) was an American silent film - era filmmaker and media proprietor.
Ince was known as the "Father of the Western" and was responsible for making over 800 films. He revolutionized the mot ...
film
''Civilization'' destroyed the entire studio, forcing him to move to Culver City. He eventually rose to prominence as a film editor there after being hired by
Joseph M. Schenck to edit his films. He eventually got a job at MGM, where he spent his editing career.
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His brother Robert J. Kern was also a distinguished film editor.][
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1894 births
1985 deaths
American film editors
Best Film Editing Academy Award winners
People from Anaconda, Montana
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)