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Film Comment's Top 75 Picture Editors (circa 1977)

ALBERT AKST (USA), August 31, 1899 - April 19, 1958
DEDE ALLEN (USA), December 3, 1923 - still living
GEORGE J. AMY (USA), October 15, 1903 - December 18, 1986
HAL ASHBY (USA), September 2, 1929 - December 27, 1988
BERT BATES (Great Britain), unknown - April 1976
ANNE BAUCHENS (USA), February 2, 1882 - May 7, 1967
REGINALD BECK (Great Britain), February 5, 1902 - July 12, 1992
FOLMAR BLANGSTED (USA), October 6, 1904 - August 11, 1982
JOHN MAURICE BLOOM (Great Britain), 1935 – still living
MARGARET BOOTH (USA), January 14, 1898 - October 28, 2002
CLAUDINE BOUCHÉ (France), 1925 - unknown
DAVID BRETHERTON (USA), February 29, 1924 - May 11, 2000
DONN CAMBERN (USA) October 9, 1929 - still living
JIM CLARK (Great Britain), May 24, 1931 - still living
ANNE V. COATES (Great Britain), December 12, 1925 - still living
HENRI COLPI (FRANCE), July 15, 1921 - January 14, 2006
ANNE-MARIE COTRET (France) 1930 - unknown
DENISE DE CASABIANCA (France) 1931 - unknown
CÉCILE DÉCUGIS (France) unknown - unknown
ADRIENNE FAZAN (USA), May 9, 1906 - August 23, 1986
RUDI FEHR (USA), July 6, 1911 - April 16, 1999
VERNA FIELDS (USA), March 21, 1918 - November 30, 1982
HUGH FOWLER (USA) July 24, 1912 - August 2, 1975
CHARLES FREND (Great Britain) November 21, 1909 - January 8, 1977
ANTONY GIBBS (Great Britain) October 17, 1925 – still living
STUART GILMORE (USA) March 8, 1909 - November 19, 1971
GERALD GREENBERG (USA), July 29, 1936 - still living
DANFORD B. GREENE (USA), June 26, 1928 - still living
BERNARD GRIBBLE (Great Britain), 1927 - September 15, 2004
AGNÈS GUILLEMOT (France), 1931 - December 17, 2005

From left, William H. Reynolds in 1965, John Maurice Bloom in 1982 and Jim Clark in 1984.

JACK HARRIS (Great Britain), July 2, 1905 - 1971
DOANE HARRISON (USA), September 19, 1894 - November 11, 1968
ANTHONY HARVEY (Great Britain), June 3, 1931 - unknown
GENE HAVLICK (USA), March 16, 1894 - May 11, 1959
SETH HOLT (Great Britain), 1923 - February 14, 1971
WILLIAM W. HORNBECK (USA), August 23, 1901 - October 19, 1983
PETER HUNT (Great Britain), March 11,1925 – August 14, 2002
MARTINE KALFON (France), February 21, 1950 - unknown
RALPH KEMPLEN (Great Britain), October 8, 1912 - April 4, 2004
FREDERIC L. KNUDTSON (USA), April 9, 1906 - February 15, 1964
HAROLD F. KRESS (USA), June 26, 1913 - September 18, 1999
VIOLA LAWRENCE (USA), December 2, 1894 - November 20, 1973
RAYMOND LAMY (France), August 15, 1903 - June 7, 1982
HENRI LANOË (France), September 16, 1929 - unknown
DAVID LEAN (Great Britain), March 25, 1908 - April 16, 1991
CARL LERNER (USA), June 17, 1912 - August 26, 1973
RENÉE CLAUDE LICHTIG (France), unknown - unknown
RUSSELL LLOYD (Great Britain), 1916 - unknown
WARREN LOW (USA), August 12, 1905 - July 27, 1989
DANIEL MANDELL (USA), July 13, 1895 - June 8, 1987
OWEN MARKS (USA), August 8, 1899 - September 18, 1960
FERGUS McDONELL (Great Britain), 1910 - 1984
BARBARA P. McLEAN (USA), November 16, 1903 - March 28, 1996
REGINALD MILLS (Great Britain), 1915 - 1990
CONRAD A. NERVIG (USA), June 24, 1889 - November 26, 1980
CHRISTIAN NYBY (USA), September 1, 1913 - September 17, 1993
SAM O’STEEN (USA), November 6, 1923 - October 11, 2000
ROBERT PARRISH (USA), January 4, 1916 - December 4, 1995
TOM PRIESTLEY (Great Britain), 1932 - unknown
WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS (USA), June 14, 1910 - July 16, 1997
RALPH ROSENBLUM (USA), October 13, 1925 - September 6, 1995
DOROTHY SPENCER (USA), February 3, 1909 – May 23, 2002
FREDRIC STEINKAMP (USA), August 22, 1928 - February 20, 2002
PETER TANNER (Great Britain), September 13, 1914 - December 10, 2002
PETER J.B. TAYLOR (Great Britain), February 28, 1922 - December 17, 1997
GEORGE TOMASINI (USA), April 20, 1909 - November 22, 1964
JOHN VICTOR-SMITH (Great Britain), unknown - unknown
ERNEST WALTER (Great Britain), November 29, 1919 - December 14, 1999
FERRIS WEBSTER (USA), April 29, 1912 - February 4, 1989
MERRILL G. WHITE (USA), December 13, 1901 - March 21, 1959
ELMO WILLIAMS (USA), April 30, 1913 - still living
RALPH E. WINTERS (USA), June 17, 1909 - February 26, 2004
ROBERT WISE (USA), September 10, 1914 - September 14, 2005
ROBERT L. WOLFE (USA), July 5, 1928 - February 28, 1981
WILLIAM ZIEGLER (USA), September 4, 1909 - July 2, 1977

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