Philip W. Anderson (film editor)

Philip W. Anderson
Philip W. Anderson
Born	Philip William Anderson; June 23, 1915; New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	March 27, 1980 (aged 64); Granada Hills, Los Angeles, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1939–1971

Philip W. Anderson (June 23, 1915^[1] – March 27, 1980^[2]) was an American film editor with more than fifty film credits commencing with the 1939 films, Marine Circus and Dark Magic.^[3]

He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for three films: Giant (directed by George Stevens - 1956; with William Hornbeck and Fred Bohanan), Sayonara (directed by Joshua Logan - 1957; with Arthur P. Schmidt), and The Parent Trap (directed by David Swift - 1961). His final credit is for A Man Called Horse (directed by Elliot Silverstein - 1970).^[3]

Filmography

Editor
Year	Film	Director	Notes
1956	Giant	George Stevens
1957	Sayonara	Joshua Logan	First collaboration with Joshua Logan
1958	Westbound	Budd Boetticher
1958	Home Before Dark	Mervyn LeRoy	First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1959	The FBI Story	Mervyn LeRoy	Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1960	Cash McCall	Joseph Pevney	First collaboration with Joseph Pevney
	Tall Story	Joshua Logan	Second collaboration with Joshua Logan
	Ocean's 11	Lewis Milestone
1961	The Parent Trap	David Swift
1961	A Majority of One	Mervyn LeRoy	Third collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1962	Gypsy	Mervyn LeRoy	Fourth collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1963	One Man's Way	Denis Sanders
1965	Mister Moses	Ronald Neame
1966	Moment to Moment	Mervyn LeRoy	Fifth collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
1966	The Night of the Grizzly	Joseph Pevney	Second collaboration with Joseph Pevney
1967	The Happening	Elliot Silverstein	First collaboration with Elliot Silverstein
1968	How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life	Fielder Cook
1968	The Sweet Ride	Harvey Hart
1970	A Man Called Horse	Elliot Silverstein	Second collaboration with Elliot Silverstein
1971	Mrs. Pollifax-Spy	Leslie H. Martinson	Uncredited

Editorial department
Year	Film	Director	Role
1956	Giant	George Stevens	Associate film editor

Actor
Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1927	Man, Woman and Sin	Monta Bell	Al Whitcomb (as a Child)
1929	Redskin	Victor Schertzinger	Young Wing Foot	Uncredited

Short documentaries

Editor
Year	Film	Director
1939	Marine Circus	James A. FitzPatrick
1939	Set 'em Up	Felix E. Feist
1940	Quicker'n a Wink	George Sidney
1941	Football Thrills of 1940	Pete Smith
1941	Army Champions	Paul C. Vogel
1942	It's a Dog's Life	Robert Wohlmuth
	Football Thrills of 1941	Pete Smith
	Marines in the Making	Herbert Polesie
1943	Wild Horses	—
	Sky Science	Will Jason
	Dog House	Robert Wohlmuth
	Football Thrills of 1942	Pete Smith
	Water Wisdom	—
1944	Grandpa Called It Art	Walter Hart
1944	Football Thrills of 1943	Pete Smith
1945	Football Thrills of 1944	Pete Smith
1946	Fala at Hyde Park	Gunther von Fritsch

Director
Year	Film
1942	Self Defense

Shorts

Editor
Year	Film	Director
1939	Dark Magic	Roy Rowland
	Radio Hams	Felix E. Feist
	Culinary Carving
	Take a Cue
	Let's Talk Turkey
	Romance of the Potato	Sammy Lee
1940	Maintain the Right	Joseph M. Newman Willard Van der Veer
	Stuffie	Fred Zinnemann
	The Domineering Male	Johnny Hines
	Spots Before Your Eyes
	Social Sea Lions
	'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two	George Sidney
1941	Penny to the Rescue	Will Jason
	Quiz Biz	Will Jason
	Murder in 3-D	George Sidney
	Memory Tricks	Will Jason
	Aeronutics	Francis Corby S.B. Harrison
	Cuban Rhythm	Will Jason
	Water Bugs	Will Jason
	Flicker Memories	—
	Fancy Answers	Basil Wrangell
	How to Hold Your Husband - BACK	Johnny Hines
1942	Aqua Antics	Louis Lewyn
	What About Daddy?	Will Jason
	Acro-Batty	Louis Lewyn
	Victory Quiz	Will Jason
	Pete Smith's Scrapbook	—
	Barbee-Cues	Will Jason
	Victory Vittles
	Calling All Pa's
1943	First Aid
	Hollywood Daredevils	Louis Lewyn
	Fala: The President's Dog	Gunther von Fritsch
	Seeing Hands	Gunther von Fritsch
	Seventh Column	Will Jason
	Scrap Happy
	Tips on Trips
1944	Practical Joker
	Home Maid
	Groovie Movie
	Easy Life	Walter Hart
	Movie Pests	Will Jason

Director
Year	Film
1945	Badminton
1946	Gettin' Glamour

Second unit or assistant director
Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1946	Treasures from Trash	Dave O'Brien	Assistant director	Uncredited
1946	I Love My Husband, But!	Dave O'Brien	Assistant director	Uncredited

Writer
Year	Film	Director
1946	Treasures from Trash	Dave O'Brien

TV movies

Editor
Year	Film	Director
1971	Goodbye, Raggedy Ann	Fielder Cook

TV series

Editor
Year	Title	Notes
1955	The Stu Erwin Show	2 episodes
1963	The Great Adventure	1 episode
1970	My World and Welcome to It	2 episodes

References

^ "Philip William Anderson, 1980". California Death Index, 1940-1997.
^ "Philip W. Anderson". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Philip W. Anderson at IMDb

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[1] "Philip William Anderson, 1980". California Death Index, 1940-1997.

[2] "Philip W. Anderson". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.

[imdb-3] Philip W. Anderson at IMDb

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v t e American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film
Best Edited Feature Film (1961-1998)	Philip W. Anderson (1961) Samuel E. Beetley (1962) Harold F. Kress (1963) Cotton Warburton (1964) William H. Reynolds (1965) William B. Murphy (1966) Michael Luciano (1967) Frank P. Keller (1968) William H. Reynolds (1969) Hugh S. Fowler (1970) Folmar Blangsted (1971) David Bretherton (1972) William H. Reynolds (1973) Michael Luciano (1974) Verna Fields (1975) Richard Halsey and Scott Conrad (1976) William H. Reynolds (1977) Peter Zinner (1978) Alan Heim (1979) Thelma Schoonmaker (1980) Michael Kahn (1981) John Bloom (1982) Tom Rolf (1983) Nena Danevic and Michael A. Chandler (1984) Thom Noble (1985) Claire Simpson (1986) Gabriella Cristiani (1987) Gerry Hambling / Stu Linder (1988) Steven Rosenblum (1989) Neil Travis (1990) Joe Hutshing and Pietro Scalia (1991) Joel Cox (1992) Michael Kahn (1993) Arthur Schmidt (1994) Steven Rosenblum (1995) Walter Murch (1996) Conrad Buff IV, James Cameron and Richard A. Harris (1997) Michael Kahn (1998)
Comedy or Musical (1999-present)	Eric Zumbrunnen (1999) Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein (2000) Jill Bilcock (2001) Martin Walsh (2002) Stephen E. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt and Craig Wood (2003) Paul Hirsch (2004) Michael McCusker (2005) Virginia Katz (2006) Chris Lebenzon (2007) Stephen Schaffer (2008) Debra Neil-Fisher (2009) Chris Lebenzon (2010) Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius (2011) Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2012) Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (2013) Barney Pilling (2014) Hank Corwin (2015) Tom Cross (2016) Tatiana S. Riegel (2017) Yorgos Mavropsaridis (2018) Tom Eagles (2019) Matthew Friedman and Andrew Dickler (2020) Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum (2021) Paul Rogers (2022) Kevin Tent (2023)
Dramatic (1999-present)	Zach Staenberg (1999) Pietro Scalia (2000) Pietro Scalia (2001) Thelma Schoonmaker (2002) Jamie Selkirk (2003) Thelma Schoonmaker (2004) Hughes Winborne (2005) Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione / Thelma Schoonmaker (2006) Christopher Rouse (2007) Chris Dickens (2008) Chris Innis and Bob Murawski (2009) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall (2010) Kevin Tent (2011) William Goldenberg (2012) Christopher Rouse (2013) Sandra Adair (2014) Margaret Sixel (2015) Joe Walker (2016) Lee Smith (2017) John Ottman (2018) Yang Jin-mo (2019) Alan Baumgarten (2020) Pamela Martin (2021) Eddie Hamilton (2022) Jennifer Lame (2023)

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