Harry W. Gerstad

Harry W. Gerstad (born Harry Donald Gerstad on June 11, 1909 - died July 17, 2002) was a film editor who sometimes directed films. The Academy Award-winning editor also worked on television. He edited as well as directed for the 1950s program "Adventures of Superman". In the 1960s he worked for Bing Crosby productions and Batjac Productions. Gerstad retired to Palm Springs, Florida in 1973. [Oliver, Myrna (2002). [http://www.jimnolt.com/gerstadobit.htm "Harry Gerstad, 93: Film Editor Won 2 Academy Awards,"] "Los Angeles Times" July 17, 2002.]

Noteworthy films

Gerstad's editing work spanned more than 40 films, including "The Spiral Staircase" (1946), "Crossfire" (1947), "Rocketship X-M" (1950), "Batman" (1966), "The War Wagon" (1967) and "Walking Tall" (1973).

Awards and nominations

He won the Academy Award for Film Editing (the "Oscar") twice: for the boxing drama "Champion" in 1949 and for Fred Zinnemann's seminal Western "High Noon" in 1952. However, Elmo Williams, who was the co-editor of "High Noon", indicates in his autobiography that Gerstad's credit was a nominal one. [Williams, Elmo (2006). "Elmo Williams: A Hollywood Memoir" (McFarland), p. 86. ISBN 0786426217] In 1997, Gerstad received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

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