Biography
Albert Jurgenson (also credited as Albert Louis Jurgenson) was a French film editor and occasional screenwriter. Born in Paris on 4 June 1929, he died there on 12 June 2002.
He edited numerous French feature films from the 1960s to the 1990s, including many popular comedies directed by Gérard Oury such as The Sucker (1965), Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) and The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973), as well as works by Alain Resnais including Providence (1977) and Smoking/No Smoking (1993). He also edited the documentary Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988). Jurgenson received two César Awards for Best Editing, for Providence (1978) and The Inquisitor (1982).
He taught film editing at La Fémis and co-authored the book Pratique du montage (1990).
