---
name: "Daniel Mandell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-mandell"
fi1m_id: "daniel-mandell"
imdb_id: "nm0541721"
tmdb_id: 4102
wikidata_id: "Q1161655"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "13 July 1895"
died: "8 June 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-07T09:52:56.952926+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel Mandell

## Identity

Daniel Mandell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-mandell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-mandell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0541721
- **TMDB ID:** 4102
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1161655
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mandell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4102

Editor. Born 13 July 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 8 June 1987.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 13 July 1895, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 June 1987
- **Active:** 1922–1960
- **Frequently works with:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://film.one/person/samuel-goldwyn.md), [William Wyler](https://film.one/person/william-wyler.md), [Teresa Wright](https://film.one/person/teresa-wright.md), [Billy Wilder](https://film.one/person/billy-wilder.md), [Dan Duryea](https://film.one/person/dan-duryea.md), [David Niven](https://film.one/person/david-niven.md), [Lillian Hellman](https://film.one/person/lillian-hellman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1920s 75 (1), 1930s 79 (3), 1940s 82 (4), 1950s 84 (2), 1960s 91 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 81 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 5, Crime 4, Comedy 3, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 23 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $70m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Mandell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1161655, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0541721/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4102

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dodsworth*](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) (87), [*The Little Foxes*](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md) (85), [*Guys and Dolls*](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md) (80), [*Wuthering Heights*](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md) (76), [*Dead End*](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md) (73)
- **Tubi:** [*The Apartment*](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) (91), [*Witness for the Prosecution*](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md) (87)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Best Years of Our Lives*](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md) (90), [*The Pride of the Yankees*](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniel Mandell (1895–1987) was an American film editor whose career spanned more than four decades. He began in vaudeville and the circus as an acrobat before serving in the US Marines during the First World War. After the war he entered film editing, working initially at MGM and Columbia before joining Samuel Goldwyn Productions.

Mandell edited many of Goldwyn’s prestige pictures, including *Wuthering Heights* (1939), *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946) and *Guys and Dolls* (1955). He later collaborated with Billy Wilder on five films, among them *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), *The Apartment* (1960) and *The Fortune Cookie* (1966). He won three Academy Awards for Best Film Editing—for *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), *The Best Years of Our Lives* and *The Apartment*—and received two further nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *The Apartment* (1960), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md)
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md)
- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), Fi1m 90, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md)
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/arsenic-and-old-lace.md)
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Fi1m 85, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Dead End* (1937), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Fi1m 87, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *Foolish Wives* (1922), Fi1m 75, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/foolish-wives.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fortune Cookie* (1966), Editor
- *Kiss Me, Stupid* (1964), Editor
- *Irma la Douce* (1963), Editor
- *One, Two, Three* (1961), Editor
- *The Apartment* (1960), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md)
- *Porgy and Bess* (1959), Editor
- *Witness for the Prosecution* (1957), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/witness-for-the-prosecution.md)
- *The Sharkfighters* (1956), Editor
- *Guys and Dolls* (1955), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guys-and-dolls.md)
- *Hans Christian Andersen* (1952), Editor
- *I Want You* (1951), Editor
- *Valentino* (1951), Editor
- *Edge of Doom* (1950), Editor
- *My Foolish Heart* (1950), Editor
- *Roseanna McCoy* (1949), Editor
- *Enchantment* (1948), Editor
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), Editor
- *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), Editor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md)
- *The Kid from Brooklyn* (1946), Editor
- *Wonder Man* (1945), Editor
- *The Princess and the Pirate* (1944), Editor
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1944), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/arsenic-and-old-lace.md)
- *Up in Arms* (1944), Editor
- *The North Star* (1943), Editor
- *They Got Me Covered* (1943), Editor
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Editor — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), Editor
- *The Little Foxes* (1941), Editor — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-foxes.md)
- *Meet John Doe* (1941), Editor
- *The Westerner* (1940), Editor
- *The Real Glory* (1939), Editor
- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)
- *Dead End* (1937), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-end.md)
- *Woman Chases Man* (1937), Editor
- *You Only Live Once* (1937), Editor
- *Dodsworth* (1936), Editor — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md)
- *These Three* (1936), Editor
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), Editor
- *The Good Fairy* (1935), Editor
- *There's Always Tomorrow* (1934), Editor
- *Wake Up and Dream* (1934), Editor
- *Counsellor at Law* (1933), Editor
- *Saturday's Millions* (1933), Editor
- *Emergency Call* (1933), Editor
- *The Gay Nighties* (1933), Editor
- *The Animal Kingdom* (1932), Editor
- *Sham Poo, the Magician* (1932), Editor
- *A Woman Commands* (1932), Editor
- *Devotion* (1931), Editor
- *Beyond Victory* (1931), Editor
- *Sin Takes a Holiday* (1930), Editor
- *Holiday* (1930), Editor
- *Swing High* (1930), Editor
- *Melody Lane* (1929), Editor
- *Show Boat* (1929), Editor
- *Man, Woman and Wife* (1929), Editor
- *California Straight Ahead* (1925), Editor
- *Foolish Wives* (1922), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/foolish-wives.md)
- *Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath*, Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- 1961: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Apartment*
- 1958: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Witness for the Prosecution*
- 1947: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Best Years of Our Lives*
- 1943: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Pride of the Yankees*
- 1942: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Little Foxes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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