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name: "David Bretherton"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "29 February 1924"
died: "11 May 2000"
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average_fi1m_score: 70
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# David Bretherton

Editor. Born 29 February 1924 in Los Angeles. Died 11 May 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 29 February 1924, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 11 May 2000
- **Active:** 1957–1972
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 61 (2), 1970s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $43m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bretherton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3898

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Cabaret*](https://film.one/film/cabaret.md) (88)

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## Biography

David Bretherton was an American film editor. Born in Los Angeles on 29 February 1924, he was the son of editor and director Howard Bretherton. He served in the United States Air Force during the Second World War and joined the editing department at Twentieth Century-Fox after the war.

His credits as editor include *Peyton Place* (1957), *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), *The Train* (1964), *Cabaret* (1972), *Westworld* (1973), *Caddyshack* (1980) and *Sea of Love* (1989). He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for *Cabaret* and received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1995. Bretherton died in Los Angeles on 11 May 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cabaret* (1972), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cabaret.md)
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)
- *Peyton Place* (1957), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *City Hall* (1996), Editor
- *Malice* (1993), Editor
- *Sea of Love* (1989), Editor
- *The Pick-up Artist* (1987), Editor
- *Lionheart* (1987), Editor
- *Clue* (1985), Editor
- *Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend* (1985), Editor
- *Lovelines* (1984), Editor
- *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982), Editor
- *Cannery Row* (1982), Editor
- *Caddyshack* (1980), Supervising Editor
- *The Big Red One* (1980), Supervising Editor
- *Winter Kills* (1979), Editor
- *The First Great Train Robbery* (1978), Editor
- *Coma* (1978), Editor
- *Silver Streak* (1976), Editor
- *High Velocity* (1976), Editor
- *Harry and Walter Go to New York* (1976), Editor
- *The Man in the Glass Booth* (1975), Editor
- *The Bank Shot* (1974), Editor
- *The Super Cops* (1974), Consulting Editor
- *Westworld* (1973), Editor
- *Slither* (1973), Editor
- *Save the Tiger* (1973), Editor
- *Cabaret* (1972), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cabaret.md)
- *They Call Him Marcado* (1971), Editor
- *Fools' Parade* (1971), Editor
- *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970), Editor
- *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever* (1970), Editor
- *Villa Rides* (1968), Editor
- *The Honey Pot* (1967), Editor
- *The Sandpiper* (1965), Editor
- *The Train* (1964), Editor
- *State Fair* (1962), Editor
- *Return to Peyton Place* (1961), Editor
- *Let's Make Love* (1960), Editor
- *The Diary of Anne Frank* (1959), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-diary-of-anne-frank.md)
- *Ten North Frederick* (1958), Editor
- *Peyton Place* (1957), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/peyton-place.md)
- *Valerie* (1957), Editor
- *The King and Four Queens* (1956), Editor
- *Three Brave Men* (1956), Editor
- *Hilda Crane* (1956), Editor
- *The Bottom of the Bottle* (1956), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1973: Best Film Editing (won), for *Cabaret*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1973: Best Editing (nominated), for *Cabaret*

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

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