Donn Cambern

Editor. Born 9 October 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 18 January 2023.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m score

Oscar nomination

Born

9 October 1929, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died

18 January 2023

Active

1969–1992

Frequently works with

Brock Yates, Burt Reynolds, Danny DeVito, Dom DeLuise, Hal Needham, Ivan Reitman, Sheldon Kahn, William D. Gordean

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

73Fi1m

68Critics

We rate Donn’s work 4 points above the press, across 7 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 796

Under 602

Of 9 reviewed titles.

In numbers

Reviewed: 9 films
Screen time: 17 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.2bn across 9 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1969–1992

Genres

Comedy5
Action4
Adventure3
Drama3
Romance3
Fantasy2

Best and worst on Fi1m

89BestThe Last Picture Show1971

44WorstSmokey and the Bandit II1980

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11950s

11960s

91970s

131980s

81990s

Directors most worked with

Hal Needham2 titles

Ivan Reitman2 titles

Co-stars most worked with

Burt Reynolds2 titles

Danny DeVito2 titles

Dom DeLuise2 titles

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1985Best Film Editing · Romancing the Stone

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.