Biography
Ferris Webster (29 April 1912 – 4 February 1989) was an American film editor. He received his first feature credit in 1943 on Harrigan's Kid and worked at MGM until 1960, where he edited six films directed by Vincente Minnelli and three by Richard Brooks.
Webster was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Manchurian Candidate (1962) and The Great Escape (1963). In the 1960s he edited several films for directors John Sturges and John Frankenheimer. Later credits include multiple collaborations with Clint Eastwood, among them The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Escape from Alcatraz (1979). His final films were released in 1982.
