---
name: "Peter Zinner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-zinner"
fi1m_id: "peter-zinner"
imdb_id: "nm0957038"
tmdb_id: 3100
wikidata_id: "Q214066"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 July 1919"
died: "13 November 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:31:14.440485+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."
---

# Peter Zinner

## Identity

Peter Zinner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-zinner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-zinner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0957038
- **TMDB ID:** 3100
- **Wikidata ID:** Q214066
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zinner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3100

Producer. Born 24 July 1919 in Vienna. Died 13 November 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 July 1919, Vienna
- **Died:** 13 November 2007
- **Active:** 1967–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 1 producing, 5 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Pacino](https://film.one/person/al-pacino.md), [Francis Ford Coppola](https://film.one/person/francis-ford-coppola.md), [John Cazale](https://film.one/person/john-cazale.md), [Mario Puzo](https://film.one/person/mario-puzo.md), [Robert De Niro](https://film.one/person/robert-de-niro.md), [Robert Duvall](https://film.one/person/robert-duvall.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 84 (1), 1970s 90 (3), 1980s 70 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Zinner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214066, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3100

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Godfather*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md) (93)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Godfather Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md) (92)
- **Netflix:** [*The Deer Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Conspiracy*](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md) (83)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*An Officer and a Gentleman*](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Peter Zinner (24 July 1919 – 13 November 2007) was an Austrian-American film editor. Born in Vienna, he studied music there before his family fled Nazi occupation in 1938. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1940 and began working in the film industry as an apprentice editor at 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s, later serving as an assistant sound-effects editor at Universal and a music editor at MGM.

Zinner received his first editing credits in the late 1950s and 1960s on films including *The Professionals* (1966) and *In Cold Blood* (1967). He co-edited *The Godfather* (1972) with William H. Reynolds, handling the latter half of the film, and worked on *The Godfather Part II* (1974). His other credits include *The Deer Hunter* (1978), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), for which he received an Oscar nomination. He also won Emmy Awards for television work on *War and Remembrance* (1988) and *Citizen Cohn* (1992).

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

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Fi1m 82, as ADM Yuri Padorin, Chief Political Officer, Soviet Navy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Conspiracy* (2001), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)

### Crew (5)

- *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md)
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Fi1m 92, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *The Godfather* (1972), Fi1m 93, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *In Cold Blood* (1967), Fi1m 84, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/in-cold-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *The Godfather: The Complete Epic 1901–1959* (2016), Editor
- *Conspiracy* (2001), Executive Producer, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *American Tragedy* (2000), Editor
- *Dirty Pictures* (2000), Editor
- *The Omega Code* (1999), Editor
- *Motel Blue* (1997), Editor
- *A Gun, a Car, a Blonde* (1997), Editor, Producer
- *The Enemy Within* (1994), Editor
- *Citizen Cohn* (1992), Editor
- *Gladiator* (1992), Editor
- *Ted & Venus* (1991), Editor
- *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), as ADM Yuri Padorin, Chief Political Officer, Soviet Navy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunt-for-red-october.md)
- *War and Remembrance* (1988), series, Editor
- *Saving Grace* (1986), Editor
- *War and Love* (1985), Editor
- *Running Brave* (1983), Editor
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, Editor
- *An Officer and a Gentleman* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/an-officer-and-a-gentleman.md)
- *The Salamander* (1981), Director
- *Foolin' Around* (1980), Editor
- *The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh* (1979), Editor
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *Tintorera: Killer Shark* (1977), Editor
- *A Star Is Born* (1976), Editor
- *Foxtrot* (1976), Editor
- *Mahogany* (1975), Editor
- *The Godfather Part II* (1974), Editor — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather-part-ii.md)
- *Crazy Joe* (1974), Associate Producer, Editor
- *The Valdez Horses* (1973), Supervising Editor
- *The Godfather* (1972), Editor — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-godfather.md)
- *Darling Lili* (1970), Editor
- *The Red Tent* (1969), Editor, Other
- *They Saved Hitler's Brain* (1968), Music Editor, Music Supervisor
- *In Cold Blood* (1967), Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/in-cold-blood.md)
- *Gunn* (1967), Editor
- *The Professionals* (1966), Editor
- *Lord Jim* (1965), Music Editor
- *The Naked Kiss* (1964), Music Editor
- *King Kong vs. Godzilla* (1963), Music Supervisor, Supervising Film Editor, Music Editor
- *Varan the Unbelievable* (1962), Music Editor
- *Rider on a Dead Horse* (1962), Music Editor
- *Wild Harvest* (1962), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 1983: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *An Officer and a Gentleman*
- 1979: Best Film Editing (won), for *The Deer Hunter*
- 1973: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Godfather*

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

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