Ralph Rosenblum

Ralph Rosenblum

Editor. Born 13 October 1925 in Brooklyn. Died 6 September 1995.

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Born
13 October 1925, Brooklyn
Died
6 September 1995

Biography

Ralph Rosenblum (13 October 1925 – 6 September 1995) was an American film editor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career as an apprentice in the US Office of War Information during the Second World War and later worked as an assistant editor on documentaries including Louisiana Story (1948).

He edited four films for director Sidney Lumet in the 1960s and collaborated extensively with Woody Allen, editing Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975) and Interiors (1978). Rosenblum shared the 1977 BAFTA Award for Best Editing with Wendy Greene Bricmont for Annie Hall (1977). Other credits include The Producers (1968), The Pawnbroker (1965) and Fail Safe (1964).

In 1979 he co-authored the memoir When the Shooting Stops, the Cutting Begins: A Film Editor's Story. He later taught at the graduate film school at Columbia University.

Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Ralph Rosenblum is known for Love and Death (1975), The Producers (1968), Sleeper (1973), Bananas (1971), Take the Money and Run (1969), Fail Safe (1964), Interiors (1978) and The Pawnbroker (1965).