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name: "Warren Low"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/warren-low"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 August 1905"
died: "27 July 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-20T00:28:37.528155+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."
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# Warren Low

Editor. Born 12 August 1905 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 27 July 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 August 1905, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 27 July 1989
- **Active:** 1935–1941
- **Frequently works with:** [Bette Davis](https://film.one/person/bette-davis.md), [Casey Robinson](https://film.one/person/casey-robinson.md), [Donald Crisp](https://film.one/person/donald-crisp.md), [Gale Sondergaard](https://film.one/person/gale-sondergaard.md), [William Wyler](https://film.one/person/william-wyler.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (3), 1940s 72 (3)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $25m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Low, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1711224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18595

## Biography

Warren Low (12 August 1905 – 27 July 1989) was an American film editor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he began working as an assistant editor at Warner Bros. in 1930 and later became supervising editor at Paramount Pictures.

Low edited numerous films, including *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), *The Letter* (1940), *Now, Voyager* (1942), *The Bad Seed* (1956), *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1957), *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965) and *True Grit* (1969). He was one of the founders of the American Cinema Editors and received awards from the organisation, including a Life Achievement award in 1989.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *The Letter* (1940), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *Jezebel* (1938), Fi1m 78, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Fi1m 74, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

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

- *Willard* (1971), Editor
- *Norwood* (1970), Editor
- *True Grit* (1969), Supervising Film Editor
- *Krakatoa, East of Java* (1969), Editor
- *5 Card Stud* (1968), Editor
- *Will Penny* (1967), Editor
- *Waterhole #3* (1967), Editor
- *Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad* (1967), Editor
- *Paradise, Hawaiian Style* (1966), Supervising Editor
- *Boeing, Boeing* (1965), Editor
- *The Sons of Katie Elder* (1965), Editorial Staff, Editor
- *Roustabout* (1964), Editor
- *A Girl Named Tamiko* (1962), Editor
- *Girls! Girls! Girls!* (1962), Editor
- *Blue Hawaii* (1961), Supervising Editor
- *Summer and Smoke* (1961), Editor
- *All in a Night's Work* (1961), Supervising Editor
- *G.I. Blues* (1960), Supervising Editor
- *Career* (1959), Editor
- *King Creole* (1958), Editor
- *Hot Spell* (1958), Supervising Editor
- *Wild Is the Wind* (1957), Editor
- *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral* (1957), Supervising Film Editor
- *The Rainmaker* (1956), Supervising Editor
- *The Bad Seed* (1956), Editor
- *The Rose Tattoo* (1955), Supervising Editor, Editor
- *Artists and Models* (1955), Editor
- *3 Ring Circus* (1954), Editor
- *About Mrs. Leslie* (1954), Editor
- *Cease Fire!* (1953), Supervising Editor
- *The Caddy* (1953), Editor
- *Scared Stiff* (1953), Editor
- *Come Back, Little Sheba* (1953), Supervising Editor
- *Jumping Jacks* (1952), Supervising Editor
- *Sailor Beware* (1952), Editor
- *The Stooge* (1951), Editor
- *Red Mountain* (1951), Editor
- *That's My Boy* (1951), Editor
- *Dark City* (1950), Editor
- *My Friend Irma Goes West* (1950), Editor
- *Paid in Full* (1950), Editor
- *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), Supervising Editor
- *Rope of Sand* (1949), Editor
- *The Accused* (1949), Editorial Manager
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948), Supervising Editor
- *Desert Fury* (1947), Editor
- *Johnny O'Clock* (1947), Editor
- *The Searching Wind* (1946), Editor
- *Princess O'Rourke* (1943), Editor
- *Now, Voyager* (1942), Editor
- *The Gay Sisters* (1942), Editor
- *Juke Girl* (1942), Editor
- *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md)
- *Out of the Fog* (1941), Editor
- *Shining Victory* (1941), Editor
- *The Letter* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-letter.md)
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet* (1940), Editor
- *We Are Not Alone* (1939), Editor
- *Dust Be My Destiny* (1939), Editor
- *Juarez* (1939), Editor
- *The Sisters* (1938), Editor
- *The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse* (1938), Editor
- *Jezebel* (1938), Editor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jezebel.md)
- *The Kid Comes Back* (1938), Editor
- *The Great Garrick* (1937), Editor
- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)
- *Isle of Fury* (1936), Editor
- *Satan Met a Lady* (1936), Editor
- *The White Angel* (1936), Editor
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1935), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/a-midsummer-nights-dream.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 nominated

- 1958: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral*
- 1956: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Rose Tattoo*
- 1953: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Come Back, Little Sheba*
- 1941: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Letter*

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

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