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name: "William Sands"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-sands"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "31 May 1923"
died: "11 September 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:07:25.485253+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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# William Sands

Editor. Born 31 May 1923. Died 11 September 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 31 May 1923
- **Died:** 11 September 1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1859513

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Funny Girl*](https://film.one/film/funny-girl.md) (70)

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## Biography

William Sands (1923–1984) was an American film editor. He was credited as one of the editors, alongside Maury Winetrobe and supervising editor Robert Swink, on the 1968 musical *Funny Girl* directed by William Wyler. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing, as well as a nomination from the American Cinema Editors.

Sands began his career as an assistant editor in the 1950s, with an uncredited role on *The Big Country* (1958). His later editing credits include *The Only Game in Town* (1970), *Cactus in the Snow* (1971) and *Lady Ice* (1973). He returned to assistant work on *Wolfen* (1981).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Funny Girl* (1968), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/funny-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Lady Ice* (1973), Editor
- *The Only Game in Town* (1970), Editor
- *Funny Girl* (1968), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-girl.md)

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