# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-w-gerstad
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:42:56.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-w-gerstad"
name: "Harry W. Gerstad"
slug: "harry-w-gerstad"
description: "Harry W. Gerstad was an American film editor who sometimes directed films. The Academy Award-winning editor also worked on television. He edited as well as directed for the 1950s program Adventures of Superman. In the 1960s he worked for Bing Crosby Productions and Batjac Productions. Gerstad retired to Palm Springs, California in 1973 and lived there until his death in 2002."
tagline: "American film editor (1909–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Ferrer-Mala_Powers_in_Cyrano_de_Bergerac_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1909-06-11"
deathDate: "2002-07-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.93
  momentum:             4.144796380090497
  historical:           6.538301333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314899/"
    handle:    "nm0314899"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_W._Gerstad"
    title: "Harry W. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "هارى دبليو جيرستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_W._Gerstad"
    title: "Harry W. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_W._Gerstad"
    title: "Harry W. Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88._%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "هری دابلیو. گرستاد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gerstad"
    title: "Harry Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gerstad"
    title: "Harry Gerstad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1380406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump