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Verna Fields

American film editor and entertainment industry executive (1918-1982) · United States · On the map · Died at 64

Verna Fields was an American film editor, film and television sound editor, educator, and entertainment industry executive. In the first phase of her career, from 1954 through to about 1970, Fields mostly worked on smaller projects that gained little recognition.

Verna Fields is read about 60 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 16 August 2026

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Awards

Crystal Award1981
Academy Award for Best Film Editing1976

About this person

She was the sound editor for several television shows in the 1950s. She worked on independent films including The Savage Eye (1959), on government-supported documentaries of the 1960s, and on some minor studio films such as Peter Bogdanovich's first film, Targets (1968). For several years in the late 1960s, she was a film instructor at the University of Southern California. Her one major studio film, El Cid (1961), led to her only industry recognition in this phase of her career, which was the 1962 Golden Reel award for sound editing.

Country
United States
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1982 · aged 64

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