Robert James Kern (March 29, 1885 – May 30, 1972) was an American film editor with more than sixty feature film credits.
He is known for editing ''
National Velvet'' (1944), which won him the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, ...
. ''National Velvet'' was one of thirteen films that Kern edited with director
Clarence Brown
Clarence Leon Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director.
Early life
Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to Larkin Harry Brown, a cotton manufacturer, and Katherine Ann Brown (née Gaw), Brown moved to Tennessee when h ...
. He also made seven films with director
W. S. Van Dyke, including three of the ''
Thin Man'' series. Kern was nominated for the Academy Award for ''
David Copperfield
''David Copperfield'' Dickens invented over 14 variations of the title for this work, see is a novel in the bildungsroman genre by Charles Dickens, narrated by the eponymous David Copperfield, detailing his adventures in his journey from inf ...
'' (1935), which was directed by
George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of ...
.
His brother,
Hal C. Kern
Hal C. Kern (July 14, 1894 – February 24, 1985) was an American film editor. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on ''Gone with the Wind.'' He was also nominated for ''Rebecca'' and ''Since You Went Away.''
He began his ...
, was also a film editor. As of 2017, they are the only instance of two brothers both winning an Academy Award for Best Editing. Hal Kern won for ''
Gone with the Wind'' (1939).
Selected filmography
* ''
Bachelor's Paradise'' (1928)
*''
George Washington Cohen'' (1928)
* ''
The Tragedy of Youth'' (1928)
See also
*
List of film director and editor collaborations (with Clarence Brown)
References
External links
*
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1885 births
1972 deaths
American film editors
Best Film Editing Academy Award winners