Philip Cahn

Philip Cahn
Born June 18, 1894
New York, New York
United States
Died September 28, 1984 (aged 90)
Thousand Oaks, California
United States
Occupation Film editor
Years active 1930 - 1962 (film)

Philip Cahn (1894–1984) was an American film editor who edited more than eighty films and television series.[1] He also directed the 1935 film I've Been Around.

Together with I. James Wilkinson and Ben Lewis, Chan founded The Society of Motion Picture Film Editors in 1937, which was renamed the Motion Picture Editors Guild in 1944.[2]

Philip Cahn was the brother of the director Edward L. Cahn and the father of the editor Dann Cahn.

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

  • Lisa Dombrowski. The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I’ll Kill You. Wesleyan University Press, 2015.


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