Adrienne Fazan

Adrienne Fazan (May 9, 1906 – August 23, 1986) was an American film editor who first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM films, including The Tell-Tale Heart (1941), Anchors Aweigh (1945), Singin' in the Rain (1952), and Kismet (1955).^[1]

Adrienne Fazan
Born	May 9, 1906 Germany
Died	August 23, 1986(1986-08-23) (aged 80) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1931–1970

Biography

Fazan was born in Germany, to John Fazan and Magdalena Fremdling. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1923, and by 1930 was living in Los Angeles and working as a film editor at a studio.

Career

Adrienne Fazan started cutting and editing in films in 1933 and then she went to work at MGM, who were known for hiring the most qualified and talented people.

Fazan worked with Dorothy Arzner (known for her work on many popular films like The Wild Party)^[2] on many of her films where she helped Fazan move from working on short films, to editing popular feature films. Fazan also collaborated with Vincente Minnelli on eleven films, including the Oscar winning film, Gigi.^[3]

Fazan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for An American in Paris (1951),^[4] and received the award for Gigi (1958).^[5] Both of these films were directed by Vincente Minnelli. She retired in 1970^[6] after editing The Cheyenne Social Club.

Films edited

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Ref.
1931	Wir schalten um auf Hollywood	Frank Reicher
	Parlor, Bedroom and Bath	Edward Sedgwick
1933	Day of Reckoning	Charles Brabin
1934	The Merry Widow	Ernst Lubitsch
1937	The Bride Wore Red	Dorothy Arzner
	You're Only Young Once	George B. Seitz
1941	Where Did You Get That Girl?	Arthur Lubin
1944	Barbary Coast Gent	Roy Del Ruth
1945	Between Two Women	Willis Goldbeck	First collaboration with Willis Goldbeck
	Anchors Aweigh	George Sidney	First collaboration with George Sidney
	She Went to the Races	Willis Goldbeck	Second collaboration with Willis Goldbeck
1946	Holiday in Mexico	George Sidney	Second collaboration with George Sidney
	The Secret Heart	Robert Z. Leonard	First collaboration with Robert Z. Leonard
1948	Three Daring Daughters	Fred M. Wilcox
	The Kissing Bandit	László Benedek
1949	In the Good Old Summertime	Robert Z. Leonard	Second collaboration with Robert Z. Leonard
1950	Nancy Goes to Rio		Third collaboration with Robert Z. Leonard
	Duchess of Idaho		Fourth collaboration with Robert Z. Leonard
	Pagan Love Song	Robert Alton
1951	An American in Paris	Vincente Minnelli	First collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	Texas Carnival	Charles Walters	First collaboration with Charles Walters
1952	Singin' in the Rain	Gene Kelly Stanley Donen	First collaboration with Gene Kelly First collaboration with Stanley Donen
	Everything I Have Is Yours	Robert Z. Leonard	Fifth collaboration with Robert Z. Leonard
1953	I Love Melvin	Don Weis	First collaboration with Don Weis
	Give a Girl a Break	Stanley Donen	Second collaboration with Stanley Donen
1954	Deep in My Heart		Third collaboration with Stanley Donen
1955	It's Always Fair Weather	Gene Kelly Stanley Donen	Second collaboration with Gene Kelly Fourth collaboration with Stanley Donen
	Kismet	Vincente Minnelli	Second collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
1956	Invitation to the Dance	Gene Kelly	Third collaboration with Gene Kelly
	Lust for Life	Vincente Minnelli	Third collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
1957	Designing Woman		Fourth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	Don't Go Near the Water	Charles Walters	Second collaboration with Charles Walters
1958	Gigi	Vincente Minnelli	Fifth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	The Reluctant Debutante		Sixth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	Some Came Running		Seventh collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
1959	The Big Circus	Joseph M. Newman
	The Gazebo	George Marshall
1960	Bells Are Ringing	Vincente Minnelli	Eighth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
1962	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse		Ninth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	Two Weeks in Another Town		Tenth collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
1963	The Courtship of Eddie's Father		Eleventh collaboration with Vincente Minnelli
	The Prize	Mark Robson
1964	Looking for Love	Don Weis	Second collaboration with Don Weis
	36 Hours	George Seaton
1965	Billie	Don Weis	Third collaboration with Don Weis
1966	This Property Is Condemned	Sydney Pollack
1967	Who's Minding the Mint?	Howard Morris	First collaboration with Howard Morris
1968	Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows	James Neilson
	With Six You Get Eggroll	Howard Morris	Second collaboration with Howard Morris
1969	The Comic	Carl Reiner
1970	The Cheyenne Social Club	Gene Kelly	Fourth collaboration with Gene Kelly	[3]

Short documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1939	Prophet Without Honor	Felix E. Feist
1940	Utopia of Death	—
1941	Triumph Without Drums	Joseph M. Newman
1942	Mr. Blabbermouth!	Basil Wrangell
1943	Portrait of a Genius	Sammy Lee

Shorts

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1936	Little Boy Blue	Edwin Lawrence
1939	How to Eat	Roy Rowland
	The Day of Rest	Basil Wrangell
	See Your Doctor
	Miracle at Lourdes	Henry K. Dunn
1940	Know Your Money	Joseph M. Newman
	A Door Will Open	George Sidney
	The Big Premiere	Edward L. Cahn
	All About Hash
	Women in Hiding	Joseph M. Newman
	A Failure at Fifty	Will Jason
	Buyer Beware	Joseph M. Newman
	Goin' Fishin'	Edward L. Cahn
1941	Respect the Law	Joseph M. Newman
	More About Nostradamus	David Miller
	More Trifles of Importance	Basil Wrangell
	Coffins on Wheels	Joseph M. Newman
	Of Pups and Puzzles	George Sidney
	The Tell-Tale Heart	Jules Dassin
	Strange Testament	Sammy Lee
1942	The Lady, or the Tiger?	Fred Zinnemann
	Further Prophecies of Nostradamus	David Miller
1943	Brief Interval	Sammy Lee
	Inca Gold	Will Jason
	Inflation	Cy Endfield
	Journey to Yesterday	Harold Daniels
	Ode to Victory	Edward L. Cahn
	My Tomato	Will Jason
	No News Is Good News
1944	Somewhere, U.S.A.	Gordon Knox Gunther von Fritsch
	A Great Day's Coming	Robert Elwyn

See also

• List of film director and editor collaborations