Paul Weatherwax

For the American botanist, see Paul Weatherwax (botanist).

Paul John Weatherwax (July 8, 1900^[1][2] – September 13, 1960^[3]) was an American film editor, and two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.

Biography

Weatherwax was born in Sturgis, Michigan, began his editing career in silent films in 1928, and over his career edited about 85 films. His final credit, 1961's A Raisin in the Sun, was selected for preservation in the United States of America National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" in 2005.

He also assisted, although uncredited, on the direction of Star Spangled Rhythm in 1942 and Vendetta in 1950.

Partial filmography

Weatherwax's films include:

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes	Other notes
1928	Flying Romeos	Mervyn LeRoy	First collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	Happiness Ahead	William A. Seiter
	Vamping Venus	Edward F. Cline	First collaboration with Edward F. Cline
	Oh, Kay!	Mervyn LeRoy	Second collaboration with Mervyn LeRoy
	The Wedding March	Erich von Stroheim		Uncredited
1929	Not Quite Decent	Irving Cummings
	Strange Cargo	Arthur Gregor
	The Girl from Havana	Benjamin Stoloff
	Romance of the Rio Grande	Alfred Santell	First collaboration with Alfred Santell
1930	Men Without Women	John Ford	First collaboration with John Ford	Uncredited
	The Arizona Kid	Alfred Santell	Second collaboration with Alfred Santell
	Rough Romance	A. F. Erickson
	The Sea Wolf	Alfred Santell	Third collaboration with Alfred Santell
	Men on Call	John G. Blystone
1931	Body and Soul	Alfred Santell	Fourth collaboration with Alfred Santell
	Surrender	William K. Howard	First collaboration with William K. Howard	Uncredited
1932	While Paris Sleeps	Allan Dwan
	Mystery Ranch	David Howard		Uncredited
	Hat Check Girl	Sidney Lanfield	First collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
	Born to Fight	Walter Mayo
1933	Broadway Bad	Sidney Lanfield	Second collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
	The Warrior's Husband	Walter Lang		Uncredited
	The Power and the Glory	William K. Howard	Second collaboration with William K. Howard
1934	Long Lost Father	Ernest B. Schoedsack
	The Lost Patrol	John Ford	Second collaboration with John Ford
	George White's Scandals	George White
	The World Moves On	John Ford	Third collaboration with John Ford	Uncredited
	Judge Priest		Fourth collaboration with John Ford
	Elinor Norton	Hamilton MacFadden
1935	The Dictator	Victor Saville
	It's a Great Life	Edward F. Cline	Second collaboration with Edward F. Cline
	The Bride Comes Home	Wesley Ruggles	First collaboration with Wesley Ruggles
1936	F-Man	Edward F. Cline	Third collaboration with Edward F. Cline
	The Princess Comes Across	William K. Howard	Third collaboration with William K. Howard
	My American Wife	Harold Young
1937	Champagne Waltz	A. Edward Sutherland
	Waikiki Wedding	Frank Tuttle
	Exclusive	Alexander Hall
	True Confession	Wesley Ruggles	Second collaboration with Wesley Ruggles
1938	You and Me	Fritz Lang	First collaboration with Fritz Lang
	The Arkansas Traveler	Alfred Santell	Fifth collaboration with Alfred Santell
1939	Café Society	Edward H. Griffith
	The Gracie Allen Murder Case	Alfred E. Green
	Rulers of the Sea	Frank Lloyd	First collaboration with Frank Lloyd
1940	Road to Singapore	Victor Schertzinger	First collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	The Howards of Virginia	Frank Lloyd	Second collaboration with Frank Lloyd
	Remedy for Riches	Erle C. Kenton
1941	The Reluctant Dragon	Alfred L. Werker
	Kiss the Boys Goodbye	Victor Schertzinger	Second collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	Birth of the Blues		Third collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
1942	The Fleet's In		Fourth collaboration with Victor Schertzinger
	The Forest Rangers	George Marshall	First collaboration with George Marshall
	Star Spangled Rhythm		Second collaboration with George Marshall
1943	Let's Face It	Sidney Lanfield	Third collaboration with Sidney Lanfield
1944	Our Hearts Were Young and Gay	Lewis Allen
1947	Fun on a Weekend	Andrew L. Stone
1948	The Naked City	Jules Dassin
	The Saxon Charm	Claude Binyon
	You Gotta Stay Happy	H. C. Potter
1949	Mrs. Mike	Louis King
1950	Vendetta	Mel Ferrer
	At War with the Army	Hal Walker
1951	The Prowler	Joseph Losey
	Behave Yourself!	George Beck
1952	Road Agent	Lesley Selander	First collaboration with Lesley Selander
	Desert Passage		Second collaboration with Lesley Selander
	Beware, My Lovely	Harry Horner
	Back at the Front	George Sherman	First collaboration with George Sherman
	The Raiders	Lesley Selander	Third collaboration with Lesley Selander
1953	Girls in the Night	Jack Arnold	First collaboration with Jack Arnold
	The Lone Hand	George Sherman	Second collaboration with George Sherman
	It Came from Outer Space	Jack Arnold	Second collaboration with Jack Arnold
	The Veils of Bagdad	George Sherman	Third collaboration with George Sherman
1954	The Rocket Man	Oscar Rudolph
1955	Revenge of the Creature	Jack Arnold	Third collaboration with Jack Arnold
	Ain't Misbehavin'	Edward Buzzell
	Lady Godiva of Coventry	Arthur Lubin
	The Spoilers	Jesse Hibbs
	The Square Jungle	Jerry Hopper	First collaboration with Jerry Hopper
1956	Never Say Goodbye		Second collaboration with Jerry Hopper
	Around the World in 80 Days	Michael Anderson		Uncredited
1957	Man on the Prowl	Art Napoleon
1959	The Big Fisherman	Frank Borzage
1961	A Raisin in the Sun	Daniel Petrie

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes
1944	The Woman in the Window	Fritz Lang	Editorial supervisor	Second collaboration with Fritz Lang	Uncredited
1945	Along Came Jones	Stuart Heisler	Supervising editor
1946	The Stranger	Orson Welles	Editorial supervisor		Uncredited
1954	Three Young Texans	Henry Levin	Supervising editor
	Siege at Red River	Rudolph Maté	Editorial supervisor
	Gorilla at Large	Harmon Jones
1956	Around the World in 80 Days	Michael Anderson	Supervising editor		Uncredited

Director

Year	Film	Notes	Other notes
1950	Vendetta	1946 substitute while Heisler was ill	Uncredited

Documentaries

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1953	Yesterday and Today	Abner J. Greshler

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1953	Yesterday and Today	Abner J. Greshler	Supervising editor

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1953	Yesterday and Today	Abner J. Greshler	Associate producer

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1958	How to Marry a Millionaire	1 episode
	Perry Mason	2 episodes
	Lassie	12 episodes
1959	Rawhide	1 episode
1957−60	Captain David Grief	6 episodes
1959−60	Hotel de Paree	5 episodes

Awards

Awards

Year	Film	Role
1949	The Naked City	Academy Award for Best Film Editing
1957	Around the World in 80 Days	Academy Award for Best Film Editing