Adrienne Fazan
Encyclopedia
Adrienne Fazan was an American
film editor.
She first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM
films, including The Tell-Tale Heart
(1941), Anchors Aweigh
(1945), and Kismet
(1955). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for An American in Paris
in 1951, and received the award for Gigi
in 1958. Both of these films were directed by Vincente Minnelli
, with whom Fazan collaborated on eleven films.
Fazan retired in 1970.
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film editor.
She first started cutting films in 1933. She worked on many MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
films, including The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart (1941 film)
The Tell-Tale Heart is a 1941 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin. The screenplay by Doane R. Hoag is based on the 1843 short story of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe....
(1941), Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh (film)
Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney in which two sailors go on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to help her get an audition at MGM...
(1945), and Kismet
Kismet (1955 film)
Kismet is an American musical film in Cinemascope and Eastman Color released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is the fourth movie version of Kismet—the first was released in 1920 and the second in 1930 by Warner Brothers—and the second released by MGM...
(1955). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for An American in Paris
An American in Paris (film)
An American in Paris is a 1951 MGM musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guetary, and Nina Foch, the film is set in Paris, and was directed by Vincente Minnelli from a script by Alan Jay Lerner...
in 1951, and received the award for Gigi
Gigi (1958 film)
Gigi is a 1958 musical film directed by Vincente Minnelli. The screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner is based on the 1944 novella of the same name by Colette...
in 1958. Both of these films were directed by Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis, The Band Wagon, and An American in Paris. In addition to having directed some of the most famous and well-remembered musicals of his time, Minnelli made...
, with whom Fazan collaborated on eleven films.
Fazan retired in 1970.