Conrad A. Nervig

Conrad Albinus Nervig (born 24 June 1889, Grant County, South Dakota, USA, died 26 November 1980, San Diego, California, USA) was an American film editor with 81 film credits.[1]

He started work in 1922 at Goldwyn Pictures, and stayed with this firm after its merger to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1924. He spent essentially his entire career at MGM, retiring in 1954.[2][3]

Nervig was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Film Editing for the film Eskimo (1934). He won a second "Oscar" (shared with Ralph E. Winters) for the film King Solomon's Mines (1950). He was also nominated for his work on A Tale of Two Cities (1935).

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Conrad A. Nervig at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ Selise, Eiseman (March–April 2006). "Pushing the Envelope...". Editors Guild Magazine. 27 (2). Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  3. ↑ Fairservice, Don (2001). Film editing: history, theory and practice : looking at the invisible. Manchester University Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-7190-5777-9.
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