Dede allen biography samples

American film editor, one of the few to receive star billing, who was the first to bring attention to film editing as an art. Born Dorothea Carothers Allen in 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio; attended Scripps College; married Steve Fleischman (a television writer and producer); children: two.

Nominations and awards: British Academy Award for Dog Day Afternoon (1975); American Academy Award nominations for Dog Day Afternoon (1975) and Reds (1981); Ace Eddie nominations for The Hustler (1961), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), and Reds (1981); Crystal Award from Women in Film (1982); American Film Institute: Doctor of Fine Arts, Honorary Degree (1990); Ace Lifetime Achievement Award (1994).

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I was never afraid of breaking the rules.

—Dede Allen

Filmography:

Story of Life (1948); Endowing Our Future (1957); Terror from the Year 5,000 (1958); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); The Hustler (1961); America, America (1963); It's Always Now