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June 21, 2010 | MD
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Peter Zinner, who worked as a film editor on the first two "Godfather" films and won an Oscar for his work on 1978's "The Deer Hunter," has died. He was 88.
Zinner died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica of complications from an almost five-year battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his daughter Katina Zinner said.
"He was a humble guy. If anyone wasn't full of the Hollywood junk, it was my dad," she told The Associated Press. "He lived life to the fullest. He was passionate on every level. We were the best of friends."
Born in 1919 in Vienna, Peter Zinner, who was Jewish, fled the Nazis with his family and moved to the Philippines in 1938. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1940 and "always wanted to be in film," said his daughter.
After working as a taxi driver and piano player in silent movie theaters, Zinner landed a job as an apprentice film editor at 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s.
In 1960, he quit MGM and started his own company with two other film editors, his daughter said.
It was Zinner's film editing work on Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 groundbreaking mob drama "The Godfather" that earned him an Academy Award nomination with coeditor William Reynolds.
"Peter Zinner made a great contribution to 'The Godfather,"' Coppola said in an e-mail to The AP through his publicist. "Working on the editing of the final (baptism) sequence, Peter had the inspiration to add the organ music that pulled the sequence together."
Zinner's other notable movie editing credits included 1967's "In Cold Blood," 1974's "The Godfather: Part II" and 1976's "A Star Is Born."
He snagged a film editing Oscar for the Vietnam War film "The Deer Hunter," which won best picture. He later picked up an Oscar nomination for 1982's romantic drama "An Officer and a Gentlemen."
Zinner appeared only once as an actor, playing an admiral in 1990's "The Hunt for Red October," and directed one movie, 1981's "The Salamander," a political thriller set in Italy with Anthony Quinn.
Last year, Zinner collaborated with his daughter Katina, also a film editor, on the documentary "Running With Arnold," about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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For Peter...
Your editorial work in the
first two Godfather films
is truly memorable. You were
said to be the very best in
you work in the Dear Hunter.
You...are very much missed.
Peter...This is for you.
WEEP NOT FOR ME
Do not weep for me when I no longer dwell among the wonders of the earth; for my larger self is free, and my soul rejoices on the other side of pain...on the other side of darkness.
Do not...
March 18, 2010
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I miss my mentor and my conscience. With the greatest fondness, I remember the acerbic sense of humor, the pithy retort, the elegant diction, the no-nonsense advice whether it had to do with editing or not. Thanks for having been there.
Erik Friedl
April 21, 2009 | Los Angeles, CA
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Always know that God is not far off from anyone of us. Acts chapter 17.
He will help those in need all we have to do is ask. Draw close to God and he will draw close to you. (James 4:8)
July 09, 2008
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I cannot convey the sadness upon learning of the passing of my friend and patient Peter Zinner. Although I was not his primary care physician, I looked forward to his visits at my office during the years I cared for him, often discussing his craft as well as his reason for being there. He always made me smile and I cherished those brief times with him. I will never forget the delight he showed when I took a few minutes of his time at one of his last visits to "google" his bio for him as I...
Robert Pompa, MD
February 24, 2008 | Beverly Hills, CA
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Krista & Katina,
I was watching the Oscars and learned of Peter’s passing away. I just wanted to send my sympathies. It has been many, many years since we were neighbors in the Palisades, but I remember those days fondly. Sincerely,
Eliot Lipps
February 24, 2008 | Grayslake, IL
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Rest in peace, Peter. My memories of you when Katina and I were growing up are precious to me. You will be missed! My deepest sympathies to Krista and Katina at this difficult time.
Denise Hedley
February 22, 2008 | Lakewood, CO
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In My Pocket
I have memories in my pocket.
They rattle among the change.
My memories of you are treasures I carry wherever I go.
They are stored in bits and pieces, parts of a beautiful whole
They give me comfort when I think I am alone.
Yes, I have memories in my pocket, like so much other stuff I keep there.
But of all the treasures I have, it’s the memories of you that are the most precious.
carl gordon
November 19, 2007 | Lancaster, PA
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God Be With You
BRENDA PRUITT
November 19, 2007 | BEARDEN, AR
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