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Anne Bauchens

Anne Bauchens

From Wikipedia Anne Bauchens (February 2, 1882 – May 7, 1967) was an American film editor who is particularly noted for her collaboration over 40 years with the director Cecil B. DeMille. When the Academy Award for Film Editing was created in 1934, Bauchens received one of the three nominations for her editing of Cleopatra. She later won the Academy Award for North West Mounted Police (1940). Bauchens was trained as an editor by DeMille, and shared her first credit with him on the film Carmen. Prior to 1918, DeMille had edited, as well as directed, his films. After Carmen and We Can't Have Everything (1918), Bauchens no longer shared the editing credits with DeMille. She edited DeMille's films for the rest of their long careers, through the 1956 film The Ten Commandments. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Film editing again twice, for The Greatest Show on Earth in 1952 and for The Ten Commandments in 1956. In total, Bauchens' editing is credited on 41 films directed by DeMille, and on 20 films with other directors. Despite her long career and her series of awards, the characterizations of Bauchens as an editor are not invariably flattering. Margaret Booth, another distinguished film editor, has been quoted as saying in 1965 that, "Anne Bauchens is the oldest editor in the business. She was editing for years before I came into the business. DeMille was a bad editor, I thought, and made her look like a bad editor. I think Anne really would have been a good editor, but she had to put up with him––which was something."

Born: 1882-02-02 • St. Louis, Missouri, USA • 52 titles

Known For

Known For

The Ten Commandments
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Movie•1956

The Ten Commandments

The Greatest Show on Earth
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Movie•1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

Samson and Delilah
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Movie•1949

Samson and Delilah

Unconquered
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Movie•1947

Unconquered

Sunset Boulevard
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Movie•1950

Sunset Boulevard

The Sign of the Cross
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Movie•1932

The Sign of the Cross

The King of Kings
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Movie•1927

The King of Kings

Fool's Paradise
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Movie•1921

Fool's Paradise

Noisy Neighbors
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Movie•1929

Noisy Neighbors

We Can't Have Everything
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Movie•1918

We Can't Have Everything

Till I Come Back to You
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Movie•1918

Till I Come Back to You

Feet of Clay
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Movie•1924

Feet of Clay

Adam's Rib
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Movie•1923

Adam's Rib

Saturday Night
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Movie•1922

Saturday Night

This Mad World
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Movie•1930

This Mad World

Hunted Men
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Movie•1938

Hunted Men

Craig's Wife
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Movie•1928

Craig's Wife

Women Without Names
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Movie•1940

Women Without Names

Television Spy
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Movie•1939

Television Spy

Sons of the Legion
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Movie•1938

Sons of the Legion