Daniel Mandell was an American film editor with more than 70 film credits. His career spanned films from The Turmoil in 1924 to The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

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in 1966. He had notable collaborations with directors William Wyler

William Wyler

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 (1933–1946) and Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder

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 (1957–1966).

Mandell won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

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(1942), The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

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(1946), and The Apartment

The Apartment

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(1960). No editor has won more than three Academy Awards, and only three others have won three times: Ralph Dawson

Ralph Dawson

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, Michael Kahn

Michael Kahn (film editor)

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, and Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker

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. Mandell was nominated for the Academy Award for two additional films, The Little Foxes

The Little Foxes (film)

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(1941) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).

Additional credits include Counsellor at Law

Counsellor at Law

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(1933), Dodsworth

Dodsworth (film)

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(1936), Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights (1939 film)

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(1939), Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

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(1941), The North Star

The North Star (1943 film)

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(1943), Enchantment (1948), Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

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(1949), Guys and Dolls

Guys and Dolls (film)

Guys and Dolls is a 1955 musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by the Samuel Goldwyn Company and distributed by MGM. It was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay...

(1955), and Kiss Me, Stupid

Kiss Me, Stupid

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(1964).