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John Hoffman(1904-1980)

  • Editor
  • Editorial Department
  • Special Effects
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John Hoffman was born on 29 August 1904 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an editor, known for The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948), The Crimson Canary (1945) and The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949). He died on 6 January 1980 in Altadena, California, USA.
BornAugust 29, 1904
DiedJanuary 6, 1980(75)
BornAugust 29, 1904
DiedJanuary 6, 1980(75)
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Known for

Patricia Barry, Edgar Buchanan, and Willard Parker in The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)
The Wreck of the Hesperus
6.8
  • Director
  • 1948
Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, and John Litel in The Crimson Canary (1945)
The Crimson Canary
6.1
  • Director
  • 1945
Douglass Dumbrille, Alan Mowbray, Ron Randell, and June Vincent in The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
5.4
  • Director
  • 1949
Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, and J. Carrol Naish in Strange Confession (1945)
Strange Confession
6.5
  • Director
  • 1945

Credits

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Editor

  • War Hunt (1962)
    War Hunt
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1962
  • Anna Sten and Robert Webber in The Nun and the Sergeant (1962)
    The Nun and the Sergeant
    4.8
    • Editor
    • 1962
  • Terry Moore and Debra Paget in Why Must I Die? (1960)
    Why Must I Die?
    5.6
    • Editor
    • 1960
  • John Gunther's High Road (1959)
    John Gunther's High Road
    TV Series
    • Editor
    • 1959
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.2
    TV Series
    • film editor
    • 1958
  • Out of Darkness (1956)
    Out of Darkness
    TV Movie
    • Editor
    • 1956
  • Bwana Devil (1952)
    Bwana Devil
    4.6
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Storm Over Tibet (1952)
    Storm Over Tibet
    5.9
    • Editor
    • 1952
  • Five (1951)
    Five
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1951
  • Barbara Britton and Rudy Vallee in The Fabulous Suzanne (1946)
    The Fabulous Suzanne
    6.6
    • Editor (as J. Ivan Hoffman)
    • 1946
  • Conquer by the Clock (1942)
    Conquer by the Clock
    5.4
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1942
  • Moods of the Sea (1942)
    Moods of the Sea
    6.8
    Short
    • Editor (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Private Smith of the U.S.A. (1942)
    Private Smith of the U.S.A.
    6.0
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1942

Editorial Department

  • Natalie Wood in Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
    Inside Daisy Clover
    6.2
    • montage
    • 1965
  • Port of New York (1949)
    Port of New York
    6.0
    • montage director (as John I. Hoffman)
    • 1949
  • Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, and Lee Bowman in Tonight and Every Night (1945)
    Tonight and Every Night
    6.3
    • montages
    • 1945
  • Cover Girl (1944)
    Cover Girl
    6.7
    • montages
    • presentation: Cover Girl
    • 1944
  • Song of Russia (1944)
    Song of Russia
    5.9
    • montage sequences
    • 1944
  • Lew Ayres and Jeanette MacDonald in Broadway Serenade (1939)
    Broadway Serenade
    5.7
    • montage effects
    • 1939
  • Clark Gable and Norma Shearer in Idiot's Delight (1939)
    Idiot's Delight
    6.5
    • montage
    • 1939
  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in Sweethearts (1938)
    Sweethearts
    6.2
    • montage effects (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Mary Astor, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, and Edna May Oliver in Paradise for Three (1938)
    Paradise for Three
    7.0
    • montage effects
    • 1938
  • James Stewart, Robert Young, and Florence Rice in Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
    Navy Blue and Gold
    6.6
    • montage
    • 1937
  • Gladys George in Madame X (1937)
    Madame X
    7.1
    • montage effects
    • 1937
  • Clark Gable and Jeanette MacDonald in San Francisco (1936)
    San Francisco
    7.1
    • montage sequences
    • 1936

Special Effects

  • Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, and Hedy Lamarr in Boom Town (1940)
    Boom Town
    7.0
    • montage effects
    • 1940
  • Robert Taylor and Janet Gaynor in Small Town Girl (1936)
    Small Town Girl
    6.5
    • special effects
    • 1936
  • Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
    The Great Ziegfeld
    6.6
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Helen Hayes in What Every Woman Knows (1934)
    What Every Woman Knows
    6.6
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Grace Moore in One Night of Love (1934)
    One Night of Love
    5.6
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Robert Young, Walter Connolly, and Doris Kenyon in Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)
    Whom the Gods Destroy
    7.1
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Whirlpool (1934)
    Whirlpool
    6.7
    • special effects
    • 1934
  • Lili Damita, Sam Hardy, and Charles Morton in Goldie Gets Along (1933)
    Goldie Gets Along
    4.9
    • special effects
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • J. Ivan Hoffman
  • Born
    • August 29, 1904
    • Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
  • Died
    • January 6, 1980
    • Altadena, California, USA

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