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- Peter Zinner was born on July 24, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. He was an editor and producer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), The Godfather (1972) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He was married to Christa Zinner. He died on November 13, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- SpouseChrista Zinner(? - November 13, 2007) (his death)
- Frequently edited Richard Brooks, Frank Pierson and Francis Ford Coppola movies.
- He worked as a taxi driver and piano player in theaters, before landing a job as an apprentice film editor at 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s.
- His family was Jewish and fled the Nazis in Austria, moving to the Philippines. He moved to Los Angeles in 1940.
- Oscar winning film editor who did sound affects editing at Universal from 1947 to 1949 and music editing at MGM from 1949 to 1960.
- His family fled Austria when the Nazis took power. They settled in Los Angeles in 1940.
- He contributed with the editing of three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974) and The Deer Hunter (1978). All three are winners in the category.
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