Awards & Winners

Hal C. Kern

Date of Birth 14-July-1894
Place of Birth Anaconda
(Deer Lodge County, Montana)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Hal G. Kern, Hal Kern
Profession Film Editor
Hal C. Kern was an American film editor. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Gone with the Wind. He was also nominated for Rebecca and Since You Went Away. He began his editing career in 1915, cutting shorts at Inceville. A fire that started in his cutting room during the editing of the Thomas H. Ince film Civilization destroyed the entire studio, forcing him to move to Culver City. He eventually rose to prominence as a film editor there after being hired by Joseph M. Schenck to edit his films. He eventually got a job at MGM, where he spent his editing career. His brother Robert J. Kern was also a distinguished film editor.

Awards by Hal C. Kern

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hal C. Kern.

1944


Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Since You Went Away

1940


Nominations 1940 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Rebecca

1939


Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Honored for : Gone with the Wind

Nominations 1939 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Film Editing Gone with the Wind