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Director, Editor Born: September 9, 1913 in Los Angeles, CA Death: September 17, 1993 in Temecula, CA Biography:An editor-turned-director, Los Angeles-born "Christian Nyby" has led a fascinating career, albeit one better represented in the editing room than from the director's chair. He began work in the movie business as an editor at Warner Bros. during World War II (with "Destination Tokyo", "Hollywood Canteen", and "To Have and Have Not"), and, with the latter film, became part of "Howard Hawks"' crew, and worked on "The Big Sleep" (1944), undoubtedly taking part in the recutting of that movie after its initial showings to servicemen were received with complaints that its didn't contain enough scenes of stars "Humphrey Bogart" and "Lauren Bacall" together. He also worked on other filmmakers' pictures, including "Raoul Walsh"'s complex western/noir classic "Pursued" (1946). Nyby was sometimes put into an awkward position -- as editors can be -- by virtue of the complications surrounding Hawks' movies, most... Full Biography
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