Albert Akst

Albert Akst
Albert Akst
Born	August 31, 1899; New Jersey
Died	19 April, 1958 (aged 58); Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Occupation	Film editor

Albert Akst (August 31, 1899 – 19 April 1958) was an American musician turned film editor, played saxophone in Meyer Davis Orchestra and on vaudeville until 1930. He became a film cutter of short subjects and later became an editor on 53 feature films, including Forbidden Passage, Johnny Eager, Ziegfeld Follies, Summer Stock, Brigadoon and Meet Me in Las Vegas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on Somebody Up There Likes Me. [1]

Akst was born in New Jersey and died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography


Year	Title	Director
1932	Flaming Guns	Arthur Rosson
1933	The Rustler's Roundup	Henry MacRae
1934	Tailspin Tommy	Lew Landers
1935	A Notorious Gentleman	Edward Laemmle
1935	Princess O'Hara	David Burton
1935	The Raven	Lew Landers
1935	Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery	Ray Taylor
1939	Home Early	Roy Rowland
1939	One Against the World	Fred Zinnemann
1939	Drunk Driving	David Miller
1940	That Inferior Feeling	Basil Wrangell

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