Women film editors have excelled since the silent film era. One of the very first cutters (as editors were
known in the early days), Oscar contender Viola Lawrence started her editing work in 1912 and later
became supervising editor at Columbia Pictures. Oscar winner Anne Bauchens edited Cecil B.
DeMille’s films from 1915 until 1956. Many women followed in the footsteps of these film editing
legends.
