Philip Cahn (1894–1984) was an American film editor who edited more than eighty films and television series.[1] He also directed the 1935 film I've Been Around.

Philip Cahn
BornJune 18, 1894
DiedSeptember 28, 1984 (aged 90)
Thousand Oaks, California
United States
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1930 - 1962 (film)

Philip Cahn, I. James Wilkinson and Ben Lewis founded The Society of Motion Picture Film Editors in 1937, which was renamed the Motion Picture Editors Guild in 1944.[2]

Philip Cahn was the brother of the director Edward L. Cahn and the father of the editor Dann Cahn.

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Bibliography

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  • Lisa Dombrowski. The Films of Samuel Fuller: If You Die, I’ll Kill You. Wesleyan University Press, 2015.
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