The Bridges at Toko-Ri [SEP] film editor
well as carrier action. A raid sequence with large scale models intercut with combat footage was a particularly effective scene that was later recognized in the Academy Awards.
Reception Awards and honors.
"The Bridges at Toko-Ri" won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects (1956) and Alma Macrorie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Editing (1956). Mark Robson was also nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures in the Directors Guild of America Awards (1956).
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Mark Robson (film director)
Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and producer. He directed thirty-four films during his career, including "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" (1955), "Peyton Place" (1957), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination, "Von Ryan's Express"