Paula Dvorak | |
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Born | Wien, Austria | 8 August 1913
Died | 24 September 1995 82) [1] Wien, Austria | (aged
Occupation | Film editor |
Paula Dvorak (sometimes credited as Paula Dworak) was an Austrian film editor active from the 1930s through the 1970s. [2]
Dvorak began training in editing with Sascha-Film in 1932. She and Annemarie Reisetbauer were among the only women editors active in the postwar Austrian film industry; they often worked together on projects. [2]
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