{{short description|American film editor}} {{Infobox person | name = Conrad A. Nervig | image = Conrad A. Nervig ACE Headsot.png | caption = Publicity headshot of Nervig | birth_date = {{birth-date|June 24, 1889}} | birth_place = Grant County, Dakota Territory, U.S. | death_date = {{death-date and age|November 26, 1980|June 24, 1889}} | death_place = Escondido, California, U.S. | occupation = Film editor | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Elizabeth Alder|1916|1951|end=died}} * {{marriage|Ann Griffin|1961|1980|end=died}} }} }}
'''Conrad Albinus Nervig''' (June 24, 1889 – November 26, 1980) was an American film editor with 81 film credits.
During World War I, he served as a lieutenant (junior grade) and was an officer aboard {{USS|Cyclops}} before it disappeared.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sioux City Man was Officer on Cyclops, Mystery Ship |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-madison-daily-leader-sioux-city-man/143353977/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=The Madison Daily Leader |date=June 7, 1918 |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=ACEBOOK>{{cite book |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Fredrick Y. |title=ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book |chapter=Roster of Life Members |date=1971 |publisher=American Cinema Editors, Inc |page=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZ8EAQAAIAAJ |quote=[Conrad A. Nervig] has recently had published in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings (a service magazine of national circulation) an article entitled 'The Mystery of the Cyclops,' the story of an ill fated ship and a true one of his own experience.}}</ref><ref name=TimesAdvocate>{{cite news |last=Cain |first=Bill |title=Film editor finds today's movies 'confused' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-advocate-film-editor-finds-todays/143361073/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=Times-Advocate |date=December 30, 1974 |pages=13}}</ref> Immediately after retiring from the Navy in 1922,<ref name=TimesAdvocate/> Nervig began work at Goldwyn Pictures as a film lab assistant, and remained with the studio after its merger to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1924. He spent essentially his entire career at MGM, retiring from the studio in 1954; he edited one final film for RKO Pictures in 1956. <ref name=TimesAdvocate/><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.editorsguild.com/V2/magazine/archives/0306/features_article02.htm |last=Selise |first=Eiseman |title=Pushing the Envelope... |journal=Editors Guild Magazine |date=March–April 2006 |volume=27 |issue=2 |access-date=2009-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129130622/http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/archives/0306/features_article02.htm |archive-date=2016-01-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Film editing: history, theory and practice : looking at the invisible |last=Fairservice |first=Don |page=210 |publisher=Manchester University Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-7190-5777-9}}</ref>
Nervig was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Film Editing for the film ''Eskimo'' (1933). He won a second Oscar (shared with Ralph E. Winters) for the film ''King Solomon's Mines'' (1950). He was also nominated for his work on ''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935).
After his retirement, he frequently talked about his experiences aboard ''Cyclops'' before its disappearance. These include "The Cyclops Mystery", an article published in 1969 by the US Naval Institute,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nervig |first1=Conrad A. |title=The Cyclops Mystery |url=https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1969/july/cyclops-mystery |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=United States Naval Institute |issue=July 1969}}</ref> as well as the 1971 documentary film, "The Devil's Triangle".<ref name=TimesAdvocate/> Before his death, he remained as a life member of American Cinema Editors.<ref name=ACEBOOK/>
==Personal life== Nervig was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Alder, died on September 8, 1951.<ref name=TimesAdvocate/><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary for Elizabeth A. NERVIG |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-eliza/143364560/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=September 10, 1951 |pages=38}}</ref> On August 18, 1961, he married his second wife Ann Griffin in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ann Griffin was the owner of the Ramona Sentinel newspaper.<ref name=TimesAdvocate/><ref>{{cite news |title=Ramona Woman Publisher Weds Conrad A. Nervig in Nevada |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-advocate-ramona-woman-publisher-we/143362265/ |access-date=March 14, 2024 |work=Times-Advocate |date=August 24, 1961 |pages=11}}</ref> He also has a daughter.<ref name=Obituary/> Nervig died at Palomar Memorial Hospital in Escondido, California on November 26, 1980. His ashes were scattered at sea.<ref name=Obituary>{{cite news |title=Illustrious Career Comes To A Close |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ramona-sentinel-illustrious-career-comes/163275800/ |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=Ramona Sentinel |date=December 4, 1980 |pages=2}}</ref>
==Filmography== [[File:Eskimo-FilmPoster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the 1933 film ''Eskimo'' for which Nervig won the 1934 Academy Award for film editing]] {{div-col}} *''Winners of the Wilderness'' (1927) *''Rookies'' (1927) *''The Fair Co-Ed'' (1927) *''The Divine Woman'' (1928) *''The Actress'' (1928) *''The Masks of the Devil'' (1928) *''The Wind'' (1928) *''Wild Orchids'' (1929) *''The Idle Rich'' (1929) *''The Last of Mrs. Cheyney'' (1929) *''Devil-May-Care'' (1929) *''Die Sehnsucht Jeder Frau'' (1930){{efn|German version of A Lady to Love with a different cast. Nervig also edited the original film.}} *''A Lady to Love'' (1930) *''Call of the Flesh'' (1930) *''Passion Flower'' (1930) *''Le procès de Mary Dugan'' (1931){{efn|French version of The Trial of Mary Dugan with a different cast. The original film was edited by Blanche Sewell.}} *''Buster se marie'' (1931) *''Inspiration'' (1931) *''Son of India'' (1931) *''The Guardsman'' (1931) *''Private Lives'' (1931) *''Letty Lynton'' (1932) *''Downstairs'' (1932) *''Kongo'' (1932) *''The Women in His Life'' (1933) *''Eskimo'' (1934) *''Paris Interlude'' (1934) *''The Night Is Young'' (1935) *''The Casino Murder Case'' (1935) *''Murder in the Fleet'' (1935) *''Calm Yourself'' (1935) *''A Tale of Two Cities'' (1935) *''Exclusive Story'' (1936) *''Absolute Quiet'' (1936) *''Women Are Trouble'' (1936) *''His Brother's Wife'' (1936) *''Maytime'' (1937) *''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1937) *''Live, Love and Learn'' (1937) *''Beg, Borrow or Steal'' (1937) *''Love Is a Headache'' (1938) *''The First Hundred Years'' (1938) *''The Crowd Roars'' (1938) *''Spring Madness'' (1938) *''Honolulu'' (1939) *''Sergeant Madden'' (1939) *''6,000 Enemies'' (1939) *''Henry Goes Arizona'' (1939) *''Northwest Passage'' (1940) *''The Man from Dakota'' (1940) *''And One Was Beautiful'' (1940) *''Phantom Raiders'' (1940) *''The Golden Fleecing'' (1940) *''Hullabaloo'' (1940) *''The Bad Man'' (1941) *''The Big Store'' (1941) *''Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day'' (1941) *''The Omaha Trail'' (1942) *''I Married an Angel'' (1942) *''Kathleen'' (1942) *''Grand Central Murder'' (1942) *''The Human Comedy'' (1943) *''An American Romance'' (1944) *''Nothing but Trouble'' (1945) *''Courage of Lassie'' (1946) *''No Leave, No Love'' (1946) *''High Barbaree'' (1947) *''High Wall'' (1948) *''Act of Violence'' (1949) *''Border Incident'' (1949) *''Side Street'' (1949) *''Devil's Doorway'' (1950) *''King Solomon's Mines'' (1950) *''Vengeance Valley'' (1951) *''Too Young to Kiss''(1951) *''The Merry Widow'' (1952) *''The Bad and the Beautiful'' (1953) *''The Affairs of Dobie Gillis'' (1953) *''Gypsy Colt'' (1954) *''Death of a Scoundrel'' (1956) {{div-col-end}}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Year of ceremony ! scope="col" | Ceremony ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Nominated work ! scope="col" style="width:5em;" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- | align=center| 1935 | 7th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | ''Eskimo'' | {{won}} | align=center| <ref>{{cite web |title=1935 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1935 |website=Academy Awards |access-date=March 21, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- | align=center| 1936 | 9th Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | ''A Tale of Two Cities'' | {{nom}} | align=center| <ref>{{cite web |title=1937 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 |website=Academy Awards |access-date=March 21, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- | align=center| 1951 | 23rd Academy Awards | Best Film Editing | ''King Solomon's Mines'' | {{won}} | align=center| <ref>{{cite web |title=1951 |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951 |website=Academy Awards |access-date=March 21, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0626308}}
{{Academy Award Best Film Editing|state=collapsed}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nervig, Conrad A.}} Category:1889 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Best Film Editing Academy Award winners Category:People from Grant County, South Dakota Category:American film editors