Odd Man Out (1947)

Film editor and director whose entered British film cutting I MET A MURDERER at Grand National Pictures in 1939. Subsequent editing credits include ON APPROVAL (1944), THE WAY TO THE STARS (1945), and ODD MAN OUT (1947). McDonnell joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1952 and spent ten years there editing such NFB releases as SINGING CHAMPIONS and CANADA'S ATOM GOES TO WORK (both 1952), MISSION SHIP and INLAND SEAPORT (both 1953), THE WAR ON WANT and VIGIL IN THE NORTH (both 1954), ROAD OF IRON (1955), THE SHEPHERD (1956), AN ENDURING TRADITION (1960), and CANADA'S NAVY (1962). Returning to feature films in the US, McDonell edited THE CARETAKER (1963), NIGHT MUST FALL (1964), WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT? (1965), KHARTOUM (1966), CHARLIE BUBBLES (1967), ONLY WHEN I LARF (1968), ALFRED THE GREAT (1969), SPRING AND PORT WINE (1970), UNMAN, WILDERING AND ZIGO (1971), YELLOW DOG (1973), and his last film MISTRESS PAMELA (1974). McDonell began directing in England with THE SMALL VOICE (1948). Other directing credits include PRELUDE TO FAME (1950), PRIVATE INFORMATION (1951), and several NFB short films from 1954 thru 1958.    Nominated for Film Editing 1947: ODD MAN OUT 1 nomination