Robert J. Kern, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert J. Kern
American film editor
Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1885
Place of Birth: Wilton, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 30-May-1972
Profession: film editor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Robert J. Kern
- Robert James Kern (March 29, 1885 – May 30, 1972) was an American film editor with more than sixty feature film credits.
- He is known for editing National Velvet (1944), which won him the Academy Award for Best Film Editing.
- National Velvet was one of thirteen films that Kern edited with director Clarence Brown.
- He also made seven films with director W.
- S.
- Van Dyke, including three of the Thin Man series.
- Kern was nominated for the Academy Award for David Copperfield (1935), which was directed by George Cukor. His brother, Hal C.
- Kern, was also a film editor.
- As of 2017, they are the only instance of two brothers both winning an Academy Award for Best Editing.
- Hal Kern won for Gone with the Wind (1939).
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