Conrad A. Nervig

Conrad Albinus Nervig (June 24, 1889 – November 26, 1980) was an American film editor with 81 film credits.

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Conrad A. Nervig
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Born	June 24, 1889 (1889-06-24) Grant County, Dakota Territory, United States
Died	November 26, 1980 (1980-11-27) (aged 91) San Diego, California, United States
Occupation	Film editor
Spouses	Elizabeth Alder ​ ​ (m. 1916; died 1951)​ Ann Griffin ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 1980)​

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During World War I, he served as a lieutenant (junior grade) and was an officer aboard USS Cyclops before it disappeared.^[1][2][3] Immediately after retiring from the Navy in 1922,^[3] 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.^[3][4][5]

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,^[6] as well as the 1971 documentary film, "The Devil's Triangle".^[3] Before his death, he remained as a life member of American Cinema Editors.^[2]

Nervig was married twice. His first wife, Elizabeth Alder, died on September 8, 1951.^[7][3] 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.^[3][8] Nervig died in San Diego, California on November 26, 1980.