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.[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]
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.
Filmography
[edit]Poster for the 1933 film Eskimo for which Nervig won the 1934 Academy Award for film editing
^ abSmith, Fredrick Y., ed. (1971). "Roster of Life Members". ACE Second Decade Anniversary Book. American Cinema Editors, Inc. p. 234. [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.
^Selise, Eiseman (March–April 2006). "Pushing the Envelope..."Editors Guild Magazine. 27 (2). Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
^Fairservice, Don (2001). Film editing: history, theory and practice : looking at the invisible. Manchester University Press. p. 210. ISBN978-0-7190-5777-9.
^Nervig, Conrad A. "The Cyclops Mystery". United States Naval Institute. No. July 1969. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
