Tom Held
Modern Screen 1937 Conquest
Born	Thomas Held (1889-08-31)August 31, 1889 Vienna, Austria
Died	March 13, 1962(1962-03-13) (aged 72)
Occupation(s)	Film editor Assistant director
Years active	1920–1939
Spouse	Emma J. Thompson

Tom Held (August 31, 1889 – March 13, 1962) was an Austrian-born American film editor. He was nominated for two Academy awards. Both were for Best Film Editing and both were during the 11th Academy Awards. His two nominated films were The Great Waltz and Test Pilot.^[1]

He started as an assistant director in the 1920s.

Filmography

As editor

• The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Second assistant editor, uncredited)
• The Great Waltz (1938)
• Test Pilot (1938)
• Conquest (1937)
• The Good Earth (1937) (editing staff, uncredited)
• The Devil is a Sissy (1936)
• San Francisco (1936)
• Three Live Ghosts (1936)
• After Office Hours (1935)
• Escapade (1935)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• One New York Night (1935)
• Forsaking All Others (1934)
• The Girl from Missouri (1934)
• Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
• The Barbarian (1933)
• But the Flesh Is Weak (1932)
• Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
• Skyscraper Souls (1932)
• Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
• Daybreak (1931)
• Le chanteur de Seville (1931)
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
• Men of the North (1930)
• Sevilla de mis amores (1930)
• They Learned About Women (1930) (uncredited)

As assistant director

• Fugitives (1929)
• Wild Oats Lane (1926)
• The Sporting Venus (1925)
• Minnie (1922)
• Penrod (1922)
• The Strangers' Banquet (1922)
• The River's End (1920)