Rudolf “Rudi” Fehr (July 6, 1911 – April 16, 1999) was a German-born, American film editor and studio executive. He had more than thirty credits as an editor, and worked for more than twenty years as the head of production at the Warner Brothers studio.
Editor and producer who began his career in Berlin, Vienna and London under the auspices of Sam Spiegel. Forced to leave Germany because of his Jewish background, he moved to Hollywood in 1936, initially translating German films into English for $60 a week. He became an assistant film editor to Warren Low, signed by Warner Brothers in the early 1940's. Fehr rose to become head of post-production at Warners in 1954, a position he held for 22 years. He assumed the same title for Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Productions in 1980.
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Fehr served for several years on the board of directors of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.
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Co-head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1986.
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