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Harold F. Kress

Editor · 1913–1999 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harold F. Kress (June 26, 1913 – September 18, 1999) was an American film editor with more than fifty feature film credits; he also directed several feature films in the early 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for How the West Was Won (1962) and again for The Towering Inferno (1974), and was nominated for four additional films; he is among the film editors most recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He also worked publicly to increase the recognition of editing as a component of Hollywood filmmaking.

Edited 54

1970s

  1. 1978
  2. 1977
  3. 1976
  4. 1974
  5. 99 and 44/100% Dead

    Editor

  6. 1973
  7. 1972
  8. Stand Up and Be Counted

    Editor

  9. 1971

    The Horsemen

    Editor

  10. 1970

1960s

  1. 1968

    Star Spangled Salesman

    Editor

  2. 1967
  3. 1966

    Alvarez Kelly

    Editor

  4. 1965
  5. 1962
  6. 1961
  7. 1960

1950s

  1. 1959

    The World, the Flesh and the Devil

    Editor

  2. Count Your Blessings

    Editor

  3. 1958

    Merry Andrew

    Editor

  4. 1957

    Until They Sail

    Editor

  5. The Teahouse of the August Moon

    Editor

  6. 1956

    The Rack

    Editor

  7. 1955

    I'll Cry Tomorrow

    Editor

  8. The Prodigal

    Editor

  9. 1954

    Green Fire

    Editor

  10. Valley of the Kings

    Editor

  11. Rose Marie

    Editor

  12. 1953
  13. 1950

    The Miniver Story

    Editor

1940s

  1. 1949

    East Side, West Side

    Editor

  2. 1948

    Command Decision

    Editor

  3. A Date with Judy

    Editor

  4. 1946
  5. 1944

    Dragon Seed

    Editor

  6. 1943
  7. 1942
  8. 1941

    Unholy Partners

    Editor

  9. Rage in Heaven

    Editor

  10. 1940

    Comrade X

    Editor

  11. Bitter Sweet

    Editor

1930s

  1. 1939

    Remember?

    Editor

  2. These Glamour Girls

    Editor

  3. It's a Wonderful World

    Editor

  4. Broadway Serenade

    Editor

Directed 5

1950s

  1. 1952

    Apache War Smoke

    Director

  2. 1951

1940s

  1. 1945

    Purity Squad

    Director

  2. Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    Director

Produced 1