Harold F. Kress
Born: 1913-06-26 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1999-09-18
Known For: Editing
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.
Filmography
1978
- The Swarm ... (Editor)
1977
- Viva Knievel! ... (Editor)
1976
- Gator ... (Editor)
1974
- The Towering Inferno ... (Editor)
- 99 and 44/100% Dead ... (Editor)
1973
- The Iceman Cometh ... (Editor)
1972
- The Poseidon Adventure ... (Editor)
- Stand Up and Be Counted ... (Editor)
1971
- The Horsemen ... (Editor)
1970
- I Walk the Line ... (Supervising Film Editor)
1968
- The Wrecking Crew ... (Associate Producer)
- Star Spangled Salesman ... (Editor)
1967
- Luv ... (Editor)
- The Ambushers ... (Editor)
1966
- Alvarez Kelly ... (Editor)
1965
- The Greatest Story Ever Told ... (Editor)
1962
- How the West Was Won ... (Editor)
1961
- King of Kings ... (Editor)
1960
- Home from the Hill ... (Editor)
1959
- The World, the Flesh and the Devil ... (Editor)
- Count Your Blessings ... (Editor)
1958
- Merry Andrew ... (Editor)
1957
- Until They Sail ... (Editor)
- Silk Stockings ... (Editor)
- The Teahouse of the August Moon ... (Editor)
1956
- The Rack ... (Editor)
1955
- I'll Cry Tomorrow ... (Editor)
- The Cobweb ... (Editor)
- The Prodigal ... (Editor)
1954
- Valley of the Kings ... (Editor)
- Green Fire ... (Editor)
- Rose Marie ... (Editor)
1953
- Ride, Vaquero! ... (Editor)
1952
- Apache War Smoke ... (Director)
1951
- The Painted Hills ... (Director)
- No Questions Asked ... (Director)
1950
- The Miniver Story ... (Editor)
1949
- East Side, West Side ... (Editor)
- The Great Sinner ... (Editor)
1948
- A Date with Judy ... (Editor)
- Command Decision ... (Editor)
1946
- The Yearling ... (Editor)
1945
- Purity Squad ... (Director)
- Watchtower Over Tomorrow ... (Director)
1944
- Dragon Seed ... (Editor)
1943
- Cabin in the Sky ... (Editor)
- Madame Curie ... (Editor)
1942
- Mrs. Miniver ... (Editor)
- Random Harvest ... (Editor)
1941
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... (Editor)
- Rage in Heaven ... (Editor)
- Unholy Partners ... (Editor)
1940
- Comrade X ... (Editor)
- Andy Hardy Meets Debutante ... (Editor)
- Bitter Sweet ... (Editor)
- New Moon ... (Editor)
1939
- It's a Wonderful World ... (Editor)
- These Glamour Girls ... (Editor)
- Broadway Serenade ... (Editor)
- Remember? ... (Editor)