Harold F. Kress

Personal Info

Know For

Editing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-06-26 (86 years old)

Deathday

1999-09-18

Place of Birth

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Harold F. Kress

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.

Production

1955

1951

1951

1952

Apache War Smoke

as Director

1939

1950

1941

1958

Merry Andrew

as Editor

1976

Gator

as Editor

1955

The Prodigal

as Editor

1940

Comrade X

as Editor

1940

New Moon

as Editor

1978

The Swarm

as Editor

1974

1945

Purity Squad

as Director

1955

The Cobweb

as Editor

1944

Dragon Seed

as Editor

1939

1970

I Walk the Line

as Supervising Film Editor

1954

Rose Marie

as Editor

1949

1967

Luv

as Editor

1957

1961

King of Kings

as Editor

1967

The Ambushers

as Editor

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Editor

1966

Alvarez Kelly

as Editor

1956

The Rack

as Editor

1946

The Yearling

as Editor

1957

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Editor

1960

1943

1971

The Horsemen

as Editor

1977

Viva Knievel!

as Editor

1943

Madame Curie

as Editor

1948

1941

1954

1948

1968

The Wrecking Crew

as Associate Producer

1942

1939

Remember?

as Editor

1954

Green Fire

as Editor

1973

1953

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