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Harold F. Kress 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.
Born
Thursday, 26 June 1913
Died
Saturday, 18 September 1999
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Apache War Smoke | 1952 |
No Questions Asked | 1951 |
The Painted Hills | 1951 |
Purity Squad | 1945 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Wrecking Crew | 1968 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1975 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Won |
1973 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1964 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Won |
1947 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1943 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |
1942 | Oscar | Best Film Editing | Nominated |