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Harold F. Kress (1913-1999)

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Birthplace:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Born:
June 26, 1913

Died:
September 18, 1999

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Associate Producer:
1968  The Wrecking Crew

Director:
1945  Purity Squad
1945  Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1951  No Questions Asked
1951  The Painted Hills
1952  Apache War Smoke
1968  The Wrecking Crew

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

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

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