Richard A. Harris

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Born (1934-02-06) February 6, 1934 (age 92)
OccupationFilm editor
AwardsSee below
Richard A. Harris
Born (1934-02-06) February 6, 1934 (age 92)
Alma materUSC School of Cinematic Arts
OccupationFilm editor
AwardsSee below

Richard A. Harris (born February 6, 1934) is an American film editor with a career spanning nearly 40 years. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on Titanic (1997), with a previous nomination for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).

He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California in 1956.[1] He is most associated with the films of Michael Ritchie (Downhill Racer, The Candidate, An Almost Perfect Affair), James Cameron (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies, Titanic), Dan Curtis and Mick Jackson

Filmography

Feature films

As director

Year Title Notes
1983 The American Snitch

As editor

Year Title Director Notes
1968 The Bamboo Saucer Frank Telford
1969 Downhill Racer Michael Ritchie
1971 Dusty and Sweets McGee Floyd Mutrux
The Christian Licorice Store James Frawley
Chandler Paul Magwood with William B. Gulick
1972 The Candidate Michael Ritchie with Robert Estrin
1974 Catch My Soul Patrick McGoohan
1975 Smile Michael Ritchie
1976 The Bad News Bears
1977 Semi-Tough
1978 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan John Berry with Dennis Virkler
1979 An Almost Perfect Affair Michael Ritchie
1980 The Island
1982 The Toy Richard Donner with Michael A. Stevenson
1983 The Survivors Michael Ritchie
1985 Fletch
1986 Wildcats
The Golden Child
1988 The Couch Trip
1989 Fletch Lives Also associate producer
1991 L.A. Story Mick Jackson with Greg Le Duc
Terminator 2: Judgment Day James Cameron with Conrad Buff IV and Mark Goldblatt
1992 The Bodyguard Mick Jackson with Donn Cambern
1993 Last Action Hero John McTiernan with John Wright
1994 True Lies James Cameron with Conrad Buff IV and Mark Goldblatt
1997 Titanic with Cameron and Conrad Buff IV
2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe Chris Carter
2010 Flying Lessons Derek Magyar

Television films and miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
1974 Scream of the Wolf Dan Curtis
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Melvin Purvis: G-Man with Corky Ehlers
The Great Ice Rip-Off
1975 The Kansas City Massacre with Dennis Virkler
1977 Murder at the World Series Andrew V. McLaglen with John F. Link
1982 The Executioner's Song Lawrence Schiller with Tom Rolf
1983 Tiger Town Alan Shapiro with John F. Link
1984 Her Life as a Man Robert Ellis Miller
1988 14 Going on 30 Paul Schneider
1989 My Boyfriend's Back
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story John Patterson
1995 Indictment: The McMartin Trial Mick Jackson

Awards and nominations

References

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