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Harold F. Kress

Editor, Producer, Director, Additional Credits
Born June 26, 1913Died September 18, 1999 (86 years)
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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Swarm
  • The Painted Hills

Known For

  • The Poseidon Adventure
  • The Towering Inferno
  • How the West Was Won
  • Mrs. Miniver
  • The Yearling
  • The Wrecking Crew
  • The Painted Hills
  • No Questions Asked

Harold F. Kress Filmography

1968
The Wrecking Crew · as Associate Producer

1970
I Walk the Line · as Supervising Film Editor

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