HFK

Personal Info

Known For

Editing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-06-26

Deathday

1999-09-18 (86 years old)

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.

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Directing

1952

Apache War Smoke as Director

1951		No Questions Asked as Director
1951		The Painted Hills as Director

1945		Purity Squad as Director
1945		Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Director

Editing

1978

The Swarm as Editor

1977

Viva Knievel! as Editor

1976

Gator as Editor

1974		The Towering Inferno as Editor
1974		99 and 44/100% Dead as Editor

1973

The Iceman Cometh as Editor

1972		The Poseidon Adventure as Editor
1972		Stand Up and Be Counted as Editor

1971

The Horsemen as Editor

1970

I Walk the Line as Supervising Film Editor

1968

Star Spangled Salesman as Editor

1967		The Ambushers as Editor
1967		Luv as Editor

1966

Alvarez Kelly as Editor

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told as Editor

1962

How the West Was Won as Editor

1961

King of Kings as Editor

1960

Home from the Hill as Editor

1959		The World, the Flesh and the Devil as Editor
1959		Count Your Blessings as Editor

1958

Merry Andrew as Editor

1957		Until They Sail as Editor
1957		The Teahouse of the August Moon as Editor
1957		Silk Stockings as Editor

1956

The Rack as Editor

1955		I'll Cry Tomorrow as Editor
1955		The Cobweb as Editor
1955		The Prodigal as Editor

1954		Green Fire as Editor
1954		Valley of the Kings as Editor
1954		Rose Marie as Editor

1953

Ride, Vaquero! as Editor

1950

The Miniver Story as Editor

1949		East Side, West Side as Editor
1949		The Great Sinner as Editor

1948		Command Decision as Editor
1948		A Date with Judy as Editor

1946

The Yearling as Editor

1944

Dragon Seed as Editor

1943		Madame Curie as Editor
1943		Cabin in the Sky as Editor

1942		Random Harvest as Editor
1942		Mrs. Miniver as Editor

1941		Unholy Partners as Editor
1941		Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Editor
1941		Rage in Heaven as Editor

1940		Comrade X as Editor
1940		Bitter Sweet as Editor
1940		Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Editor
1940		New Moon as Editor

1939		Remember? as Editor
1939		These Glamour Girls as Editor
1939		It's a Wonderful World as Editor
1939		Broadway Serenade as Editor

Production

1968

The Wrecking Crew as Associate Producer