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