Occupation film editor Name Neil Travis | Role Film Editor Spouse Ruth Travis (m. ?–2012) | |
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Full Name Herbert Neil Travis Born October 12, 1936 Los Angeles, California Died March 28, 2012, Arroyo Grande, California, United States Education University of California, Los Angeles Awards Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing - Drama Series Nominations BAFTA Award for Best Editing, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing - Special Similar People Dean Semler, William Hoy, Jim Wilson, Donald McAlpine, Michael Blake | ||
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Herbert Neil Travis (October 12, 1936 – March 28, 2012) was an American film and television editor with about 28 feature film credits from 1970–2007. He is likely best known for editing the television miniseries Roots (1977) and the feature film Dances with Wolves (1990).
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Travis was born in Los Angeles, California, and received a bachelor's degree in film and theater arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Travis won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing In A Drama Series for the first part of the television miniseries Roots (1977), and he and James Heckert were nominated for the award for the second part as well. Travis won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors Eddie for the film Dances with Wolves (directed by Kevin Costner-1990). Travis had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors, and received the Career Achievement Award in 2010.
In 2010, Travis was interviewed about his career by Karen Herman for the Archive of American Television.
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Filmography (Editor)
The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
- Premonition -------(Yapo-2007)
- Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines -------(Mostow-2003; coeditor-Nicolas de Toth)
- The Sum of All Fears -------(Robinson-2002; additional editor-Nicolas de Toth)
- Along Came a Spider -------(Tamahori-2001; additional editor-Nicolas de Toth)
- Bicentennial Man -------(Columbus-1999; additional editor-Nicolas de Toth)
- Stepmom -------(Columbus-1998)
- The Edge -------(Tamahori-1997)
- Moll Flanders -------(Densham-1996; with James R. Symons)
- Outbreak -------(Petersen-1995)
- Clear and Present Danger -------(Noyce-1994)
- Bopha! -------(Freeman-1993)
- Patriot Games -------(Noyce-1992; with William Hoy)
- Deceived -------(Harris-1991)
- Dances with Wolves -------(Costner-1990). Travis and Dean Semler (the film's cinematographer) did a commentary audio track for the Special Edition DVD release in 2003.
- Cocktail -------(Donaldson-1988)
- No Way Out -------(Donaldson-1987; with William Hoy)
- Marie -------(Donaldson-1985)
- The Philadelphia Experiment -------(Raffill-1984)
- Cujo -------(Teague-1983)
- Second Thoughts -------(Turman-1983)
- Nobody's Perfekt -------(Bonerz-1981)
- The Idolmaker -------(Hackford-1980)
- Nights at O'Rear's -------(Mandel-1980)
- Die Laughing -------(Werner-1980)
- Hot Stuff -------(DeLuise-1979)
- Jaws 2 -------(Szwarc-1978; with Arthur Schmidt and Steve Potter)
- The Cowboys -------(Rydell-1972; with Robert Swink)
- The Traveling Executioner -------(Smight-1970)
Television Series (Writer)
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies