Neil Travis
Neil Travis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Herbert Neil Travis October 12, 1936 film editor |
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.[2][3] He is likely best known for editing the television miniseries Roots (1977) and the feature film Dances with Wolves (1990).
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.[4]
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.[3]
In 2010, Travis was interviewed about his career by Karen Herman for the
Archive of American Television.[5]
Filmography (Editor)
The director of each film is indicated in parentheses.
- 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.[6]
- Cocktail -------(Donaldson-1988)
- No Way Out -------(Donaldson-1987; with William Hoy)
- Marie -------(Donaldson-1985)
- The Philadelphia Experiment -------(Raffill-1984)
- 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)
Awards
Academy Awards 1991, USA
| Award | Person |
| Academy Award for Editing 'Dances with Wolves' | Neil Travis |
Primetime Emmy Awards 1977, USA
| Award | Person |
| Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series 'Roots' | Neil Travis |
American Cinema Editors 2010, USA
| Award | Person |
| Career Achievement Award | Neil Travis |
References
- ^ Travis' date of birth is from the California Birth Index.
- ^ "Film editor Neil Travis dies at 75". Variety. April 3, 2012.
- ^ IMDb
- ^ "Board of Directors and Staff". San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22.
- ^ Travis, Neil (February 26, 2010). "Interview with Karen Herman". Archive of American Television. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-04. Videorecording of a 2-hour interview. No transcript posted; contact publisher for availability.
- ^ Schager, Nick (June 7, 2003). "Dances with Wolves". Slant.
Further reading
- Ohanian, Thomas A.; Phillips, Michael E. (2000). "Neil Travis, A.C.E. - film editor". Digital Filmmaking: The Changing Art and Craft of Making Motion Pictures. Focal Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780240804279. Interview with Travis about editing and the advent of digital filmmaking.
- Smithee, Alan. "Dances with Wolves". Media Matters. Essay on the film that notes its editing.
- "Passings: Neil Travis, Jack Ellena". The Los Angeles Times. April 7, 2012. Obituary.