Richard A. Harris

Richard A. Harris (born February 6, 1934) is an American film editor with a career spanning nearly 40 years. He graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California in 1956.^[1] He is most associated with the films of Michael Ritchie (Downhill Racer, The Candidate, An Almost Perfect Affair) and James Cameron (Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True Lies).

Richard A. Harris
Born	(1934-02-06) February 6, 1934 (age 90) New York City, United States
Occupation	Film editor

Awards

• 1992 nominated for an Academy Award and Eddie Award for Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
• 1995 nominated for an Eddie Award for True Lies and won an Emmy Award for Indictment: The McMartin Trial.
• 1996 won an Eddie for Indictment: The McMartin Trial.
• 1998 nominated for a BAFTA and won an Academy Award, an Eddie and a Golden Satellite Award for Titanic.

Selected filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1968	The Bamboo Saucer	Frank Telford
1969	Downhill Racer	Michael Ritchie	First collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1971	Dusty and Sweets McGee	Floyd Mutrux
	The Christian Licorice Store	James Frawley
	Chandler	Paul Magwood
1972	The Candidate	Michael Ritchie	Second collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1974	Catch My Soul	Patrick McGoohan
1975	Smile	Michael Ritchie	Third collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1976	The Bad News Bears		Fourth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1977	Semi-Tough		Fifth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1978	The Bad News Bears Go to Japan	John Berry
1979	An Almost Perfect Affair	Michael Ritchie	Sixth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1980	The Island		Seventh collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1982	The Toy	Richard Donner
1983	The Survivors	Michael Ritchie	Eighth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1985	Fletch		Ninth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1986	Wildcats		Tenth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
	The Golden Child		Eleventh collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1988	The Couch Trip		Twelfth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1989	Fletch Lives		Thirteenth collaboration with Michael Ritchie
1991	L.A. Story	Mick Jackson	First collaboration with Mick Jackson
	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	James Cameron	First collaboration with James Cameron
1992	The Bodyguard	Mick Jackson	Second collaboration with Mick Jackson
1993	Last Action Hero	John McTiernan
1994	True Lies	James Cameron	Second collaboration with James Cameron
1997	Titanic		Third collaboration with James Cameron
2008	The X-Files: I Want to Believe	Chris Carter
2010	Flying Lessons	Derek Magyar

Director

Year	Film
1983	The American Snitch

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1989	Fletch Lives	Michael Ritchie	Associate producer

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1974	Scream of the Wolf	Dan Curtis	First collaboration with Dan Curtis
	Bram Stoker's Dracula		Second collaboration with Dan Curtis
	Melvin Purvis: G-Man		Third collaboration with Dan Curtis
	The Great Ice Rip-Off		Fourth collaboration with Dan Curtis
1975	The Kansas City Massacre		Fifth collaboration with Dan Curtis
1977	Murder at the World Series	Andrew V. McLaglen
1982	The Executioner's Song	Lawrence Schiller
1983	Tiger Town	Alan Shapiro
1984	Her Life as a Man	Robert Ellis Miller
1988	14 Going on 30	Paul Schneider	First collaboration with Paul Schneider
1989	My Boyfriend's Back		Second collaboration with Paul Schneider
	A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story	John Patterson
1995	Indictment: The McMartin Trial	Mick Jackson	Third collaboration with Mick Jackson

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
2000	Running Mates	Ron Lagomarsino	Special thanks

References

1. "Notable Alumni" Archived August 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, webpage of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, retrieved April 15, 2008.

External links

• Richard A. Harris at IMDb