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Neil Travis

American film and television editor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[3]

In 2010, Travis was interviewed about his career by Karen Herman for the Archive of American Television.[5]

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Filmography

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Awards

Academy Awards 1991, USA

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Academy Award for Editing 'Dances with Wolves' Neil Travis

Primetime Emmy Awards 1977, USA

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Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series 'Roots' Neil Travis

American Cinema Editors 2010, USA

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Career Achievement Award Neil Travis

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