Richard Halsey

Richard Halsey (born 1940) is an American film editor with more than 60 credits from 1970 onwards. An alumnus of Hollywood High School, he won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 49th Academy Awards for editing Rocky with Scott Conrad,^[1] also being nominated for one BAFTA and one Emmy Award. He often works with his wife Colleen Halsey and they are credited together. Both have been elected to membership in American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.); Halsey has been a member since 1988. He is now living in the Hollywood Hills.

Richard Halsey
Born	1940 (age 84–85)
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Colleen Halsey (?–present)

Selected filmography

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1970	Up in the Cellar	Theodore J. Flicker
1972	No Drums, No Bugles	Clyde Ware	First collaboration with Clyde Ware
	Payday	Daryl Duke
1973	Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid	Sam Peckinpah
	When the Line Goes Through	Clyde Ware	Second collaboration with Clyde Ware
1974	Harry and Tonto	Paul Mazursky	First collaboration with Paul Mazursky
1975	W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings	John G. Avildsen	First collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1976	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	Paul Mazursky	Second collaboration with Paul Mazursky
	Rocky	John G. Avildsen	Second collaboration with John G. Avildsen
1977	Fire Sale	Alan Arkin
1978	Thank God It's Friday	Robert Klane
1979	Boulevard Nights	Michael Pressman
1980	American Gigolo	Paul Schrader
	Tribute	Bob Clark
1982	Losin' It	Curtis Hanson
	That Championship Season	Jason Miller
1984	Moscow on the Hudson	Paul Mazursky	Third collaboration with Paul Mazursky
	Dreamscape	Joseph Ruben
	Body Rock	Marcelo Epstein
1986	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	Paul Mazursky	Fourth collaboration with Paul Mazursky
1987	Mannequin	Michael Gottlieb
	Dragnet	Tom Mankiewicz
1988	Earth Girls Are Easy	Julien Temple
	Beaches	Garry Marshall
1990	Joe Versus the Volcano	John Patrick Shanley
	Edward Scissorhands	Tim Burton
1992	Article 99	Howard Deutch	First collaboration with Howard Deutch
	Sister Act	Emile Ardolino
1993	So I Married an Axe Murderer	Thomas Schlamme
1994	Getting Even with Dad	Howard Deutch	Second collaboration with Howard Deutch
1995	The Net	Irwin Winkler
	Last of the Dogmen	Tab Murphy
1996	Eddie	Steve Rash
1997	That Old Feeling	Carl Reiner
1998	Barney's Great Adventure	Steve Gomer	First collaboration with Steve Gomer
1999	Presence of Mind	Antoni Aloy
2001	Kingdom Come	Doug McHenry
	Dumb Luck	Craig Clyde
2002	Pumpkin	Anthony Abrams Adam Larson Broder
	Sorority Boys	Wallace Wolodarsky
2004	Eulogy	Michael Clancy
2005	When Do We Eat?	Salvador Litvak
2006	Yellow	Alfredo De Villa
2007	Big Stan	Rob Schneider	First collaboration with Rob Schneider
2008	Spy School	Mark Blutman
	Stiletto	Nick Vallelonga
2010	Dreamkiller	Catherine Pirotta
2011	The Chicago 8	Pinchas Perry
	Valley of the Sun	Stokes McIntyre
2012	Ticket Out	Doug Lodato
	The Girl from the Naked Eye	David Ren
	186 Dollars to Freedom	Camilo Vila
	Christmas in Compton	David Raynr
2013	Victims	Chris Abell Jeffrey B. Mallian
	Max Rose	Daniel Noah
	Snake & Mongoose	Wayne Holloway
2014	The Ganzfeld Haunting	Michael Oblowitz
	Road to the Open	Cole Claassen
	Helicopter Mom	Salomé Breziner
2016	Spaceman	Brett Rapkin
	Loserville	Lovell Holder
	Her Secret Sessions	Meir Sharony
2017	All Saints	Steve Gomer	Second collaboration with Steve Gomer
	Limelight	James Cullen Bressack
2018	The Little Mermaid	Blake Harris Chris Bouchard	First collaboration with Blake Harris
2019	Working Man	Robert Jury
	Purge of Kingdoms	Ara Paiaya
	The Outsider	Timothy Woodward Jr.
	Married Young	Daniel Kaufman
2020	Anastasia: Once Upon a Time	Blake Harris	Second collaboration with Blake Harris
	Baby Doll	White Cross
	Divos!	Ryan Patrick Bartley
	The App That Stole Christmas	Monica Floyd
2023	Bezos	Khoa Le

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1981	The Amateur	Charles Jarrott	Supervising editor
1985	Heated Vengeance	Edward D. Murphy
1986	Jocks	Steve Carver
1999	Toy Story 2	John Lasseter	Additional editor
2004	The Sure Hand of God	Michael Kolko	Supervising editor
2009	Don't Look Up	Fruit Chan	Editorial consultant
2013	What About Love	Klaus Menzel	Supervising editor
2021	86 Melrose Avenue	Lili Matta	Post-production consultant

Additional crew

Year	Film	Director	Role
1998	Barney's Great Adventure	Steve Gomer	Second unit consultant
2016	Spaceman	Brett Rapkin	Additional voices

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Director	Role
1981	The Amateur	Charles Jarrott	Second unit director

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1992	3 Ninjas	Jon Turteltaub	Special thanks
1995	Pie in the Sky	Bryan Gordon	Thanks
2021	Far More	Ally Walker	Special thanks
2024	Plan B	Brandon Tamburri

Direct-to-video films

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2009	Bring It On: Fight to the Finish	Bille Woodruff
2010	The Chosen One	Rob Schneider	Second collaboration with Rob Schneider
2014	1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story	Mike Levine

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1972	Moon of the Wolf	Daniel Petrie
1973	Honor Thy Father	Paul Wendkos
	Terror on the Beach
	I Heard the Owl Call My Name	Daryl Duke
1976	Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style	Lee Philips
1999	Pirates of Silicon Valley	Martyn Burke
	The Wishing Tree	Ivan Passer
2000	Picnic
2001	Warden of Red Rock	Stephen Gyllenhaal
2003	Coast to Coast	Paul Mazursky
2014	Love by Design	Michael Damian
2017	Enchanted Christmas	Terry Cunningham
2022	Vanished: Searching for My Sister	Timothy Woodward Jr.

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1973	Firehouse	Alex March	Associate editor

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1968−69	Peyton Place	15 episodes
2017	Fielders Choice	1 episode
2023	Kombucha Cure	6 episodes

Awards and nominations

• 2005:
  • Nominated: ACE Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television - Coast to Coast
• 2000:
  • Won: ACE Best Edited Motion Picture Movie for Commercial Television - Pirates of Silicon Valley

• 1999:
  • Nominated: Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie - Pirates of Silicon Valley
• 1978:
  • Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Editing - Rocky
• 1977:
  • Won: Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Rocky (shared with Scott Conrad)
  • Won: ACE Best Edited Feature Film - Rocky (shared with Scott Conrad)