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Frank Morriss

Frank Morriss
BornSeptember 10, 1927
Texas, U.S.
DiedJuly 3, 2013
Northridge, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm editor

Frank E. Morriss (September 10, 1927 – July 3, 2013) was an American film and television editor with more than 50 credits dating from 1968. He had a notable collaboration with the director John Badham extending from 1974 to 2004. Morriss' editing of Charley Varrick (1973) was nominated for the BAFTA Award. He was honored at the 1974 Primetime Emmy Awards as "film editor of the year" for the television film The Execution of Private Slovik. Morriss was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: for Blue Thunder (1983, with Edward M. Abroms) and for Romancing the Stone (1984, with Donn Cambern).[1][2]

Morriss was a 1946 graduate of Beverly Hills High School, where he was a varsity letterman in three sports. In 1948, Morriss enrolled at Santa Monica College.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1973 Charley Varrick Don Siegel
1974 The Midnight Man
1976 Ode to Billy Joe Max Baer Jr. First collaboration with Max Baer Jr.
1977 First Love Joan Darling
1978 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Robert Zemeckis First collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Youngblood Noel Nosseck
1979 Hometown U.S.A. Max Baer Jr. Second collaboration with Max Baer Jr.
1980 The Earthling Peter Collinson
Inside Moves Richard Donner
1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? John Badham First collaboration with John Badham
1983 Blue Thunder Second collaboration with John Badham
1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis Second collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
1985 American Flyers John Badham Third collaboration with John Badham
1986 Short Circuit Fourth collaboration with John Badham
1988 Hot to Trot Michael Dinner
1989 Disorganized Crime Jim Kouf
1990 Short Time Gregg Champion
Bird on a Wire John Badham Fifth collaboration with John Badham
1991 The Hard Way Sixth collaboration with John Badham
1993 Point of No Return Seventh collaboration with John Badham
Another Stakeout Eighth collaboration with John Badham
1994 Drop Zone Ninth collaboration with John Badham
1995 Nick of Time Tenth collaboration with John Badham
1997 Incognito Eleventh collaboration with John Badham
Cyclops, Baby D. J. Caruso
2017 Death of the Sheik Vladislav Alex Kozlov Second collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov
2023 Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black Third collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov
Actor
Year Film Director Role Notes
1983 Blue Thunder John Badham F-16 Pilot
Uncredited
1988 Hot to Trot Michael Dinner Track Announcer

Shorts

Editor
Year Film Director Notes
2006 Daydreams of Rudolph Valentino
  • Vladislav Alex Kozlov
  • Massimiliano Trevis
 First collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov
Producer
Year Film Director Credit
2006 Daydreams of Rudolph Valentino
  • Vladislav Alex Kozlov
  • Massimiliano Trevis
 Co-producer

TV movies

Editor
Year Film Director
1970 The Movie Murderer Boris Sagal
Hauser's Memory
1971 Hitched
The Harness
Duel Steven Spielberg
1972 Cutter Richard Irving
The Return of Charlie Chan
1973 Brock's Last Case David Lowell Rich
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War Russ Mayberry
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Lamont Johnson
The Law John Badham
The Gun
The Godchild
1975 A Cry for Help Daryl Duke
1977 The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver Gordon Hessler
1979 Murder by Natural Causes Robert Day
Death Car on the Freeway Hal Needham
When She Was Bad... Peter H. Hunt
1980 Escape Robert Michael Lewis
1992 Secrets Peter H. Hunt
1998 Floating Away John Badham
1999 The Jack Bull
2000 The Last Debate
2002 Brother's Keeper
Obsessed
2003 Footsteps
2004 Evel Knievel

TV series

Editor
Year Title Notes
1964 Destry 2 episodes
1966 Laredo
1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors 1 episode
1968−69 It Takes a Thief 15 episodes
1970−71 The Name of the Game 3 episodes
1971 Sarge 1 episode
1972 McCloud
1975 Switch
1976 Family

See also

References

  1. ^ Barnes, Mike (July 21, 2013). "Film Editor Frank Morriss Dies at 85". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ Frank Morriss at IMDb
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Morriss