As Director
Apache War Smoke
1952
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Harold F. Kress
Directing
Birth Date
June 26, 1913
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Date of Death
September 18, 1999
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harold F. Kress (June 26, 1913 – September 18, 1999) was an American film editor with more than fifty feature film credits; he also directed several feature films in the early 1950s. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for How the West Was Won (1962) and again for The Towering Inferno (1974), and was nominated for four additional films; he is among the film editors most recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. He also worked publicly to increase the recognition of editing as a component of Hollywood filmmaking.
