Neil Travis

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Not to be confused with Neal Travis.
Neil Travis
Born
Herbert Neil Travis

October 12, 1936[1]
Los Angeles, California
DiedMarch 28, 2012(2012-03-28) (aged 75)
Arroyo Grande, California
Occupationfilm editor

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 best known for editing the television miniseries Roots (1977) and the feature film Dances with Wolves (1990).

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]

Filmography

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Editor
Year Film Director Notes Ref.
1970 The Traveling Executioner Jack Smight
1972 The Cowboys Mark Rydell Second collaboration with Mark Rydell
1978 Jaws 2 Jeannot Szwarc
1979 Hot Stuff Dom DeLuise
1980 Die Laughing Jeff Werner
Nights at O'Rear's Robert Mandel
The Idolmaker Taylor Hackford
1981 Nobody's Perfekt Peter Bonerz
1983 Second Thoughts Lawrence Turman
Cujo Lewis Teague
1984 The Philadelphia Experiment Stewart Raffill
1985 Marie Roger Donaldson First collaboration with Roger Donaldson
1987 No Way Out Second collaboration with Roger Donaldson
1988 Cocktail Third collaboration with Roger Donaldson
1990 Dances with Wolves Kevin Costner
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1991 Deceived Damian Harris
1992 Patriot Games Phillip Noyce First collaboration with Phillip Noyce
1993 Bopha! Morgan Freeman
1994 Clear and Present Danger Phillip Noyce Second collaboration with Phillip Noyce
1995 Outbreak Wolfgang Petersen
1996 Moll Flanders Pen Densham
1997 The Edge Lee Tamahori First collaboration with Lee Tamahori
1998 Stepmom Chris Columbus First collaboration with Chris Columbus
1999 Bicentennial Man Second collaboration with Chris Columbus
2001 Along Came a Spider Lee Tamahori Second collaboration with Lee Tamahori
2002 The Sum of All Fears Phil Alden Robinson
2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Jonathan Mostow
2007 Premonition Mennan Yapo
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1965 Billie Don Weis Assistant editor
1968 Hell in the Pacific John Boorman
1969 The Reivers Mark Rydell Associate film editor First collaboration with Mark Rydell
2004 I, Robot Alex Proyas Additional editing
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director Notes
1971 They Call It Murder Walter Grauman
1972 Climb an Angry Mountain Leonard Horn
1973 The Bait
1974 Men of the Dragon Harry Falk
1976 The Dark Side of Innocence Jerry Thorpe
1977 Snowbeast Herb Wallerstein
Uncredited
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn John Erman
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders
1988 Hot Paint Sheldon Larry
1989 Shannon's Deal Lewis Teague
TV pilots
Editor
Year Film Director
1975 Black Bart Robert Butler
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1973 Roll Out 6 episodes
1974−76 Harry O 15 episodes
1977 Roots 2 episodes
1979 Roots: The Next Generations
1984 The Master 1 episode
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders 2 episodes
1987 Out on a Limb 1 episode
2006 Brotherhood
Additional crew
Year Title Role Notes
1966−67 Please Don't Eat the Daisies Assistant to the producer 28 episodes
Writer
Year Title Notes
1967 Please Don't Eat the Daisies 1 episode
TV specials
Editor
Year Title
2007 79th Academy Awards

Awards

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Academy Awards 1991, USA

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Award Person
Academy Award for Editing 'Dances with Wolves' Neil Travis

Primetime Emmy Awards 1977, USA

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

American Cinema Editors 2010, USA

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Award Person
Career Achievement Award Neil Travis

References

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  1. ^ Travis' date of birth is from the California Birth Index.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ a b Neil Travis at IMDb
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  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Videorecording of a 2-hour interview. No transcript posted; contact publisher for availability.
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Further reading

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  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Interview with Travis about editing and the advent of digital filmmaking.
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Essay on the film that notes its editing.
  • Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Obituary.

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