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Conrad Buff IV (1956)
Summary
Conrad Buff is an American film editor with more than 25 film credits since 1985. Buff is known for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and an ACE Eddie Award for Titanic ; the awards were shared with his co-editors James Cameron and Richard A. Harris. He won the 2000 Satellite Award for Best Editing for Thirteen Days.
Biography
life and career
Buff's full name is Conrad Buff IV; he is the son of the architect Conrad Buff III, and the grandson of the painter Conrad Buff II. Buff attended Pasadena City College for two years before joining the U. S. Navy. Buff learned film editing while working for the Navy's Motion Picture Office in Hollywood. In the first phase of his civilian career Buff was the "visual effects editor" on several successful films, ranging from The Empire Strikes Back through Ghostbusters . Buff was an assistant editor on Return of the Jedi ; he worked with editor Sean Barton and director Richard Marquand. His first editing credit was as the co-editor with Barton for Jagged Edge , which was also directed by Marquand.Buff is noted particularly for his editing of four films directed by James Cameron, including Titanic. Buff edited The Abyss with Joel Goodman. Buff was nominated for an Oscar and an Eddie for the editing of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991 - with Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris). He was again nominated for an Eddie for True Lies . In addition to its actual awards, Titanic was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing.
Buff has edited four films with director Roger Donaldson: The Getaway , Species , Dante's Peak (1997; co-edited with Tina Hirsch and Howard Smith), and Thirteen Days , which won the Satellite Award for Best Editing.
Since Thirteen Days, Buff has edited four films directed by Antoine Fuqua: Training Day , Tears of the Sun , King Arthur , and Shooter .
Buff has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.
==Filmography==
Filmography based on the Internet Movie Database; the director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
Movie
- Editorial
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Film editor
2011The Last Airbender
Film editor
2010Terminator Salvation
Film editor
2009The Happening
Film editor
2008Sex and the City
Film editor
2008Shooter
Film editor
2007Seraphim Falls
Film editor
2007Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Film editor
2005Harsh Times
Film editor
2005King Arthur
Film editor
2004Tears of the Sun
Film editor
2003Antwone Fisher
Film editor
2002The Four Feathers
Film editor
2002Training Day
Film editor
2001Thirteen Days
Film editor
2000Arlington Road
Film editor
1999Mystery Men
Film editor
1999Switchback
Film editor
1997Dante's Peak
Film editor
1997Titanic
Film editor
1997Species
Film editor
1995Virtuosity
Film editor
1995True Lies
Film editor
1994The Getaway
Film editor
1994Jennifer Eight
Film editor
1992Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Film editor
1991The Abyss
Film editor
1989Short Circuit 2
Film editor
1988Spaceballs
Film editor
1987Solarbabies
Film editor
1986Jagged Edge
Film editor
1985
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