Conrad Buff

Conrad Buff (born 1956) is an American film editor with more than 25 film credits since 1985. Buff has won an Academy Award for Film Editing and an ACE Eddie Award for "Titanic" (1997); the awards were shared with his co-editors James Cameron and Richard A. Harris. [imdb name|0119322]

Buff is noted particularly for his editing of four films directed by James Cameron, including "Titanic". Buff edited "The Abyss" (1989) with Joel Goodman. Buff was nominated for an Oscar and an Eddie for the editing of "Terminator 2" (1991 - with Mark Goldblatt and Richard A. Harris). He was again nominated for an Eddie for "True Lies" (1994) (also with Goldblatt and Harris). 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" (1994), "Species" (1995), "Dante's Peak" (1997; co-edited with Tina Hirsch and Howard Smith), and "Thirteen Days" (2000). "Thirteen Days" won the Satellite Award for Best Editing.

Since "Titanic", Buff has edited five films directed by Antoine Fuqua: "Training Day" (2001), "Tears of the Sun" (2003), "King Arthur" (2004; with Jamie Pearson), "Shooter" (2007; with Eric Sears), and "Escobar" (2009).

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. [Iovenko, Chris (2007). [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/13/home/hm-buff13 "Buff’s house, still shining"] , "Los Angeles Times", December 13, 2007. Online version retrieved 2008-06-29.] 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. [Spark, Nick (1998). [http://www.editorsguild.com/v2/magazine/Newsletter/SepOct98/buff.html "From Navy Documentaries to "Titanic"] , "Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter" Vol. 19, No. 5, September/October 1998.] In the first phase of his civilian career Buff was the "visual effects editor" on several successful films, ranging from ' (1980) through "Ghostbusters" (1984). Buff was an assistant editor on ' (1983); he worked with editor Sean Barton and director Richard Marquand. His first editing credit was as the co-editor with Barton for "Jagged Edge" (1985), which was also directed by Marquand.

Buff has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. [ [http://www.webcitation.org/5W3vTXmHE "American Cinema Editors > Members"] , webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.]

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