Stuart Baird

Infobox actor
name=Stuart Baird

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birthname=Stuart Baird
birthdate=birth date and age|1947|11|30|df=y
birthplace= England, UK
occupation=Film Editor, Film Director
spouse=

Stuart Baird (born 30 November 1947) is an Academy Award nominated English film editor, producer, and director who is mainly associated with action films. He has edited over twenty major motion pictures.

Career History

Baird has had an extended collaboration with director Richard Donner. For Baird's work on "Superman" in 1978, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing. He received another nomination for editing "Gorillas in the Mist" (1988). Prior to his working relationship with Richard Donner, Baird worked as assistant director and assistant editor on different projects before editing Ken Russell's "Tommy". Baird worked with Russell on five major motion pictures. He edited "Tommy", "Lisztomania", and "Valentino" and served as associate producer on Ken Russell's "Altered States". He also worked as assistant editor on Russell's The Devils, (1971). After his Oscar-nominated work on "Gorillas in the Mist" in 1988 and his work with Richard Donner on "Lethal Weapon 2", he accepted a position as full-time staff editor at Warner Bros. in 1989. With Warner Bros. he supervised the editing on such films as ' (1990) and ' (1991). The first two movies Baird directed were studio pictures produced and distributed by Warner Bros.; where he had served as Editor Supervisor. He has directed three films: "Executive Decision" (1996), "U.S. Marshals" (1998), and "Star Trek Nemesis" (2002). He was the editor and executive producer of "" (2001). Baird recently edited the Columbia Pictures thriller "Vantage Point".

Works

Editing credits

*"The Devils (1971) (as Assistant Editor)
*"Tommy" (1975)
*"Lisztomania" (1975)
*"The Omen" (1976)
*"Superman" (1978)
*"Valentino" (1977)
*"Outland" (1981)
*"Revolution" (1985)
*"Ladyhawke" (1985) (also second unit director)
*"Lethal Weapon" (1987)
*"Gorillas in the Mist" (1988)
*"Lethal Weapon 2" (1989)
*"The Last Boy Scout" (1991)
*"Radio Flyer (1992)
*"Demolition Man" (1993)
*"Maverick" (1994)
*"Executive Decision" (1996) (co-edited, also director)
*"Star Trek Nemesis" (2002) (co-edited, also director)
*"The Legend of Zorro" (2005)
*"" (2006)
*"Casino Royale" (2006)
*"Vantage Point" (2008)

=Films as Editor Supervisor With Warner Bros.=

*"Tango & Cash" (1989)
*"" (1990)
*"" (1991) (also credited as Project Consultant)

Directing Credits

*"Executive Decision" (1996)
*"U.S. Marshals" (1998)
*"" (2002)

Production Credits

*"If...." (1969) as Assistant to the Director
*"Altered States" (1980) as Associate Producer
*"Ladyhawke" (1985) as 2nd unit director
*"Scrooged" (1988) as Post-production consultant
*"" (2001) as Executive Producer

tuart Baird and Richard Donner films

*"The Omen" (1976)
*"Superman" (1978)
*"Ladyhawke" (1985) (also second unit director)
*"Lethal Weapon" (1987)
*"Lethal Weapon 2" (1989)
*"Radio Flyer (1992)
*"Maverick" (1994)
*"" (2006)

Television Work

*"Split Personality" (1992), a Joel Silver directed episode of the HBO horror anthology, "Tales From the Crypt".

Awards

Academy Awards
*1989 Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing:for: "" (1988)
*1979 Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing:for: "Superman" (1978) American Cinema Editors
*Baird 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.]
*2007 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic:for: "Casino Royale" (2006)
*1979 Nominated Eddie Best Edited Feature Film:for: "Superman" (1978) BAFTA Awards
*2007 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Editing:for: "Casino Royale" (2006)

Misc.

*Jerry Goldsmith was the composer for all of the Baird directed films.
*All three films directed by Baird feature vehicular decompression sequences (flying transport depressurizes).
*In the movie "Star Trek Nemesis", Baird also voiced the Scimitar computer.
*To get the job directing ', Baird did re-cuts on ' and "" for Paramount Pictures. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000829/bio Stuart Baird - Biography ] ] [ [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Stuart_Baird Stuart Baird - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki ] ]
*Michael Phillips, of the "Chicago Tribune" said of "Vantage Point" and Stuart Baird, "Editor Stuart Baird must've been paid by the cut: Simple five-second action beats are often sliced into three or four separate, panicky shots." [ [http://movies.excite.com/MovieReview.jhtml?movieId=60888 Vantage Point - Critics Review - Excite Movies ] ]

References

#http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000829/bio
#http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Stuart_Baird
#http://movies.excite.com/MovieReview.jhtml?movieId=60888

External links

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