Richard Marks(November 10, 1943 – December 31, 2018) was an Americanfilm editorwith more than 30 editing credits for feature and television films dating from 1972. In anextended, notable collaboration(1983–2010), he edited all of directorJames L. Brooks' feature films.[1][2][3]

Richard Marks
Born(1943-11-10)November 10, 1943
DiedDecember 31, 2018(2018-12-31)(aged 75)
OccupationFilm editor
Years active1969−2010
SpouseBarbara Marks

Marks wasBarry Malkin's assistant editor onThe Rain People(1969), which was directed byFrancis Ford Coppolaearly in his career. He then assistedDede AllenonAlice's Restaurant(1969) and onLittle Big Man(1970); he co-editedSerpico(1973) with Allen. Dede Allen was among the most prominent film editors of her generation, and she was known for helping to develop the careers of several younger editors. Roger Crittenden has written that "Perhaps the outstanding graduate of the Dede Allen Academy is Richard Marks."[4]

Marks was nominated for many awards including fourAcademy Awards(Oscars), threeACE Eddie Awards,threeBAFTA Awards,and anEmmy.

Marks was elected to membership in theAmerican Cinema Editors,[5]and in 2013 he received theirCareer Achievement Award.[6][7]Apocalypse Nowwas listed as the third best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of theMotion Picture Editors Guild.[8]

Filmography

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The filmography is based on the Internet Movie Database listing.[9]

Editor
Year Film Director Award Notes
1972 Parades Robert J. Siegel
1973 Bang the Drum Slowly John D. Hancock
Serpico Sidney Lumet
1974 Three Tough Guys Duccio Tessari
The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola Nominated for a BAFTA Second collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
1975 Lies My Father Told Me Ján Kadár
1976 The Last Tycoon Elia Kazan
1981 The Hand Oliver Stone
Pennies from Heaven Herbert Ross First collaboration with Herbert Ross
1983 Max Dugan Returns Second collaboration with Herbert Ross
Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks Nominated for Oscar First collaboration with James L. Brooks
1984 The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension W. D. Richter
1985 St. Elmo's Fire Joel Schumacher
1986 Pretty in Pink Howard Deutch
1987 Broadcast News James L. Brooks Nominated for Oscar and Eddie Second collaboration with James L. Brooks
1989 Say Anything... Cameron Crowe
1990 Dick Tracy Warren Beatty
1991 One Good Cop Heywood Gould
Father of the Bride Charles Shyer First collaboration with Charles Shyer
1994 I'll Do Anything James L. Brooks Third collaboration with James L. Brooks
1995 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Gary Fleder
Assassins Richard Donner First collaboration with Richard Donner
1997 'Til There Was You Scott Winant
As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks Nominated for Oscar and Eddie Fourth collaboration with James L. Brooks
1998 You've Got Mail Nora Ephron First collaboration with Nora Ephron
2000 What Planet Are You From? Mike Nichols
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys Penny Marshall Third collaboration with Penny Marshall
2003 Timeline Richard Donner Second collaboration with Richard Donner
2004 Spanglish James L. Brooks Fifth collaboration with James L. Brooks
2008 Made of Honor Paul Weiland
2009 Julie & Julia Nora Ephron Second collaboration with Nora Ephron
2010 How Do You Know James L. Brooks Sixth collaboration with James L. Brooks
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Award Notes
1969 The Rain People Francis Ford Coppola Assistant editor First collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
Alice's Restaurant Arthur Penn First collaboration with Arthur Penn
1970 Little Big Man Associate editor Second collaboration with Arthur Penn
1979 Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola Supervising editor Nominated for Oscar, BAFTA and Eddie Third collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
1992 A League of Their Own Penny Marshall Editorial consultant
Uncredited

Second collaboration with Penny Marshall
1994 I Love Trouble Charles Shyer Additional film editor Second collaboration with Charles Shyer
1996 The Crow: City of Angels Tim Pope Editorial consultant
1999 Inspector Gadget David Kellogg Additional editor
2006 The Holiday Nancy Meyers Additional film editor
Producer
Year Film Director Credit Notes
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Penny Marshall Associate producer First collaboration with Penny Marshall
1989 Say Anything... Cameron Crowe Co-producer
1994 I'll Do Anything James L. Brooks Associate producer
1997 As Good as It Gets Co-producer
2003 My Teacher, My Friend II David Mickey Evans Executive producer
2004 Spanglish James L. Brooks Co-producer
2010 How Do You Know
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Director Role
1990 Dick Tracy Warren Beatty Second unit director
Sound department
Year Film Director Role
1971 Doc Frank Perry Sound editor
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
1982 Flicks
  • Peter Winograd
  • Kirk Henderson
Special thanks
1992 A League of Their Own Penny Marshall Thanks
Documentaries
Thanks
Year Film Director Role
1991 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Special thanks
2015 Everything Is Copy
  • Jacob Bernstein
  • Nick Hooker
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1977 The Blue Hotel Ján Kadár
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1976 The American Parade 1 episode
1976−77 Kojak 3 episodes
TV specials
Editor
Year Title
2002 74th Academy Awards

References

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  1. ^Barnes, Mike (January 4, 2019)."Richard Marks, 4-Time Oscar-Nominated Film Editor, Dies at 75".The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^McNary, Dave (January 4, 2019)."Richard Marks, 'Apocalypse Now,' 'Terms of Endearment' Editor, Dies at 75".Variety.
  3. ^"Richard Marks Biography (1943–)".
  4. ^Crittenden, Roger (1995).Film and Video Editing.Routledge. p. 162.ISBN978-1-85713-011-9.Perhaps the outstanding graduate of the Dede Allen Academy is Richard Marks.
  5. ^"American Cinema Editors > Members",webpage archived by WebCite fromthis original URLon 2008-03-04.
  6. ^Giardina, Carolyn (February 8, 2013)."Editors Richard Marks, Larry Silk to Receive ACE Career Achievement Awards".Hollywood Reporter.
  7. ^Dimond, Anna (February 14, 2013)."Marks aims to change things for the better".Variety.
  8. ^"The 75 Best Edited Films".Editors Guild Magazine.1(3). May 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-03-17.
  9. ^Richard MarksatIMDb

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