Richard Halsey (born 1940) is an American film editor with more than 60 credits from 1970 onwards. An alumnus of Hollywood High School, he won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 49th Academy Awards for editing Rocky with Scott Conrad, also being nominated for one BAFTA and one Emmy Award. He often works with his wife Colleen Halsey and they are credited together. Both have been elected to membership in American Cinema Editors (A.C.E.); Halsey has been a member since 1988. He is now living in the Hollywood Hills.

Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes1970 Up in the CellarTheodore J. Flicker 1972 No Drums, No BuglesClyde WareFirst collaboration with Clyde Ware PaydayDaryl Duke 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the KidSam Peckinpah When the Line Goes ThroughClyde WareSecond collaboration with Clyde Ware1974 Harry and TontoPaul MazurskyFirst collaboration with Paul Mazursky1975 W.W. and the Dixie DancekingsJohn G. AvildsenFirst collaboration with John G. Avildsen 1976 Next Stop, Greenwich VillagePaul MazurskySecond collaboration with Paul Mazursky RockyJohn G. AvildsenSecond collaboration with John G. Avildsen1977 Fire SaleAlan Arkin1978 Thank God It's FridayRobert Klane1979 Boulevard NightsMichael Pressman 1980 American GigoloPaul Schrader TributeBob Clark 1982 Losin' ItCurtis Hanson That Championship SeasonJason Miller 1984 Moscow on the HudsonPaul MazurskyThird collaboration with Paul Mazursky DreamscapeJoseph Ruben Body RockMarcelo Epstein1986 Down and Out in Beverly HillsPaul MazurskyFourth collaboration with Paul Mazursky 1987 MannequinMichael Gottlieb DragnetTom Mankiewicz 1988 Earth Girls Are EasyJulien Temple BeachesGarry Marshall 1990 Joe Versus the VolcanoJohn Patrick Shanley Edward ScissorhandsTim Burton 1992 Article 99Howard DeutchFirst collaboration with Howard Deutch Sister ActEmile Ardolino1993 So I Married an Axe MurdererThomas Schlamme1994 Getting Even with DadHoward DeutchSecond collaboration with Howard Deutch 1995 The NetIrwin Winkler Last of the DogmenTab Murphy1996 EddieSteve Rash1997 That Old FeelingCarl Reiner1998 Barney's Great AdventureSteve GomerFirst collaboration with Steve Gomer1999 Presence of MindAntoni Aloy 2001 Kingdom ComeDoug McHenry Dumb LuckCraig Clyde 2002 Pumpkin Sorority BoysWallace Wolodarsky2004 EulogyMichael Clancy2005 When Do We Eat?Salvador Litvak2006 YellowAlfredo De Villa2007 Big StanRob SchneiderFirst collaboration with Rob Schneider 2008 Spy SchoolMark Blutman StilettoNick Vallelonga2010 DreamkillerCatherine Pirotta 2011 The Chicago 8Pinchas Perry Valley of the SunStokes McIntyre 2012 Ticket OutDoug Lodato The Girl from the Naked EyeDavid Ren 186 Dollars to FreedomCamilo Vila Christmas in ComptonDavid Raynr 2013 Victims Max RoseDaniel Noah Snake & MongooseWayne Holloway 2014 The Ganzfeld HauntingMichael Oblowitz Road to the OpenCole Claassen Helicopter MomSalomé Breziner 2016 SpacemanBrett Rapkin LoservilleLovell Holder Her Secret SessionsMeir Sharony 2017 All SaintsSteve GomerSecond collaboration with Steve Gomer LimelightJames Cullen Bressack2018 The Little MermaidFirst collaboration with Blake Harris 2019 Working ManRobert Jury Purge of KingdomsAra Paiaya The OutsiderTimothy Woodward Jr. Married YoungDaniel Kaufman 2020 Anastasia: Once Upon a TimeBlake HarrisSecond collaboration with Blake Harris Baby DollWhite Cross Divos!Ryan Patrick Bartley The App That Stole ChristmasMonica Floyd2023 BezosKhoa Le

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1981 The AmateurCharles Jarrott Supervising editor1985 Heated VengeanceEdward D. Murphy1986 JocksSteve Carver1999 Toy Story 2John LasseterAdditional editor2004 The Sure Hand of GodMichael KolkoSupervising editor2009 Don't Look UpFruit ChanEditorial consultant2013 What About LoveKlaus MenzelSupervising editor2021 86 Melrose AvenueLili MattaPost-production consultant

+ Additional crew Year Film Director Role1998 Barney's Great AdventureSteve GomerSecond unit consultant2016 SpacemanBrett RapkinAdditional voices

+ Second unit director or assistant director Year Film Director Role1981 The AmateurCharles JarrottSecond unit director

+ Thanks Year Film Director Role1992 3 NinjasJon TurteltaubSpecial thanks1995 Pie in the SkyBryan GordonThanks2021 Far MoreAlly Walker Special thanks2024 Plan BBrandon Tamburri

Direct-to-video films

+ Editor Year Film Director Notes2009 Bring It On: Fight to the FinishBille Woodruff2010 The Chosen OneRob SchneiderSecond collaboration with Rob Schneider2014 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman StoryMike Levine

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director1972 Moon of the WolfDaniel Petrie 1973 Honor Thy Father Paul Wendkos Terror on the Beach I Heard the Owl Call My NameDaryl Duke1976 Louis Armstrong - Chicago StyleLee Philips 1999 Pirates of Silicon ValleyMartyn Burke The Wishing Tree Ivan Passer2000 Picnic2001 Warden of Red RockStephen Gyllenhaal2003 Coast to CoastPaul Mazursky2014 Love by DesignMichael Damian2017 Enchanted ChristmasTerry Cunningham2022 Vanished: Searching for My SisterTimothy Woodward Jr.

+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role1973 FirehouseAlex MarchAssociate editor

TV series

+ Editor Year Title Notes1968−69 Peyton Place15 episodes2017 Fielders Choice1 episode2023 Kombucha Cure6 episodes

Awards and nominations 2005: Nominated: ACE Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television - Coast to Coast 2000: Won: ACE Best Edited Motion Picture Movie for Commercial Television - Pirates of Silicon Valley

1999: Nominated: Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie - Pirates of Silicon Valley 1978: Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Editing - Rocky 1977: Won: Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Rocky (shared with Scott Conrad) Won: ACE Best Edited Feature Film - Rocky (shared with Scott Conrad)

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