Stuart Baird

Stuart Baird
Born	Stuart Baird 30 November 1947 (1947-11-30) (age 61) England, UK
Occupation	Film editor, Film director

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.

Life and career

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 Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (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 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (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)
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Vantage Point (2008)

Films as Editor Supervisor With Warner Bros.

• Tango & Cash (1989)
• Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) (also credited as Project Consultant)
• Whiteout (2009)

Directing Credits

• Executive Decision (1996)
• U.S. Marshals (1998)
• Star Trek: Nemesis (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
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) as Executive Producer

Stuart 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)
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (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: Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)

• 1979 Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing

for: Superman (1978)

American Cinema Editors

• Baird has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors.^[1]
• 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.

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (March 2009)

• 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 Star Trek: Nemesis, Baird did re-cuts on Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mission: Impossible 2 for Paramount Pictures.^[2][3]
• 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."^[4]

References

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

External links

• Stuart Baird at the Internet Movie Database
• Stuart Baird at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
• Stuart Baird at the TCM Movie Database