Conrad Buff IV (born July 8, 1948) is an American film editor with more than 25 film credits since 1985. Buff is known for winning an Academy Award for Best Film Editing and an ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film for Titanic (1997); the awards were shared with his co-editors James Cameron and Richard A. Harris. He also won the Satellite Award for Best Editing for Thirteen Days (2000).
Life and career Buff was born in Los Angeles, the son of architect Conrad Buff III,Iovenko, Chris (2007). "Buff’s house, still shining", Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2007. Online version retrieved 2008-06-29. and the grandson of children's book creators Mary and Conrad Buff (painter Conrad Buff II). He attended Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles and 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. In the first phase of his civilian career Buff was the "visual effects editor" on several successful films, ranging from The Empire Strikes Back (1980) through Ghostbusters (1984). Buff was an assistant editor on Return of the Jedi (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 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: Judgment Day (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), which won the Satellite Award for Best Editing.
Since Thirteen Days, Buff has edited eight films directed by Antoine Fuqua: Training Day (2001), Tears of the Sun (2003), King Arthur (2004; with Jamie Pearson), Shooter (2007; with Eric Sears), The Equalizer 2 (2018), Infinite (2021), Emancipation (2022), and The Equalizer 3 (2023).
Buff has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors., webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
Filmography Filmography based on the Internet Movie Database.
Year Title Director Notes 1970 Equinox 1978 Battlestar Galactica 1980 The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner 1981 Raiders of the Lost ArkSteven Spielberg1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Poltergeist Tobe Hooper Visual effects editorial supervisor; Michael Kahn was main editor 1983 Return of the Jedi Richard Marquand1984 Ghostbusters Ivan Reitman 2010: The Year We Make Contact Peter Hyams 1985 Jagged Edge Richard Marquand 1986 Solarbabies Alan Johnson 1987 Spaceballs Mel Brooks 1988 Short Circuit 2 Kenneth Johnson 1989 The Abyss James Cameron 1990 Side Out Peter Israelson1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day James CameronNominated — Academy Award for Best Film EditingNominated — ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic The Last Boy Scout Tony Scott 1992 Jennifer 8 Bruce Robinson1994 The Getaway Roger Donaldson True Lies James Cameron Nominated — ACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic1995 Species Roger Donaldson Virtuosity Brett Leonard1997 Dante's Peak Roger Donaldson Switchback Jeb Stuart Titanic James Cameron Academy Award for Best Film EditingACE Eddie Award for Best Edited Feature Film – DramaticOnline Film & Television Association Award for Best EditingSatellite Award for Best EditingNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Editing1999 Arlington Road Mark Pellington Mystery Men Kinka Usher 2000 Thirteen Days Roger Donaldson Satellite Award for Best EditingNominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Editing 2001 Training Day Antoine Fuqua 2002 Antwone Fisher Denzel Washington 2003 Tears of the SunAntoine Fuqua 2004 King Arthur2005 Harsh Times David Ayer Get Rich or Die Tryin' Jim Sheridan 2006 Seraphim Falls David Von Ancken2007 Shooter Antoine Fuqua The Seeker David L. Cunningham 2008 The Happening M. Night Shyamalan 2009 Terminator Salvation McG 2010 The Last Airbender M. Night Shyamalan 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Rupert Wyatt 2012 Snow White and the Huntsman Rupert Sanders2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Monster Trucks Chris Wedge 2017 American Assassin Michael Cuesta 2018 The Equalizer 2Antoine Fuqua 2021 Infinite 2022 Emancipation 2023 The Equalizer 32026Michael
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Further reading Mainly an interview with Buff, this article also provides a short biography and a filmography.
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