Frank E. Morriss (September 10, 1927 – July 3, 2013) was an American film and television editor with more than 50 credits dating from 1968. He had a notable collaboration with the director John Badham extending from 1974 to 2004. Morriss' editing of Charley Varrick (1973) was nominated for the BAFTA Award. He was honored at the 1974 Primetime Emmy Awards as "film editor of the year" for the television film The Execution of Private Slovik. Morriss was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing: for Blue Thunder (1983, with Edward M. Abroms), and for Romancing the Stone (1984, with Donn Cambern).

Morriss was a 1946 graduate of Beverly Hills High School, where he was a varsity letterman in three sports. In 1948, Morriss enrolled at Santa Monica College.

Selected filmography + Editor Year Film Director Notes1973 Charley VarrickDon Siegel1974 The Midnight Man1976 Ode to Billy JoeMax Baer Jr.First collaboration with Max Baer Jr.1977 First LoveJoan Darling 1978 I Wanna Hold Your HandRobert ZemeckisFirst collaboration with Robert Zemeckis YoungbloodNoel Nosseck1979 Hometown U.S.A.Max Baer Jr.Second collaboration with Max Baer Jr. 1980 The EarthlingPeter Collinson Inside MovesRichard Donner1981 Whose Life Is It Anyway? John BadhamFirst collaboration with John Badham1983 Blue ThunderSecond collaboration with John Badham1984 Romancing the StoneRobert ZemeckisSecond collaboration with Robert Zemeckis1985 American Flyers John BadhamThird collaboration with John Badham1986 Short CircuitFourth collaboration with John Badham1988 Hot to TrotMichael Dinner1989 Disorganized CrimeJim Kouf 1990 Short TimeGregg Champion Bird on a Wire John BadhamFifth collaboration with John Badham1991 The Hard WaySixth collaboration with John Badham 1993 Point of No ReturnSeventh collaboration with John Badham Another StakeoutEighth collaboration with John Badham1994 Drop ZoneNinth collaboration with John Badham1995 Nick of TimeTenth collaboration with John Badham 1997 IncognitoEleventh collaboration with John Badham Cyclops, BabyD. J. Caruso2017 Death of the Sheik Vladislav Alex KozlovSecond collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov2023 Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in BlackThird collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov

+ Actor Year Film Director Role Notes1983 Blue ThunderJohn BadhamF-16 Pilot1988 Hot to TrotMichael DinnerTrack Announcer

Shorts

+ Editor Year Film Director Notes2006 Daydreams of Rudolph ValentinoFirst collaboration with Vladislav Alex Kozlov

+ Producer Year Film Director Credit2006 Daydreams of Rudolph ValentinoCo-producer

TV movies

+ Editor Year Film Director 1970 The Movie Murderer Boris Sagal Hauser's Memory 1971 Hitched The Harness DuelSteven Spielberg 1972 CutterRichard Irving The Return of Charlie Chan 1973 Brock's Last CaseDavid Lowell Rich The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarRuss Mayberry 1974 The Execution of Private SlovikLamont Johnson The Law John Badham The Gun The Godchild1975 A Cry for HelpDaryl Duke1977 The Strange Possession of Mrs. OliverGordon Hessler 1979 Murder by Natural CausesRobert Day Death Car on the FreewayHal Needham When She Was Bad...Peter H. Hunt1980 EscapeRobert Michael Lewis1992 SecretsPeter H. Hunt1998 Floating Away John Badham1999 The Jack Bull2000 The Last Debate 2002 Brother's Keeper Obsessed2003 Footsteps2004 Evel Knievel

TV series

+ Editor Year Title Notes1964 Destry 2 episodes1966 Laredo1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1 episode1968−69 It Takes a Thief15 episodes1970−71 The Name of the Game3 episodes1971 Sarge 1 episode1972 McCloud1975 Switch1976 Family

See also List of film director and editor collaborations

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