Harold F. Kress

Harold F. Kress

American film editor (1913-1999)

Harold Frank Kress was an American film editor and director. He worked on more than 60 feature films between 1939 and 1978. He won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for How the West Was Won (1962) and again for The Towering Inferno (1974), and was nominated an additional four times.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 9 films (1939–1974) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 20 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1939 It's A Wonderful World Handy (Jam) Organization 80 min 16mm B&W sound
1940 Bitter Sweet W. S. Van Dyke 2000 Color
1943 Cabin in the sky Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (Publisher) 1:39:00 16mm B&W sound
1951 No Questions Asked Natl Federation Of Building Trades Employers 80 min 16mm B&W sound
1954 Valley Of The Kings. Loew’s Incorporated 86 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 Silk Stockings Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp 1:57:00 16mm Color sound
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told. George Stevens Productions Inc. & United Artists Corp. 191 min 35mm Color sound
1967 The Ambushers Ideal Pictures Inc 101 min 16mm Color sound
1974 The Towering Inferno Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation & Warner Brothers, Inc 170 min Color sound