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For other people named Richard Marks, see Richard Marks (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Richard Marx.

Richard Marks
Born	(1943-11-10)November 10, 1943 New York City, New York, United States
Died	December 31, 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 75) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Film editor
Years active	1969−2010
Spouse	Barbara Marks

Richard Marks (November 10, 1943 – December 31, 2018) was an American film editor with more than 30 editing credits for feature and television films dating from 1972. In an extended, notable collaboration (1983–2010), he edited all of director James L. Brooks' feature films.

Marks was Barry Malkin's assistant editor on The Rain People (1969), which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola early in his career. He then assisted Dede Allen on Alice's Restaurant (1969) and on Little Big Man (1970); he co-edited Serpico (1973) with Allen. Dede Allen was among the most prominent film editors of her generation, and she was known for helping to develop the careers of several younger editors. Roger Crittenden has written that "Perhaps the outstanding graduate of the Dede Allen Academy is Richard Marks."

Marks was nominated for many awards including four Academy Awards (Oscars), three ACE Eddie Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and an Emmy.

Marks was elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and in 2013 he received their Career Achievement Award. Apocalypse Now was listed as the third best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.

Filmography

The filmography is based on the Internet Movie Database listing.

Editor

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1972	Parades	Robert J. Siegel
1973	Bang the Drum Slowly	John D. Hancock
	Serpico	Sidney Lumet
1974	Three Tough Guys	Duccio Tessari
	The Godfather Part II	Francis Ford Coppola	Second collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
1975	Lies My Father Told Me	Ján Kadár
1976	The Last Tycoon	Elia Kazan
1981	The Hand	Oliver Stone
	Pennies from Heaven	Herbert Ross	First collaboration with Herbert Ross
1983	Max Dugan Returns		Second collaboration with Herbert Ross
	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks	First collaboration with James L. Brooks
1984	The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension	W. D. Richter
1985	St. Elmo's Fire	Joel Schumacher
1986	Pretty in Pink	Howard Deutch
1987	Broadcast News	James L. Brooks	Second collaboration with James L. Brooks
1989	Say Anything...	Cameron Crowe
1990	Dick Tracy	Warren Beatty
1991	One Good Cop	Heywood Gould
	Father of the Bride	Charles Shyer	First collaboration with Charles Shyer
1994	I'll Do Anything	James L. Brooks	Third collaboration with James L. Brooks
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Gary Fleder
	Assassins	Richard Donner	First collaboration with Richard Donner
1997	'Til There Was You	Scott Winant
	As Good as It Gets	James L. Brooks	Fourth collaboration with James L. Brooks
1998	You've Got Mail	Nora Ephron	First collaboration with Nora Ephron
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Mike Nichols
2001	Riding in Cars with Boys	Penny Marshall	Third collaboration with Penny Marshall
2003	Timeline	Richard Donner	Second collaboration with Richard Donner
2004	Spanglish	James L. Brooks	Fifth collaboration with James L. Brooks
2008	Made of Honor	Paul Weiland
2009	Julie & Julia	Nora Ephron	Second collaboration with Nora Ephron
2010	How Do You Know	James L. Brooks	Sixth collaboration with James L. Brooks

Editorial department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes	Other notes
1969	The Rain People	Francis Ford Coppola	Assistant editor	First collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
	Alice's Restaurant	Arthur Penn		First collaboration with Arthur Penn
1970	Little Big Man		Associate editor	Second collaboration with Arthur Penn
1979	Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola	Supervising editor	Third collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
1992	A League of Their Own	Penny Marshall	Editorial consultant	Second collaboration with Penny Marshall	Uncredited
1994	I Love Trouble	Charles Shyer	Additional film editor	Second collaboration with Charles Shyer
1996	The Crow: City of Angels	Tim Pope	Editorial consultant
1999	Inspector Gadget	David Kellogg	Additional editor
2006	The Holiday	Nancy Meyers	Additional film editor

Producer

Year	Film	Director	Credit	Notes
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Penny Marshall	Associate producer	First collaboration with Penny Marshall
1989	Say Anything...	Cameron Crowe	Co-producer
1994	I'll Do Anything	James L. Brooks	Associate producer
1997	As Good as It Gets		Co-producer
2003	My Teacher, My Friend II	David Mickey Evans	Executive producer
2004	Spanglish	James L. Brooks	Co-producer
2010	How Do You Know

Second unit director or assistant director

Year	Film	Director	Role
1990	Dick Tracy	Warren Beatty	Second unit director

Sound department

Year	Film	Director	Role
1971	Doc	Frank Perry	Sound editor

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1982	Flicks	Peter Winograd Kirk Henderson	Special thanks
1992	A League of Their Own	Penny Marshall	Thanks

Documentaries

Thanks

Year	Film	Director	Role
1991	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse	Eleanor Coppola Fax Bahr George Hickenlooper	Special thanks
2015	Everything Is Copy	Jacob Bernstein Nick Hooker

TV movies

Editor

Year	Film	Director
1977	The Blue Hotel	Ján Kadár

TV series

Editor

Year	Title	Notes
1976	The American Parade	1 episode
1976−77	Kojak	3 episodes

TV specials

Editor

Year	Title
2002	74th Academy Awards

Awards

Awards

Year	Film	Role
1975	The Godfather Part II	Nominated for a BAFTA
1980	Apocalypse Now	Nominated for Oscar, BAFTA and Eddie
1984	Terms of Endearment	Nominated for Oscar
1988	Broadcast News	Nominated for Oscar and Eddie
1998	As Good as It Gets	Nominated for Oscar and Eddie

Further reading

• Young, Richard. "Interview with Richard Marks (Part 1)". MacVideo. First section of interview posted in five parts.