Dennis Virkler

Dennis Virkler was an American film editor with more than 40 credits dating from 1973.

Career

He was nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and was elected as a member of the American Cinema Editors. The Fugitive was listed as the 39th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild.

Virkler died from heart failure on September 15, 2022. He was 80.

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1972	Necromancy	Bert I. Gordon	Assistant film editor
1984	The River Rat	Thomas Rickman	Supervising editor
1999	The 13th Warrior	John McTiernan	Additional film editor	Second collaboration with John McTiernan
2007	Halloween	Rob Zombie	Additional film editor
2009	Outrage: Born in Terror	Ace Cruz	Consulting editor

Year	Film	Director	Role
2008	Bangkok Dangerous	Pang brothers	Creative consultant

Year	Film	Director	Role
1984	The River Rat	Thomas Rickman	Second unit director

Year	Film	Director	Role
2002	Swimfan	John Polson	Very special thanks

;TV movies

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1973	Frankenstein	Glenn Jordan	First collaboration with Glenn Jordan
1973	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Glenn Jordan	Second collaboration with Glenn Jordan
1974	The Turn of the Screw	Dan Curtis	First collaboration with Dan Curtis
1975	Satan's Triangle	Sutton Roley	Second collaboration with Sutton Roley
1975	The Kansas City Massacre	Dan Curtis	Second collaboration with Dan Curtis
1977	Dead of Night	Dan Curtis	Fourth collaboration with Dan Curtis
1977	Dog and Cat	Robert Kelljan
1978	Cruise Into Terror	Bruce Kessler
1978	When Every Day Was the Fourth of July	Dan Curtis	Fifth collaboration with Dan Curtis
1979	The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	Dan Curtis	Sixth collaboration with Dan Curtis
1987	Double Agent	Michael Vejar

Year	Film	Director	Credit
1980	Stunts Unlimited	Hal Needham	Associate producer

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1979	Supertrain	Associate producer	4 episodes

Year	Film	Role
1991	The Hunt for Red October	Nominated for Academy Award
1994	The Fugitive	Nominated for Academy Award, BAFTA, and ACE Eddie