Richard Halsey
Richard Halsey is an American film editor with more than 60 credits from 1970 onwards. An alumnus of Hollywood High School, he won an Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 49th Academy Awards for editing Rocky with Scott Conrad, also being nominated for one BAFTA and one Emmy Award. He often works with his wife Colleen Halsey and they are credited together. Both have been elected to membership in American Cinema Editors ; Halsey has been a member since 1988. He is now living in the Hollywood Hills.
Selected filmography
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Charles Jarrott | Supervising editor |
| 1985 | Heated Vengeance | Edward D. Murphy | Supervising editor |
| 1986 | Jocks | Steve Carver | Supervising editor |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | John Lasseter | Additional editor |
| 2004 | The Sure Hand of God | Michael Kolko | Supervising editor |
| 2009 | Don't Look Up | Fruit Chan | Editorial consultant |
| 2013 | What About Love | Klaus Menzel | Supervising editor |
| 2021 | 86 Melrose Avenue | Lili Matta | Post-production consultant |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1998 | Barney's Great Adventure | Steve Gomer | Second unit consultant |
| 2016 | Spaceman | Brett Rapkin | Additional voices |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Charles Jarrott | Second unit director |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1992 | 3 Ninjas | Jon Turteltaub | Special thanks |
| 1995 | Pie in the Sky | Bryan Gordon | Thanks |
| 2021 | Far More | Ally Walker | Special thanks |
| 2024 | Plan B | Brandon Tamburri | Special thanks |
Direct-to-video films
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 2009 | Bring It On: Fight to the Finish | Bille Woodruff | |
| 2010 | The Chosen One | Rob Schneider | Second collaboration with Rob Schneider |
| 2014 | 1000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story | Mike Levine |
TV movies
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1972 | Moon of the Wolf | Daniel Petrie |
| 1973 | Honor Thy Father | Paul Wendkos |
| 1973 | Terror on the Beach | Paul Wendkos |
| 1973 | I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Daryl Duke |
| 1976 | Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style | Lee Philips |
| 1999 | Pirates of Silicon Valley | Martyn Burke |
| 1999 | The Wishing Tree | Ivan Passer |
| 2000 | Picnic | Ivan Passer |
| 2001 | Warden of Red Rock | Stephen Gyllenhaal |
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Paul Mazursky |
| 2014 | Love by Design | Michael Damian |
| 2017 | Enchanted Christmas | Terry Cunningham |
| 2022 | Vanished: Searching for My Sister | Timothy Woodward Jr. |
| Year | Film | Director | Role |
| 1973 | Firehouse | Alex March | Associate editor |
TV series
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1968−69 | Peyton Place | 15 episodes |
| 2017 | Fielders Choice | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Kombucha Cure | 6 episodes |
Awards and nominations
- 2005:
- *Nominated: ACE Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non-Commercial Television - Coast to Coast
- 2000:
- * Won: ACE Best Edited Motion Picture Movie for Commercial Television
- 1999:
- *Nominated: Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie - Pirates of Silicon Valley
- 1978:
- *Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Editing - Rocky
- 1977:
- * Won: Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Rocky
- * Won: ACE Best Edited Feature Film - ''Rocky''