Neil Travis

TV Editor, Film editor

1936 – 2012

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Who was Neil Travis?

Herbert Neil Travis was an American film and television editor with about 28 feature film credits from 1970–2007. He is likely best known for editing the television miniseries Roots and the feature film Dances with Wolves.

Travis was born in Los Angeles, California, and received a bachelor's degree in film and theater arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Travis won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Film Editing In A Drama Series for the first part of the television miniseries Roots, and he and James Heckert were nominated for the award for the second part as well. Travis won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors Eddie for the film Dances with Wolves. Travis had been selected as a member of the American Cinema Editors, and received the Career Achievement Award in 2010.

In 2010, Travis was interviewed about his career by Karen Herman for the Archive of American Television.

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Born
Oct 12, 1936
Los Angeles
Also known as
  • Herbert Neil Travis
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Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor's degree, University of California, Los Angeles
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  • Theatre
Died
Mar 28, 2012
Arroyo Grande

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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