Richard Marks

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. Apolcalypse 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	Award	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	Nominated for a BAFTA	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	Nominated for Oscar	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	Nominated for Oscar and Eddie	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	Nominated for Oscar and Eddie	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	Award	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	Nominated for Oscar, BAFTA and Eddie	Third collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola
1992	A League of Their Own	Penny Marshall	Editorial consultant		Uncredited Second collaboration with Penny Marshall
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

Further reading

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