Herbert Neil Travis was born on 12th October 1936 and studied
Advertising and Theatre Arts at the University of California in his
native Los Angeles. He began his career as an assistant editor at
Paramount studios in his early twenties,becoming second editor on a
series of television shows for Fox and in 1970 received his first
credit as a film cutter for 'The Travelling Executioner'. His career
spanned some four decade,the highlight probably being the Academy Award
he received for his work on' Dancing With Wolves',paring an extremely
long director's cut down to the finished product. A member of the
American Cinema Editors society he received a career achievement award
in 2010 and his last,Emmy-nominated,work was editing the 79th Academy
Awards. Neil Travis died of natural causes on March 28 2012 at his home
in Arroyo Grande,California.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1965)
Premonition(2007)
The 79th Annual Academy Awards(2007)
Brotherhood(2006)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines(2003)
The Sum of All Fears(2002)
I, Robot(2004)
The Reivers(1969)
Hell in the Pacific(1968)
Billie(1965)
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic(2003)
Archive of American Television(1997)as Self
Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'(2007)as Self
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards(1991)as Self - Winner
The Oscars(2013)as Self - Editor (In Memoriam)