# Neil Travis

Herbert Neil Travis (October 12, 1936 – March 28, 2012) 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 (1977) and the feature film Dances with Wolves (1990).
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 (1977), 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 (directed by Kevin Costner-1990). 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.

## Filmography

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1970 | The Traveling Executioner | Jack Smight | |
| 1972 | The Cowboys | Mark Rydell | Second collaboration with Mark Rydell |
| 1978 | Jaws 2 | Jeannot Szwarc | |
| 1979 | Hot Stuff | Dom DeLuise | |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Jeff Werner | |
| 1980 | Nights at O'Rear's | Robert Mandel | |
| 1980 | The Idolmaker | Taylor Hackford | |
| 1981 | Nobody's Perfekt | Peter Bonerz | |
| 1983 | Second Thoughts | Lawrence Turman | |
| 1983 | Cujo | Lewis Teague | |
| 1984 | The Philadelphia Experiment | Stewart Raffill | |
| 1985 | Marie | Roger Donaldson | First collaboration with Roger Donaldson |
| 1987 | No Way Out | Roger Donaldson | Second collaboration with Roger Donaldson |
| 1988 | Cocktail | Roger Donaldson | Third collaboration with Roger Donaldson |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Kevin Costner | |
| 1991 | Deceived | Damian Harris | |
| 1992 | Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | First collaboration with Phillip Noyce |
| 1993 | Bopha! | Morgan Freeman | |
| 1994 | Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | Second collaboration with Phillip Noyce |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Pen Densham | |
| 1997 | The Edge | Lee Tamahori | First collaboration with Lee Tamahori |
| 1998 | Stepmom | Chris Columbus | First collaboration with Chris Columbus |
| 1999 | Bicentennial Man | Chris Columbus | Second collaboration with Chris Columbus |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | Second collaboration with Lee Tamahori |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson | |
| 2003 | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Jonathan Mostow | |
| 2007 | Premonition | Mennan Yapo | |
Editorial department :
| Year | Film | Director | Role | Notes |
| 1965 | Billie | Don Weis | Assistant editor | |
| 1968 | Hell in the Pacific | John Boorman | Assistant editor | |
| 1969 | The Reivers | Mark Rydell | Associate film editor | First collaboration with Mark Rydell |
| 2004 | I, Robot | Alex Proyas | Additional editing | |

### TV movies

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
| 1971 | They Call It Murder | Walter Grauman | |
| 1972 | Climb an Angry Mountain | Leonard Horn | |
| 1973 | The Bait | Leonard Horn | |
| 1974 | Men of the Dragon | Harry Falk | |
| 1976 | The Dark Side of Innocence | Jerry Thorpe | |
| 1977 | Snowbeast | Herb Wallerstein | Uncredited |
| 1977 | Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | John Erman | |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | John Erman | |
| 1988 | Hot Paint | Sheldon Larry | |
| 1989 | Shannon's Deal | Lewis Teague | |

### TV pilots

Editor :
| Year | Film | Director |
| 1975 | Black Bart | Robert Butler |

### TV series

Editor :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1973 | Roll Out | 6 episodes |
| 1974−76 | Harry O | 15 episodes |
| 1977 | Roots | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | The Master | 1 episode |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Out on a Limb | 1 episode |
| 2006 | Brotherhood | 1 episode |
Additional crew :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966−67 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Assistant to the producer | 28 episodes |
Writer :
| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1967 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | 1 episode |

### TV specials

Editor :
| Year | Title |
| 2007 | 79th Academy Awards |

## Awards
### Academy Awards 1991, USA

| Award | Person |
| Academy Award for Editing 'Dances with Wolves' | Neil Travis |

### Primetime Emmy Awards 1977, USA

| Award | Person |
| Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series 'Roots' | Neil Travis |

### American Cinema Editors 2010, USA

| Award | Person |
| Career Achievement Award | Neil Travis |