Stuart Baird

Stuart Baird is an English film editor and director of Hollywood films. In , he directed . He also voiced the Scimitar computer in the film. He was born on the same day as Nemesis actor Jude Ciccolella.
== Directing career ==
Prior to Nemesis, Baird directed (1996, with Andreas Katsulas, Brad Blaisdell, Len Cariou, Tim Kelleher, Warren Munson, Richard Riehle, Eugene Roche, and Dey Young) and (1998, with Daniel Roebuck). Jerry Goldsmith was the composer for both of these films, and went on to compose the music for Nemesis. Whether by coincidence or design, both of these movies as well as Nemesis had air decompression sequences in which people are blown out of an airplane (or, in the case of Nemesis, a starship) due to sudden air decompression.
In order to get the job directing Star Trek Nemesis, Baird re-edited some scenes for the Paramount Pictures' (2000) and (2001). Baird also served as an executive producer on the latter.
After the release and subsequent failure of Star Trek Nemesis at the box office, actors LeVar Burton and Marina Sirtis criticized Baird for not being knowledgeable about the Star Trek universe and for not even watching a single episode of Next Generation. Sirtis said that TNG was about the relationships of the crew, and Baird did not take that into account. Burton remarked on how, during the first six weeks of shooting Nemesis, Baird kept calling him "Laverne" and kept referring to his character as an alien. Production designer Herman Zimmerman described Baird as "a really good editor and as before we started shooting he was charming…as soon as cameras started rolling he became impossible to work with, nothing satisfied him". 
Baird later defended himself, saying that he wanted to make a film "that stands alone and doesn't rest on all the past history." Baird told BBC, "I know the fans take it hugely seriously. I took it very seriously to give you two hours of entertainment, with as much bang for your buck, and thrills, spills, emotion, and humour. That was my task, and not to get too precious about it." 
== Editing career ==
Baird's primary occupation is that of film editor. It was in this capacity that Baird earned two nominations: one for his work on (1978) and another for (1988, with Shelley Owens). Baird also edited (1976, co-starring David Warner and featured a score by Jerry Goldsmith). Baird even co-edited Executive Decision (his directorial debut), working with Nemesis editor Dallas Puett. 
Baird's first editing collaboration with Puett was (1985). The two later co-edited (1992) and Baird's directorial debut, the aforementioned Executive Decision. Baird also worked with Puett on the films (1993, featuring Bill Cobbs and Bob Gunton) and (1994, featuring Stephen Liska, Henry Darrow, and William Marshall), with Puett serving as assistant editor. In addition, Baird worked alongside Puett when the former re-edited scenes for 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, which helped persuade Paramount to let Baird direct Star Trek Nemesis.
Other films that Baird has edited include (1987), (1989), (1990, which featured Colm Meaney, William Sadler, Robert Costanzo, and Sheila McCarthy), and (1991, which featured Bruce McGill and Noble Willingham). Baird has also edited films for director , including (2005, co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci), (2006), and (2011, with Gattlin Griffith and the voices of Michael Clarke Duncan and Clancy Brown).
Baird edited (2005, featuring Bruce McGill and Zoë Saldana). He also edited (2010) and (2012), which was co-written by Nemesis scribe John Logan. More recently, he edited (2017), (2018), and (2022).
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