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 (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.
Motion Picture Editors Guild - union member for 51 years.
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His 'Indian name' during the filming of 'Dances with Wolves' was "Over-the-Hill".
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Friend of James Cromwell and Morgan Freeman.
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Graduated with a B.A. in advertising and theatre art from UCLA. Started work as assistant editor at Paramount. His outstanding achievement was his Oscar-winning work on Dances with Wolves (1990), which he pared down from the original 'rough cut' of over five hours, to 181 minutes.
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Premonition
2007/I
edited by
The 79th Annual Academy Awards
2007
TV Special
Brotherhood
2006
TV Series 1 episode
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003
The Sum of All Fears
2002
Along Came a Spider
2001
Bicentennial Man
1999
Stepmom
1998
The Edge
1997
Moll Flanders
1996
Outbreak
1995
Clear and Present Danger
1994
Bopha!
1993
Patriot Games
1992
Deceived
1991
Dances with Wolves
1990
Shannon's Deal
1989
TV Movie
Cocktail
1988
Hot Paint
1988
TV Movie
No Way Out
1987
Out on a Limb
1987
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Marie
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes
The Philadelphia Experiment
1984
The Master
1984
TV Series 1 episode
Cujo
1983
Second Thoughts
1983
Nobody's Perfekt
1981
Nights at O'Rear's
1980
Short
The Idolmaker
1980
Die Laughing
1980
Hot Stuff
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
TV Mini-Series 2 episodes
Jaws 2
1978
Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn
1977
TV Movie
Snowbeast
1977
TV Movie uncredited
Roots
1977
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
The Dark Side of Innocence
1976
TV Movie
Black Bart
1975
TV Movie
Harry O
1974-1975
TV Series 2 episodes
Men of the Dragon
1974
TV Movie
Roll Out
1973
TV Series 6 episodes
The Bait
1973
TV Movie
Climb an Angry Mountain
1972
TV Movie
The Cowboys
1972
They Call It Murder
1971
TV Movie
The Traveling Executioner
1970
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1966-1967
TV Series assistant to the producer - 28 episodes
Editorial Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
I, Robot
2004
additional editing
The Reivers
1969
associate film editor
Hell in the Pacific
1968
assistant editor
Billie
1965
assistant editor
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1967
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
Video documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic
2003
Video documentary
Himself
The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1991
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Film Editing
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 85th Annual Academy Awards
2013
TV Special
Himself - Editor (In Memoriam)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Career Achievement Award
American Cinema Editors, USA
1991
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Film Editing
Dances with Wolves (1990)
1991
Eddie
American Cinema Editors, USA
Best Edited Feature Film
Dances with Wolves (1990)
1977
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series
Roots (1977)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2007
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Special (Single or Multi-Camera)