Richard Chew

Biography

Richard Franklin Chew is an American film editor, best known for his Academy Award-winning work on Star Wars, alongside Paul Hirsch and Marcia Lucas. Other notable films include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Risky Business, Waiting to Exhale, That Thing You Do!, and I Am Sam.

Personal Facts

Known For

Editing

Gender

male

Known Credits

39

Birth Date

1940-06-28 00:00:00

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  Star Wars
• 

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• 

  I Am Sam
• 

  Hope Floats
• 

  Shanghai Noon
• 

  That Thing You Do!

Credits

• editing (35 credits)

  • I'll Find You

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • The Public

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • The Way

    editor

    editing
    2010
  • The Runaways

    editor

    editing
    2010
  • Bobby

    editor

    editing
    2006
  • The New World

    editor

    editing
    2005
  • First Daughter

    editor

    editing
    2004
  • I Am Sam

    editor

    editing
    2001
  • Shanghai Noon

    editor

    editing
    2000
  • Hope Floats

    editor

    editing
    1998
  • That Thing You Do!

    editor

    editing
    1996
  • Waiting to Exhale

    editor

    editing
    1995
  • Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure

    editor

    editing
    1995
  • Mi Vida Loca

    editor

    editing
    1994
  • My Life

    editor

    editing
    1993
  • Singles

    editor

    editing
    1992
  • Late for Dinner

    editor

    editing
    1991
  • Men Don't Leave

    editor

    editing
    1990
  • Clean and Sober

    editor

    editing
    1988
  • Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

    editor

    editing
    1987
  • Streets of Gold

    editor

    editing
    1986
  • Where the River Runs Black

    editor

    editing
    1986
  • Creator

    editor

    editing
    1985
  • Real Genius

    editor

    editing
    1985
  • Risky Business

    editor

    editing
    1983
  • My Favorite Year

    editor

    editing
    1982
  • The Other Side of Victory

    editor

    editing
    1979
  • When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

    editor

    editing
    1979
  • Goin' South

    editor

    editing
    1978
  • Star Wars

    editor

    editing
    1977
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    supervising film editor

    editing
    1975
  • The Conversation

    editor

    editing
    1974
  • The Music School

    editor

    editing
    1974
  • Imogen Cunningham, photographer

    editor

    editing
    1970
  • The Redwoods

    editor

    editing
    1967

• actors (2 credits)

  • The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004

• production (1 credits)

  • Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

    associate producer

    production
    1987

• camera (1 credits)

  • The Redwoods

    director of photography

    camera
    1967