---
name: "Gary D. Roach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-d-roach"
fi1m_id: "gary-d-roach"
imdb_id: "nm0730013"
tmdb_id: 74319
wikidata_id: "Q3098538"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "5 February 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-09T19:23:53.516733+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gary D. Roach

## Identity

Gary D. Roach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-d-roach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-d-roach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0730013
- **TMDB ID:** 74319
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3098538
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_D._Roach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3098538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74319

Editor. Born 5 February 1964 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 5 February 1964, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Gary Roach
- **Frequently works with:** [Joel Cox](https://film.one/person/joel-cox.md), [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md), [Robert Lorenz](https://film.one/person/robert-lorenz.md), [Taylor Sheridan](https://film.one/person/taylor-sheridan.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (4), 2010s 72 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 72 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Sport 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,432m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_D._Roach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3098538, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74319

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Wind River*](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md) (76), [*American Sniper*](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gary D. Roach, sometimes credited as Gary Roach, is an American film editor. He began his career in 1996 as an apprentice editor on Clint Eastwood's *Absolute Power* and worked as an assistant editor on several subsequent Eastwood films before becoming a co-editor with Joel Cox on *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006).

Roach received his first solo editor credit on *Rails & Ties* (2007). He has shared editing duties with Cox on multiple Eastwood projects, including *Changeling* (2008) and *Gran Torino* (2008), and edited *Prisoners* (2013) for Denis Villeneuve. His other credits include *American Sniper* (2014), *Wind River* (2017) and episodes of the series *Yellowstone* (2018–2021). Roach and Cox were nominated for a BAFTA Award for *Changeling* and an Academy Award for *American Sniper*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Wind River* (2017), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)
- *American Sniper* (2014), Fi1m 58, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)
- *Prisoners* (2013), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Invictus* (2009), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Changeling* (2008), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, First Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Arthur the King* (2024), Editor
- *Yellowstone* (2018), series, Editor
- *Battlecreek* (2017), Editor
- *Wind River* (2017), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md)
- *In Dubious Battle* (2016), Editor
- *American Sniper* (2014), Editor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)
- *Jersey Boys* (2014), Editor
- *Prisoners* (2013), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/prisoners.md)
- *Divorce Invitation* (2012), Editor
- *Trouble with the Curve* (2012), Editor
- *J. Edgar* (2011), Editor
- *Hereafter* (2010), Editor
- *Invictus* (2009), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Gran Torino* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-torino.md)
- *Changeling* (2008), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/changeling.md)
- *Rails & Ties* (2007), Editor
- *Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That* (2005), Editor
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), First Assistant Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *The Blues* (2003), series, Editor
- *Blood Work* (2002), Assistant Editor
- *Space Cowboys* (2000), Assistant Editor
- *Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil* (1997), Assistant Editor
- *Absolute Power* (1997), Assistant Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *American Sniper*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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