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name: "Henry Batista"
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roles: ["Editor"]
born: "3 February 1914"
died: "15 August 2002"
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updated: "2026-09-20T02:42:08.918488+00:00"
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# Henry Batista

Editor. Born 3 February 1914 in Pasadena. Died 15 August 2002.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 3 February 1914, Pasadena
- **Died:** 15 August 2002
- **Also known as:** Henry Battista 
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Batista, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15454604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061151/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34428

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Caine Mutiny*](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md) (76)

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## Biography

Henry Batista (also credited as Henry Battista) was an American film and television editor. Born in Pasadena, California, he worked in editing from the 1930s through the 1970s, primarily on Columbia Pictures productions and later television series.

He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for his work on *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), which he co-edited with William A. Lyon. His other feature credits include *My Name Is Julia Ross* (1945), *Jungle Manhunt* (1951), *The Brave Bulls* (1951), *The Four Poster* (1952), *Cell 2455, Death Row* (1955), *Women's Prison* (1955) and *Venus in Furs* (1969). He also edited numerous Three Stooges shorts and episodes of series such as *Jungle Jim*, *Alias Smith and Jones* and *How the West Was Won*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *They Only Come Out at Night* (1975), Editor
- *Honky Tonk* (1974), Editor
- *The Phantom of Hollywood* (1974), Editor
- *Adam's Rib* (1973), series, Editor
- *Venus in Furs* (1969), Editor
- *Operation Heartbeat* (1969), Editor
- *Shadow on the Land* (1968), Editor
- *Outlaws* (1960), series, Editor
- *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, Editor
- *Confession* (1956), Editor
- *The Country Husband* (1956), Editor
- *Gypped in the Penthouse* (1955), Editor
- *Cell 2455 Death Row* (1955), Editor
- *Jungle Moon Men* (1955), Editor
- *Women's Prison* (1955), Editor
- *They Rode West* (1954), Editor
- *Masterson of Kansas* (1954), Editor
- *The Caine Mutiny* (1954), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-caine-mutiny.md)
- *The Bamboo Prison* (1954), Editor
- *Savage Mutiny* (1953), Editor
- *The Four Poster* (1952), Editor
- *Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land* (1952), Editor
- *Jungle Manhunt* (1951), Editor
- *The Brave Bulls* (1951), Editor
- *Last of the Buccaneers* (1950), Editor
- *David Harding, Counterspy* (1950), Editor
- *Captive Girl* (1950), Editor
- *Beware of Blondie* (1950), Editor
- *Mark of the Gorilla* (1950), Editor
- *Sons of New Mexico* (1949), Editor
- *The Cowboy and the Indians* (1949), Editor
- *Blondie Hits the Jackpot* (1949), Editor
- *The Big Sombrero* (1949), Editor
- *Fuelin' Around* (1949), Editor
- *Blondie's Big Deal* (1949), Editor
- *The Gentleman from Nowhere* (1948), Editor
- *Adventures in Silverado* (1948), Editor
- *Blondie in the Dough* (1947), Editor
- *Blind Spot* (1947), Editor
- *The Three Troubledoers* (1946), Editor
- *A Bird in the Head* (1946), Editor
- *Micro-Phonies* (1945), Editor
- *My Name Is Julia Ross* (1945), Editor
- *Booby Dupes* (1945), Editor
- *Blazing the Western Trail* (1945), Editor
- *Three Pests in a Mess* (1945), Editor
- *Idle Roomers* (1944), Editor
- *Busy Buddies* (1944), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1955: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Caine Mutiny*

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

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