---
name: "Neil Travis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/neil-travis"
fi1m_id: "neil-travis"
imdb_id: "nm0871423"
tmdb_id: 7231
wikidata_id: "Q1313325"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 October 1936"
died: "28 March 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T03:26:37.788857+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."
---

# Neil Travis

## Identity

Neil Travis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/neil-travis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** neil-travis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0871423
- **TMDB ID:** 7231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1313325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Travis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7231

Editor. Born 12 October 1936 in Los Angeles. Died 28 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 October 1936, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 28 March 2012
- **Active:** 1977–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Donald E. Stewart](https://film.one/person/donald-e-stewart.md), [Harrison Ford](https://film.one/person/harrison-ford.md), [Mace Neufeld](https://film.one/person/mace-neufeld.md), [Phillip Noyce](https://film.one/person/phillip-noyce.md), [Robert Rehme](https://film.one/person/robert-rehme.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 38 (1), 1990s 70 (4), 2000s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 58 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Action 5, Thriller 4, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,962m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Travis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7231

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dances with Wolves*](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Outbreak*](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md) (66)
- **Hulu:** [*Patriot Games*](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md) (61)
- **HBO Max:** [*Cocktail*](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md) (38)

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

## Biography

Neil Travis was an American film and television editor. He was born in Los Angeles and earned a bachelor's degree in film and theatre arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his career as an assistant editor at Paramount Studios in his early twenties and received his first feature credit on *The Traveling Executioner* (1970).

Travis edited the miniseries *Roots* (1977), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award, and the feature film *Dances with Wolves* (1990), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Other credits include *Jaws 2* (1978), *No Way Out* (1987), *Cocktail* (1988), *Patriot Games* (1992), *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), *Outbreak* (1995), *Bicentennial Man* (1999) and *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors and received its Career Achievement Award in 2010.

He died in Arroyo Grande, California, in 2012.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *I, Robot* (2004), Fi1m 66, Additional Editing — [page](https://film.one/film/i-robot.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Fi1m 66, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/clear-and-present-danger.md)
- *Patriot Games* (1992), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Cocktail* (1988), Fi1m 38, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)
- *Roots* (1977), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Premonition* (2007), Editor
- *I, Robot* (2004), as Additional Editing — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/i-robot.md)
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-3-rise-of-the-machines.md)
- *The Sum of All Fears* (2002), Editor
- *Along Came a Spider* (2001), Editor
- *Bicentennial Man* (1999), Editor
- *Stepmom* (1998), Editor
- *The Edge* (1997), Editor
- *Moll Flanders* (1996), Editor
- *Outbreak* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/clear-and-present-danger.md)
- *Patriot Games* (1992), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/patriot-games.md)
- *Deceived* (1991), Editor
- *Dances with Wolves* (1990), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/dances-with-wolves.md)
- *Shannon's Deal* (1989), Editor
- *Cocktail* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md)
- *No Way Out* (1987), Editor
- *Out on a Limb* (1987), series, Editor
- *Marie: A True Story* (1985), Editor
- *The Atlanta Child Murders* (1985), series, Editor
- *The Philadelphia Experiment* (1984), Editor
- *Master Ninja* (1984), Editor
- *Cujo* (1983), Editor
- *Second Thoughts* (1983), Editor
- *Nights at O'Rears* (1980), Editor
- *Die Laughing* (1980), Editor
- *Jaws 2* (1978), Editor
- *Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn* (1977), Editor
- *Roots* (1977), series, Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/roots.md)
- *The Dark Side of Innocence* (1976), Editor
- *Black Bart* (1975), Editor
- *Men of the Dragon* (1974), Editor
- *The Bait* (1973), Editor
- *Climb an Angry Mountain* (1972), Editor
- *The Cowboys* (1972), Editor
- *They Call It Murder* (1971), Editor
- *The Traveling Executioner* (1970), Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1991: Best Film Editing (won), for *Dances with Wolves*

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

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