---
name: "Pasquale Buba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pasquale-buba"
fi1m_id: "pasquale-buba"
imdb_id: "nm0117779"
tmdb_id: 15840
wikidata_id: "Q48497187"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "16 April 1946"
died: "12 September 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:05:40.433301+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."
---

# Pasquale Buba

## Identity

Pasquale Buba

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pasquale-buba
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pasquale-buba
- **IMDb ID:** nm0117779
- **TMDB ID:** 15840
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48497187
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Buba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48497187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117779/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15840

Editor. Born 16 April 1946 in Braddock. Died 12 September 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 16 April 1946, Braddock
- **Died:** 12 September 2018
- **Active:** 1978–1995
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 acting, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1990s 86 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Buba, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48497187, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0117779/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15840

## Biography

Pasquale Buba was an American film editor. Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University before beginning his career in Pittsburgh at WQED, where he worked on PBS programmes including *Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood*.

Buba collaborated extensively with director George A. Romero, editing *Knightriders* (1981), *Creepshow* (1982), *Day of the Dead* (1985), *Monkey Shines* (1988), *Two Evil Eyes* (1990) and *The Dark Half* (1993). He also edited *Striking Distance* (1993), served as one of four editors on Michael Mann’s *Heat* (1995), and cut Al Pacino’s *Looking for Richard* (1996), for which he received an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award. Other credits include *The Brave* (1997) and further work with Pacino on *Chinese Coffee* (2000), *Wilde Salomé* (2011) and *Salomé* (2013). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors and died in Los Angeles in 2018.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (1)

- *Dawn of the Dead* (1978), Fi1m 86, as Motorcycle Raider — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-dead.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Casino* (1995), Fi1m 82, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)
- *Heat* (1995), Fi1m 91, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Wilde Salomé* (2013), Editor
- *Salomé* (2013), Editor
- *Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius* (2004), Editor
- *I Witness* (2003), Editor
- *Chinese Coffee* (2000), Editor
- *The In Crowd* (2000), Editor
- *Simpatico* (1999), Editor
- *The Brave* (1997), Editor
- *Looking for Richard* (1996), Editor
- *Heat* (1995), Editor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/heat.md)
- *Casino* (1995), Additional Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/casino.md)
- *Striking Distance* (1993), Editor
- *The Dark Half* (1993), Editor
- *Two Evil Eyes* (1990), Editor
- *Stepfather 2* (1989), Editor
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Editor
- *Monkey Shines* (1988), Editor
- *The Silence at Bethany* (1988), Editor
- *Day of the Dead* (1985), Editor
- *Creepshow* (1982), Editor
- *Knightriders* (1981), Editor, First Assistant Director
- *Effects* (1979), Editor, Producer
- *Dawn of the Dead* (1978), as Motorcycle Raider — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-dead.md)
- *Martin* (1978), Actor
- *Beastie* (1974), Editor

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