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name: "Ronald Roose"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronald-roose"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "24 December 1945"
died: "15 September 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T12:32:33.408538+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."
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# Ronald Roose

Editor. Born 24 December 1945. Died 15 September 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 24 December 1945
- **Died:** 15 September 2021
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123688268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740462/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2123

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md) (74)

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## Biography

Ronald Roose was a film editor whose career spanned several decades. He began in the industry as a lighting technician before working as an assistant editor under Dede Allen on *Serpico* (1973) and *Night Moves* (1975). He later contributed to sound editing on *The Wiz* (1978) and made his debut as a lead editor on *The Wanderers* (1979).

Roose edited numerous feature films, including *The World According to Garp* (1982), *Easy Money* (1983), *Volunteers* (1985), *Company Business* (1991), *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), *Hoffa* (1992), *The Next Karate Kid* (1994), *Almost Heroes* (1998) and *Whatever It Takes* (2000). He also worked as a sound editor on *The Princess Bride* (1987) and edited episodes of the television series *The Equalizer*. He received a story credit for *Collateral Damage* (2002).

Roose collaborated several times with director Nicholas Meyer, including on the HBO film *Vendetta* (1999). He died on 15 September 2021.

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *The Hessen Affair* (2009), Screenplay
- *The New Guy* (2002), Additional Editing
- *Collateral Damage* (2002), Screenplay
- *Whatever It Takes* (2000), Editor
- *Almost Heroes* (1998), Editor
- *House Arrest* (1996), Editor
- *The Next Karate Kid* (1994), Editor
- *Searching for Bobby Fischer* (1993), Co-Editor
- *Hoffa* (1992), Editor
- *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-vi-the-undiscovered-country.md)
- *Company Business* (1991), Editor
- *Last Flight Out* (1990), Editor
- *Incident at Dark River* (1989), Editor
- *My Demon Lover* (1987), Editor
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, Editor
- *Volunteers* (1985), Editor
- *Easy Money* (1983), Editor
- *The Wanderers* (1979), Editor
- *The Wiz* (1978), Sound Editor
- *Night Moves* (1975), Assistant Editor
- *Bang the Drum Slowly* (1973), Assistant Editor
- *Greetings* (1968), Gaffer

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