--- name: "Stuart Baird" canonical: "https://film.one/person/stuart-baird" fi1m_id: "stuart-baird" imdb_id: "nm0000829" tmdb_id: 2523 wikidata_id: "Q1715774" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "14 January 1947" reviewed_on_fi1m: 13 average_as: "producer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-23T04:00:16.783327+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." --- # Stuart Baird ## Identity Stuart Baird - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stuart-baird - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** stuart-baird - **IMDb ID:** nm0000829 - **TMDB ID:** 2523 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1715774 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Baird, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1715774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2523 Producer and director. Born 14 January 1947 in England, UK. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 14 January 1947, England, UK - **Active:** 1975–2016 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 13: 1 directing, 1 producing, 11 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Mel Gibson](https://film.one/person/mel-gibson.md), [Richard Donner](https://film.one/person/richard-donner.md), [Barbara Broccoli](https://film.one/person/barbara-broccoli.md), [Bruce Willis](https://film.one/person/bruce-willis.md), [Daniel Craig](https://film.one/person/daniel-craig.md), [Danny Glover](https://film.one/person/danny-glover.md), [John Logan](https://film.one/person/john-logan.md) - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 74 (1), 1980s 73 (3), 1990s 69 (4), 2000s 61 (3), 2010s 76 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Baird, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1715774, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2523 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tommy*](https://film.one/film/tommy.md) (74), [*Maverick*](https://film.one/film/maverick.md) (64) - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Last Boy Scout*](https://film.one/film/the-last-boy-scout.md) (73) - **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Nemesis*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md) (50) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Stuart Baird > Stuart Baird has spent fifty years cutting other people's action films into shape, and directed three of his own. On the evidence of *Star Trek: Nemesis*, the editor's instincts did not survive the walk from the cutting room to the set. The strangest thing about *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002) is the dune buggy chase. Picard drives across a desert planet grinning like a man on a stag weekend, and the sequence is shot flat and cut into pieces so short we could not tell where anyone was. This is a film directed by an editor, a man studios call in when a picture will not cut together, and the action he staged himself does not cut together. We were bored by the chase, and then annoyed, because we knew this was a crew's last voyage and the film was spending it on a car chase. Baird's career is in the cutting room. He started in the late 1960s as an assistant on Lindsay Anderson's *If....* (1968) and on Ken Russell films including *The Devils* (1971) and *Tommy* (1975), then went to Hollywood and found Richard Donner. From *The Omen* (1976) through *Superman* (1978) and *Lethal Weapon* (1987) he gave Donner's films their pace, and along the way he became known as a film doctor, the editor brought in to rescue productions in trouble. He has said he always thought he "should sort my own messes out rather than continuing sorting other people's messes out", and in the 1990s he got the chance. Three features followed: *Executive Decision* (1996), *U.S. Marshals* (1998) and *Nemesis*. We have reviewed only the last, and it is the one that ended the run. The film has real things in it. Tom Hardy plays a hungry, whispering double for Picard, and Jerry Goldsmith writes the crew a proper farewell. Around them Baird arranges corridor shootouts and a bridge that shakes on cue, and a fist fight between Riker and Ron Perlman's Viceroy gets more screen time than Riker's departure for his own command. The model is *The Wrath of Khan* (1982), a film that knew its people and let them grieve on camera. Baird gives them lines and no scenes. Members of the cast later said he had little interest in the series or in what they had to offer, and the film bears that out. Since then he has gone back to what he does well. He cut *Casino Royale* (2006) and *Skyfall* (2012), and neither has the problem *Nemesis* has. The lesson of his three films is not that editors cannot direct. It is that a man who has spent his life fixing other people's pictures may never have had to learn what goes wrong in front of the camera. If you want Baird at his best, look at the credits of somebody else's film. ## Biography Stuart Baird is an English film editor, producer and director. He was born on 14 January 1947 in Uxbridge, Middlesex. He began his career as an assistant editor and assistant director on films by Ken Russell before receiving his first editing credit on *Tommy* (1975). Baird is known for his work on action films, including long collaborations with director Richard Donner on titles such as *Superman* (1978), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and the *Lethal Weapon* series. He has edited over thirty major motion pictures and was nominated for a second Oscar for *Gorillas in the Mist* (1988). He has also directed three films: *Executive Decision* (1996), *U.S. Marshals* (1998) and *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002). His editing credits include *Casino Royale* (2006) and *Skyfall* (2012), both directed by Martin Campbell. He received further nominations from the American Cinema Editors and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for these Bond films. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (13) ### Directed (1) - *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), Fi1m 50, as Scimitar Computer (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md) ### Produced (1) — the average rests on these - *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Fi1m 48, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md) ### Crew (11) - *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, Additional Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) - *Skyfall* (2012), Fi1m 81, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/skyfall.md) - *Casino Royale* (2006), Fi1m 86, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md) - *Maverick* (1994), Fi1m 64, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/maverick.md) - *Demolition Man* (1993), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/demolition-man.md) - *The Last Boy Scout* (1991), Fi1m 73, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-boy-scout.md) - *Die Hard 2* (1990), Fi1m 70, Editor, Supervising Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md) - *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md) - *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Post Production Consulting — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md) - *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Fi1m 80, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md) - *Tommy* (1975), Fi1m 74, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md) ## Complete filmography (49) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Across the River and into the Trees* (2023), Editor - *Tomb Raider* (2018), Editor - *Bitter Harvest* (2017), Editor, Producer - *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Additional Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) - *47 Ronin* (2013), Editor - *Skyfall* (2012), Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/skyfall.md) - *Green Lantern* (2011), Editor - *Salt* (2010), Editor - *Edge of Darkness* (2010), Editor - *Whiteout* (2009), Additional Editor - *Vantage Point* (2008), Editor - *Casino Royale* (2006), Editor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md) - *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Editor - *The Legend of Zorro* (2005), Editor - *Star Trek: Nemesis* (2002), as Scimitar Computer (voice) · Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-nemesis.md) - *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Executive Producer — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md) - *666: The Omen Revealed* (2000), Actor - *U.S. Marshals* (1998), Director - *Executive Decision* (1996), Director, Editor - *Maverick* (1994), Editor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/maverick.md) - *Demolition Man* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/demolition-man.md) - *Radio Flyer* (1992), Editor - *The Last Boy Scout* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-boy-scout.md) - *Showdown in Little Tokyo* (1991), Editor - *Die Hard 2* (1990), Editor, Supervising Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md) - *Tango & Cash* (1989), Supervising Editor - *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md) - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Editor - *Scrooged* (1988), as Post Production Consulting — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md) - *Gorillas in the Mist* (1988), Editor - *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Editor — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md) - *Revolution* (1985), Editor - *Ladyhawke* (1985), Editor, Second Unit Director - *The Honorary Consul* (1983), Editor - *Five Days One Summer* (1982), Editor - *Outland* (1981), Editor - *Altered States* (1980), Associate Producer - *Superman* (1978), Editor - *Valentino* (1977), Editor - *Alice Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare* (1976), Editor - *The Omen* (1976), Editor - *Lisztomania* (1975), Editor - *Tommy* (1975), Editor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md) - *Mahler* (1974), Assistant Editor - *That'll Be The Day* (1973), Assistant Editor - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1973), Editor - *Savage Messiah* (1972), Sound Editor - *The Devils* (1971), Assistant Editor - *Women in Love* (1969), Assistant Editor ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1989: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Gorillas in the Mist* - 1979: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Superman* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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