Conrad BuffFilmography

Occupation:: Editor
Biography:: Film editor Conrad Buff has worked on several big-budget feature films, beginning with Richard Marquand's Jagged Edge (1985). He worked with New Zealand director Roger Donaldson on a few projects, including the special effects-laden disaster movie Dante's Peak (1997). He has also worked closely...Read More

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Terminator Salvation

Crew: Editor

Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common

Synopsis: The fourth installment of the Terminator series follows an adult John Connor (played by Christian Bale) as he attempts to organize a human resistance force which could prove to be mankind's last true hope in the war against the machines. Opening in the year 2018, Terminator Salvation finds John Read More

5/21/09
The Happening

Crew: Editor

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley

Synopsis: Lady in the Water director M. Night Shyamalan puts PG-13 suspense on pause to tell this grim apocalyptic tale about a family fleeing a natural disaster that poses a grave threat to the whole of humanity. Philadelphia high-school science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg) is discussing the Read More

6/13/08
Shooter

Crew: Editor

Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas

Synopsis: A top Marine sniper who previously abandoned the military after a routine mission gave way to tragedy is double-crossed by the government after reluctantly being pressured back into service in Training Day director Antoine Fuqua's adaptation of Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact. There was a Read More

3/23/07
Seraphim Falls

Crew: Editor

Actors: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Anjelica Huston, Michael Wincott, Robert Baker

Synopsis: Frequent television director David Von Ancken (Oz and The Shield) offers a thrilling meditation on the true nature of revenge with this post-Civil War era tale of a one man's quest to put his nemesis in the ground, and another man's struggle to survive at any cost. Deep in the snowy mountains of Read More

1/26/07
Harsh Times

Crew: Editor

Actors: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Terry Crews, Noel Guglielmi

Synopsis: An unstable Gulf War veteran with a savior complex receives a shocking wake-up call upon returning stateside and accepting a position with the Department of Homeland Security in the directorial debut of Training Day screenwriter David Ayer. Jim (Christian Bale) is a Gulf War veteran who believes Read More

11/10/06
Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Crew: Editor

Actors: Marc John Jefferies, Viola Davis, Joy Bryant, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson

Synopsis: Hip-hop star 50 Cent makes his movie debut in this hard-edged urban drama inspired by the rapper's own life. Marcus (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, aka 50 Cent) grew up in a tough New York neighborhood and was left to fend for himself after the death of his mother when he was a kid. Marcus fell in with Read More

11/9/05
King Arthur

Crew: Editor

Actors: Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgård

Synopsis: An ambitious attempt to wed the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table with known historical facts of the era, this action adventure drama begins with the fall of the Roman Empire in 450 A.D. as Roman armies flee the British Isles. Arthur (Clive Owen), a heroic knight and devoted Read More

7/7/04
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Actors: James Cameron, Joe Dante, Dede Allen, Jerry Bruckheimer, Conrad Buff, Donn Cambern, Richard Chew, Anne V. Coates, Rob Cohen, Chris Columbus, Wes Craven, Jodie Foster, Antony Gibbs, Mark Goldblatt, Paul Hirsch, Alan Heim, Tina Hirsch, Peter Honess, Joe Hutshing, Michael Kahn, Lawrence Kasdan, Chris Lebenzon, Carol Littleton, George Lucas, Richard Marks, Craig McKay, Sally Menke, Anthony Minghella, Walter Murch, Alexander Payne, Sean Penn, Tom Rolf, Pietro Scalia, Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Zach Staenberg, Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Tent, Michael Tronick, Frank J. Urioste, Paul Verhoeven, Jay Cassidy, Howard E. Smith, Kevin Tichenor, Kathy Bates

Synopsis: The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Editing teaches the viewer how editors compile strips of film in order to create memorable moviegoing experiences. In addition to interviews with a variety of respected and award-winning editors, the movie offers clips form some of the most memorable films in the Read More

2004
Tears of the Sun

Crew: Editor

Actors: Nick Chinlund, Eamonn Walker, Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Johnny Messner

Synopsis: A career soldier is forced to choose between following orders and saving lives in this action thriller. Lt. A.K. Waters (Bruce Willis) is a veteran Navy SEAL whose commander (Tom Skerritt) has given his team a special assignment. A Central African nation is expected to explode into war at any Read More

3/7/03
Antwone Fisher

Crew: Editor

Actors: Derek Luke, Joy Bryant, Denzel Washington, Salli Richardson, Earl Billings

Synopsis: The directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, Antwone Fisher is an autobiographical drama written by the real-life Antwone Fisher. Played by newcomer Derek Luke, Antwone is a volatile young sailor in the Navy, getting into trouble for his constant fighting. When he gets Read More

1/10/03
Training Day

Crew: Editor

Actors: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn

Synopsis: The Fast and the Furious (2001) screenwriter David Ayer follows up that fast-paced action hit with this gritty cop drama from director Antoine Fuqua. Ethan Hawke stars as Jake Hoyt, a fresh-faced Los Angeles Police Department rookie anxious to join the elite narcotics squad headed up by 13-year Read More

10/5/01
Thirteen Days

Crew: Editor

Actors: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker, Michael Fairman

Synopsis: Director Roger Donaldson teams up with star Kevin Costner for another political thriller (after their 1987 pairing, No Way Out), only this time with a film based on the actual events surrounding the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, taking place during the titular thirteen days wherein the U.S. and Read More

12/25/00
Mystery Men

Crew: Editor

Actors: Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush

Synopsis: Can seven not-so-superheroes save a city of the future? Based on the comic book series created by Bob Burden, Mystery Men is set in the teeming metropolis of Champion City, where noble superhero Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) keeps the peace and sees that justice is done. When Captain Amazing Read More

8/6/99
Arlington Road

Crew: Editor

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Hope Davis, Robert Gossett

Synopsis: In this tense thriller, a man begins to suspect his neighbors are not what they appear to be -- and their secrets could be deadly. Michael Faraday (played by Jeff Bridges) is a college professor whose wife, an FBI agent, was killed in the line of duty by members of an extremist right-wing Read More

7/9/99
Titanic

Crew: Editor

Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher

Synopsis: This spectacular epic re-creates the ill-fated maiden voyage of the White Star Line's $7.5 million R.M.S Titanic and the tragic sea disaster of April 15, 1912. Running over three hours and made with the combined contributions of two major studios (20th Century-Fox, Paramount) at a cost of more Read More

12/19/97
Dante's Peak

Crew: Editor

Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Grant Heslov, Elizabeth Hoffman

Synopsis: Old Smokey develops a bad temper in this volcanic disaster spectacle. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan) is a volcano expert whose interest became more than academic after he lost the woman he loved in a volcanic emergency. When he is sent to investigate unusual seismic activity in the quiet Pacific Read More

1997
Switchback

Crew: Editor

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ted Levine

Synopsis: Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Politically ambitious Amarillo police chief Jack McGinnis (William Fichtner) uses a local murder to gain votes in his campaign, a setback for Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey Read More

1997
Species

Crew: Editor

Actors: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge

Synopsis: Fine special effects, eclectic casting, and the freeze-frame-worthy, clothing-free debut of a blonde bombshell made this cheesy science fiction/horror hybrid a cut above its B-grade roots. At a top-secret Utah facility headed up by Dr. Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley), scientists have created "Sil" (Natasha Henstridge Read More

1995
The Getaway

Crew: Editor

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods, David Morse

Synopsis: The Getaway, a remake of Sam Peckinpah's excellent escape thriller of the same name, adapted from a story by Jim Thompson, is the story of ill-fated romance on the run. Doc McCoy (Alec Baldwin) is released from a Mexican prison with the help of gangster Jack Benyon (James Woods) who wants Doc's Read More

1994
True Lies

Crew: Editor

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere

Synopsis: Borrowing liberally from the French film La Totale, this is an action picture, domestic comedy, and political thriller rolled into a crowd-pleasing ball of entertainment. Producer James Cameron wrote and directed the film. Henry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a workaholic computer salesman Read More

1994
Jennifer Eight

Crew: Editor

Actors: Andy Garcia, Uma Thurman, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Baker, Graham Beckel, Kevin Conway

Synopsis: Stressed out LA detective John Berlin gets too near the edge following the destruction of his marriage and decides to leave the violence an un-ending hub-bub of the big city and take a job in the supposedly quiet northern tow of Eureka. Unfortunately, he isn't there long before he finds himself Read More

11/6/92
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Crew: Editor

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl Boen

Synopsis: A sequel to the sci-fi action thriller that made him and star Arnold Schwarzenegger A-list Hollywood names, writer/director James Cameron upped the ante with this follow-up by employing a more sweeping storyline and cutting-edge special effects. Linda Hamilton returns as Sarah Connor, now a single Read More

7/3/91
Side Out

Crew: Editor

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Peter Horton, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Harley Jane Kozak, Chris Rydell, Terry Kiser

Synopsis: When Milwaukee college student Monroe Clark (C. Thomas Howell) takes a summer job evicting his wealthy uncle's Los Angeles tenants, he ends up befriending one of the deadbeats, ex-volleyball pro Zack Barnes (Peter Horton), and the two join up together to compete in an important volleyball match. Read More

3/30/90
The Abyss

Crew: Editor

Actors: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmeister, Todd Graff

Synopsis: The crew of an experimental, high-tech submersible is called into action to investigate a mysterious nuclear submarine crash. A series of strange encounters leads the crew to suspect the accident was caused by an extraterrestrial craft, and that they may be participating in an encounter with an Read More

8/9/89
Short Circuit 2

Crew: Editor

Actors: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston, Tim Blaney

Synopsis: Fisher Stevens reprises his role of Ben Jahrvi, the co-inventor of the cute robot Number Five, in this sequel to Short Circuit. Since the last film, Ben has moved to the city, where he lives in a truck and sells toy Number Fives as a street vendor. Ben plies his trade until one day luck strikes in Read More

7/6/88
Spaceballs

Crew: Editor

Actors: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga

Synopsis: A space bum helps rescue a princess from an evil overlord with the help of a benevolent elder in this Star Wars send-up written and directed by Mel Brooks. Lone Starr (Bill Pullman) and his half-man, half-dog co-pilot, Barf the Mawg (John Candy), are content to scour the galaxy living the easy Read More

6/24/87
Solarbabies

Crew: Editor

Actors: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric, Lukas Haas, James LeGros, Adrian Pasdar

Synopsis: A futuristic dystopia is the setting for this tale about good versus evil and a magical space-sphere out to reestablish a civilized society. An orphanage in a bleak and deserted landscape imprisons a large group of youngsters who have divided into good and bad groups. One day, while competing at Read More

11/26/86
Jagged Edge

Crew: Editor

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia, Leigh Taylor-Young

Synopsis: In this hit thriller, a prosecuting attorney-turned-defense lawyer falls in love with a rich, charming client who's been accused of murdering his wife and her maid with a hunting knife. When an unknown assailant gruesomely slays San Francisco newspaper heiress Paige Forrester (Maria Mayenzet), her Read More

1985