Frank J. Urioste

Frank Joseph Urioste (born April 28, 1938) is an American film editor with about 30 film credits. He has been nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, for RoboCop, Die Hard (1988), and Basic Instinct (1992).

Early life Urioste was born to Frank T. Urioste and Angelina "Angie" Saracino (1909–2006). He also has a sister, Carol. His father worked as an airplane bomb sight manufacturer during World War II, and shortly afterwards started at MGM, where he was a music editor for over 30 years.

Career Urioste began his career in 1957, when he worked with Henry Mancini at MGM as a music editor. He continued to edit films during the 1970s, such as Midway (1976), Damnation Alley (1977) and The Boys in Company C (1978). In 1979, he edited Fast Break.

In 1983, he edited Amityville 3-D. That same year, Urioste edited Trenchcoat, starring Margot Kidder and Robert Hays. Other films that Urioste edited during the 1980s include Conan the Destroyer (1984), Die Hard (1988) and Road House (1989). Urioste was nominated for an Academy Award for his editing in Die Hard.

Urioste has also collaborated with director Paul Verhoeven in such films as RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Basic Instinct (1992).

In 1993, Urioste edited Cliffhanger. That same year, he edited the film, Tombstone. In 1995, he co-edited Cutthroat Island. In 1996, he co-edited the film, Executive Decision, starring Kurt Russell.

Urioste used Avid Technology for the first time when he had less than four weeks to edit Lethal Weapon 4 (1998).

In addition to film editing, Urioste has been the senior vice president of feature development at Warner Bros. since 1998. Urioste also served on the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences from 1994 to 1997 and is on the advisory board of the film editors branch of the Academy.

Urioste received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2007.

Personal life He is married to Gemma Urioste. Together, they have had four children; Rosemarie, Maryan, Michelle, and Frank Jr. He has 10 grandchildren, and all celebrated his lifetime achievement at the Eddie Awards.

Filmography Year Title Director Notes 1969 What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? Lee H. Katzin 1971 The Grissom Gang Robert Aldrich 1972 The Hoax Robert Anderson Get to Know Your Rabbit Brian De Palma 1974 The Spikes Gang Richard Fleischer 1976 Midway Jack Smight 1977 Damnation Alley 1978 The Boys in Company C Sidney J. Furie 1979 Fast Break Jack Smight 1980 Loving Couples 1982 The Entity Sidney J. Furie 1983 Trenchcoat Michael Tuchner Amityville 3-D Richard Fleischer 1984 Conan the Destroyer 1985 Red Sonja 1986 The Hitcher Robert Harmon 1987 RoboCop Paul Verhoeven Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1988 Die Hard John McTiernan Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1989 Road House Rowdy Herrington 1990 Total Recall Paul Verhoeven 1992 Basic Instinct Nominated- Academy Award for Best Film Editing 1993 Cliffhanger Renny Harlin Tombstone George P. Cosmatos 1994 Terminal Velocity Deran Sarafian 1995 Cutthroat Island Renny Harlin 1996 Executive Decision Stuart Baird 1997 Conspiracy Theory Richard Donner 1998 Lethal Weapon 4 1999 Deep Blue Sea Renny Harlin 2011 The Thing Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. Additional editor