Gary D. Roach

Gary D. Roach (born February 5, 1964), sometimes credited as Gary Roach, is an American film editor. He is best known for collaborating with Clint Eastwood on 12 films.

Life and career Roach began his career in 1996 as an apprentice film editor on Clint Eastwood's Absolute Power. On Eastwood's next film, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Roach was an assistant editor and became part of Eastwood's regular editing crew alongside Joel Cox. Roach went on to receive assistant editor credits on Eastwood's subsequent films True Crime, Space Cowboys, Blood Work, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, and Flags of Our Fathers. Non-Eastwood assistant editor credits include Catwoman (2004). His first co-editor credit came with the Eastwood-directed Piano Blues segment of Martin Scorsese's The Blues film documentary series in 2003. Roach continued editing other documentaries, such as The Music Never Ends (2007). Roach's first film editor credit was on 2006's Letters from Iwo Jima, which he shared with Joel Cox. His first solo film editor credit was on Rails & Ties for Alison Eastwood in 2007. In 2008, Roach shared editor credit with Joel Cox on Eastwood's Changeling and Gran Torino. and for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for American Sniper.

Filmography Editor Year Film Director Notes 2024 Arthur the King Simon Cellan Jones 2017 Wind River Taylor Sheridan 2014 American Sniper Clint Eastwood2013PrisonersDenis Villeneuve 2012 J. Edgar Clint Eastwood as Gary D. Roach 2010 Hereafter Clint Eastwood as Gary D. Roach 2009 Invictus Clint Eastwood as Gary D. Roach 2008 Gran Torino Clint Eastwood as Gary D. Roach 2008 Changeling Clint Eastwood as Gary D. Roach 2007 American Masters Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends Bruce Ricker (TV)Clint Eastwood Producer 2007 Rails & Ties Alison Eastwood Robert Lorenz Producer 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood 2005 Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That Bruce Ricker (TV)

Editorial department

Year Film Director Job Notes 2006 Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood assistant film editor 2004 Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood assistant editor Clint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn 2004 Catwoman Pitof first assistant editor 2003 Piano Blues Clint Eastwood assistant editor 2003 Mystic River Clint Eastwood assistant editor Original Music by Clint Eastwood 2002 Blood Work Clint Eastwood assistant film editor as Gary D. Roach Clint Eastwood as Terry McCaleb 2000 Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood assistant editor as Gary D. Roach Clint Eastwood as Frank CorvinOriginal Music by Clint Eastwood 1999 True Crime Clint Eastwood assistant film editor Clint Eastwood as Steve Everett 1998 Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years William Harper assistant editor video 1997 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Clint Eastwood assistant film editor 1997 Absolute Power Clint Eastwood assistant film editor Clint Eastwood as Luther Whitney 1997 Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie Hall Bruce Ricker assistant editor (TV)

Thanks

Year Show Episode Notes 2005 Budd Boetticher: An American Original Video 2000 American Masters Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Awards

Year Result Award Category Recipient(s) Notes 2015 Nominated Oscar Best Film Editing American Sniper Shared with Joel Cox 2009 Nominated British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA Award for Best Editing Changeling Shared with Joel Cox