Editing Stuart Baird (section)

==Life and career==
Baird has had an [[List of film director and editor collaborations|extended collaboration]] with director [[Richard Donner]]. For Baird's work on ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' in 1978, he was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Film Editing#1970s|Academy Award for Film Editing]]. He received another nomination for editing ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]'' (1988). Prior to his working relationship with [[Richard Donner]], Baird worked as [[assistant director]] and assistant editor on different projects before editing [[Ken Russell]]'s ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]''. Baird worked with Russell on five major motion pictures. He edited ''[[Tommy (1975 film)|Tommy]]'', ''[[Lisztomania (film) | Lisztomania]]'', and [[Valentino (1977 film)|''Valentino'']] and served as associate producer on Russell's ''[[Altered States]]''. He also worked as assistant editor on Russell's ''[[The Devils (film)|The Devils]]'', (1971).

After his [[Academy Award|Oscar-nominated]] work on ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]'' in 1988 and his work with Richard Donner on ''[[Lethal Weapon 2]]'', he accepted a position as full-time staff editor at [[Warner Bros.]] in 1989. With Warner Bros., he supervised the editing on such films as ''[[Die Hard 2]]'' (1990) and ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991).

The first two movies Baird directed were studio pictures produced and distributed by Warner Bros.; where he had served as Editor Supervisor. He has directed three films: ''[[Executive Decision]]'' (1996), ''[[U.S. Marshals (film)|U.S. Marshals]]'' (1998), and ''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' (2002). He was the editor and executive producer of ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]]'' (2001). Baird edited the [[Columbia Pictures]] thriller ''[[Vantage Point (film)|Vantage Point]]''.

In the film ''Star Trek: Nemesis'', Baird also voiced the ''Scimitar'' computer. To get the job directing ''Star Trek: Nemesis'', Baird performed re-cuts on ''[[Lara Croft: Tomb Raider]]'' and ''[[Mission: Impossible 2]]'' for [[Paramount Pictures]]. [[Jerry Goldsmith]] was the composer for all of the Baird-directed films.