Gary D. Roach


Gary D. Roach, 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, 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. 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. 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. He and Joel Cox received a nomination for the 2009 BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Changeling and for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Film Editing for American Sniper.

Filmography

Editor

Editorial department

YearFilmDirectorJobNotes
2006Flags of Our FathersClint Eastwoodassistant film editor
2004Million Dollar BabyClint Eastwoodassistant editorClint Eastwood as Frankie Dunn
2004CatwomanPitoffirst assistant editor
2003Piano BluesClint Eastwoodassistant editor
2003Mystic RiverClint Eastwoodassistant editorOriginal Music by Clint Eastwood
2002Blood WorkClint Eastwoodassistant film editor as Gary D. RoachClint Eastwood as Terry McCaleb
2000Space CowboysClint Eastwoodassistant editor as Gary D. RoachClint Eastwood as Frank Corvin
Original Music by Clint Eastwood
1999True CrimeClint Eastwoodassistant film editorClint Eastwood as Steve Everett
1998Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary YearsWilliam Harperassistant editorvideo
1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilClint Eastwoodassistant film editor
1997Absolute PowerClint Eastwoodassistant film editorClint Eastwood as Luther Whitney
1997Eastwood After Hours: Live at Carnegie HallBruce Rickerassistant editor

Thanks

YearShowEpisodeNotes
2005Budd Boetticher: An American OriginalVideo
2000American MastersClint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Awards

YearResultAwardCategoryRecipientNotes
2015NominatedOscarBest Film EditingAmerican SniperShared with Joel Cox
2009NominatedBritish Academy of Film and Television ArtsBAFTA Award for Best EditingChangelingShared with Joel Cox