Richard Marks (November 10, 1943 – December 31, 2018) was an American
film editor with more than 30 editing credits for feature and television films dating from 1972. In an
extended, notable collaboration (1983–2010), he edited all of director
James L. Brooks' feature films.[1][2][3]
Marks was
Barry Malkin's assistant editor on The Rain People (1969), which was directed by
Francis Ford Coppola early in his career. He then assisted
Dede Allen on Alice's Restaurant (1969) and on Little Big Man (1970); he co-edited Serpico (1973) with Allen. Dede Allen was among the most prominent film editors of her generation, and she was known for helping to develop the careers of several younger editors. Roger Crittenden has written that "Perhaps the outstanding graduate of the Dede Allen Academy is Richard Marks."[4]