Born in Pittsburgh, PA. An editor since the late 1930s, he directed a couple of documentaries in the early 40s and flirted briefly with directing features in the early 50s but soon returned to editing. Besides his Oscar-nominated films, he edited such features as I'LL CRY TOMORROW (1955), THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956), SILK STOCKINGS (1957), and supervised the editing on THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD (1965). Visit the Internet Movie Database for a full listing of Kress' film editing credits.  Nominated for Film Editing 1941: DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE  Nominated for Film Editing 1942: MRS. MINIVER  Nominated for Film Editing 1946: THE YEARLING  Film Editing 1963: HOW THE WEST WAS WON  Nominated for Film Editing 1972: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE  Film Editing 1974: THE TOWERING INFERNO (w. Carl Kress) 6 nominations, 2 Awards