Known for Editing
Colleen Halsey attended UCLA and the San Francisco Art Institute. Colleen got into the Editors Guild in 1985 on the film "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" directed by Paul Mazursky. She edited as a team with her Academy Award winning editor husband Richard Halsey. Colleen received her first co-editing credit on "Edward Scissorhands" and also got co-editor on "So I Married an Axe Murderer". Colleen went on to co-edit many other films with her husband. She worked in animation editing at Disney Studio's for 6 years. She edited the Academy Award nominated short "Redux Red Riding Hood". In 2002 she began editing for the Hallmark Network and Lifetime. She edited 3 movies with the Australian award winning director Russell Mulcahy. One of her most recently edited films, "City Of Gardens" directed by Camillo Villa, won Best Director at the 2012 Houston International Film Festival. Colleen has two daughters Caitlin and Morgan. Caitlin graduated U.C. Berkeley and now is working at Universal Studios as Executive Assistant to President of Production Peter Cramer. Morgan is attending UC Santa Barbara.
Filmography
43 films, 2 shows


Roses on the Vine
2025 · 1h 20m
country: United States
During a scorching Los Angeles summer, a single dad food delivery gig worker with a checkered past and his mischievous seven year old daughter crisscross the city on his scooter each day as they do whatever it takes to scrape by.


Plan B
2024 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When a one night stand with her awkward neighbor leaves her pregnant, a young woman decides to quickly sleep with a successful businessman and tell him he's the father of her unborn baby.


Snow Valley
2024 · 1h 15m
country: United States
A newly engaged couple's ski weekend goes horribly awry, when an unexpected guest arrives and the house's dark supernatural forces begin to rise.


Bezos
2023 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.


DIVOS!
2020 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Teenage egos collide when a self-proclaimed "Broadway Legend in the Making" is forced to share the spotlight with the school's star athlete in the high school musical.


Anastasia: Once Upon a Time
2020 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.


Purge of Kingdoms
2019 · 1h 25m
country: United States
In a parody of "Game of Thrones," nobles from the Eight Kingdoms gather for Purge Fest 3000 to try and put an end to their violent conflicts, while members of the Fat King's own family conspire to overthrow him.


Max Rose
2016 · 1h 23m
country: United States
An ageing jazz pianist learns something about his wife of 65 years, leading him to question their life together.


Spaceman
2016 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.


Sex, Death and Bowling
2015 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Two brothers separated by one continent and two decades reunite when one of them becomes sick with cancer.


Love by Design
2014 · 1h 29m
country: Romania
After losing her dream job at a fashion magazine -- and her boyfriend, Danielle heads home to Romania. With the help of her colorful family, she rediscovers herself and her love of fashion.


The Ganzfeld Haunting
2014 · 1h 24m
country: United States
In a world where past meets present and the present gets lost in time, reality is blurred for 5 College psychology students who are pushing all boundaries during an ESP experiment over a lost weekend...


Family Weekend
2013 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.


A Soldier's Love Story
2010 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Ten year old Jared Marshall's life crumbled down after his parents' divorce a year ago. Not only does his dad put his job first since, mother uproots him from Iowa by moving in with her ma so she can take a job in California. When Jared's class writes letters to US troops in Bosnia from the nearest base, kindhearted Sergeant First Class Vince Carerra, who grew up fatherless and got divorced because his wife wasn't faithful while he was on tour of duty, takes to the kid and starts a correspondence with 'fatherly' advice. Once his unit returns to Fort Sebastian, Vince calls on Jared's home, warmly welcomed. Vince becomes Jared's personal baseball coach and after some Cupid encouragement, his mother's boyfriend, but on an understanding not to commit because he's likely to be redeployed.


Ladies of the House
2008 · 1h 36m
country: Unknown
When three women are asked to refurbish a house for their church, they find that they must break down their own self-perception in order to build something together.


The Governor's Wife
2008 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A manipulative mother increases her plotting to stay in control.


A Gunfighter's Pledge
2008 · 1h 19m
country: United States
After killing former sheriff Matt Austin's wife and son for revenge, a quest begins. An escaped prisoner shows that he remembers who sent him to do time in jail so long ago. In a small town saloon Austin's mission to locate his family's murderer comes to an end. The pursuit was long and difficult. Upon discovering the killer a gunfight ensues, unfortunately in the crossfire an innocent bystander is shot and injured. Once again the murderer made a quick getaway.


The Kidnapping
2008 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Two crooked cops kidnap the daughter of a bank-securities expert as a last resort to help with a robbery of a safe deposit box. A robbery that failed in the first attempt.


Finish Line
2008 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Minor league stock car racer Mitch Camponella gets closer to his NASCAR dreams when he's hired as private mechanic to a millionaire importer. But Mitch's ambition comes with a heavy price when he realizes that his new boss is a smuggler who's using Mitch as a pawn in a deadly illegal arms trade.


While the Children Sleep
2007 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.


You've Got a Friend
2007 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A recently-orphaned 12 year old boy moves to a new town to live with his aunt and uncle, and finds an unlikely mentor in the town loner, who helps him build the soap box racer he dreamed of crafting with his dad.


Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
2007 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.


Love's Unending Legacy
2007 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Missie three years later: being a single mother after her husband Willie was shot during a poker scuffle. She and Maddy move back in with her parents Clark and Marty. She finds a new home, and finds a new teaching position that she settles right into, but Missie has lost all faith in herself, until a chance encounter at her father's church where she adopts homeless orphan Belinda Marshall.


Jane Doe: Ties That Bind
2007 · 1h 20m
country: United States
DNA evidence and camera footage places a corrupt CEO as the prime suspect in the murder of a company whistle-blower, but Jane Doe believes the real killer may be a twin sibling.


Sacrifices of the Heart
2007 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Katelyn 'Kate' Weston, a country girl who became a lawyer and joined an L.A. law firm years ago, specializes in defending minors having committed violent crimes who nobody else takes on. She gradually got estranged from her family, but then her older brother Ryan asks her to return to the farm he runs with their dad Thane who has become impossibly absentminded. By the time he is formally diagnosed with serious Alzheimer, she realizes how badly she really knew her family, having ran from her past after the trauma of witnessing her mother's suicide at age seven, and tries to talk it trough with Ryan and dad while he still has lucid moments.


Love's Abiding Joy
2006 · 1h 27m
country: United States
The continued Westward journey of settlers Missie and Willie Lahaye. Their roots now firmly planted as they set up homestead in the far West, Missie begins to realize her passion for teaching as Willie cares for the couple's young daughter Kathy while expanding the family ranch with a little help from sons Jeff and Matthew. When the frontier railroad comes to town, the pleasure of a long-promised visit from Missie's father Clark is suddenly offset by the tragic death of young Kathy. As the untimely demise of their beloved daughter begins to drive an emotional wedge between Missie and Willie, the devastated father unexpectedly accepts an offer made by the powerful Samuel Doros to assume the role of town sheriff. Their faith shaken and their once close-knit bond suddenly torn asunder, Missie and Willie desperately attempt to bring their crumbling family back together as son Jeff faces a series of dangers while hopelessly falling for Doros' beautiful daughter Colette.


The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
2006 · 2h 50m
country: United States
Thousands of years ago, the great Child King Tutankhamen ruled. Few know the details of his life -- No one knows the secrets of his death. All that is about to change.Free -spirited archaeologist Danny Fremont (Casper Van Dien, Sleepy Hollow) is certain that if found, King Tut's Emerald Tablet would hold the power to control the world. Unfortunately, the only one who believes Fremont is his nemesis archaeologist Morgan Sinclair (Jonathan Hyde, Titanic), a member of a secret society who wants the tablet to harness unspeakable evil on the world and will stop at nothing to get it.


Gone But Not Forgotten
2005 · 2h 52m
country: United States
An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not forgotten. Now a man stands accused: a private eye has gone missing: a detective knows more than she lets on: & a tough female attorney has entered a web of duplicity revenge & multiple murder.


Love's Enduring Promise
2004 · 1h 28m
country: United States
In the 1800s frontier, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England railroad executive, she feels as though she's met a hero from one of her novels.


A Place Called Home
2004 · 1h 28m
country: Unknown
Tula Jetters is a stubborn widow living her older years in a huge, yet crumbling, country house. Wary of visitors, her routine is shaken by two con artists, Hank Ford and his daughter Cali, who are eying up Tula as their next victim.


Just Desserts
2004 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Marco Poloni's family owns a bakery in the Bronx and it seems that they have fallen on hard times and his family is considering selling the bakery. Marco then decides to enter a baking competition hoping that the money and publicity will help them. But he needs a partner, so her asks Grace Carpenter, the baker of restaurant, but unfortunately they started off on the wrong foot, but she agrees. So they go to the competition and things seem to be looking good except for a few complications. One of the other contestant Jacques du Jacques is Marco's former classmate at the Academy, whom he says betrayed him. Emil, one of the judges, is Marco's former instructor at the Academy whom he did not leave a good impression on. And Marco's temper. So will they be able to pull it off. And at the same time Marco finds himself attracted to her but she already has a boyfriend.


Mystery Woman
2003 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Seller 'Mystery Woman' starts his own investigation, he discovers that there is chance that has been committed murder. The film is the first in a long series of American TV movies called" Mystery Woman", in which Samantha Kinsey, the owner of a bookshop specializing in thrillers and suspense is involved in the resolution of real cases.


Love Comes Softly
2003 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Nineteen year old pioneer woman Marty has recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself alone, two months pregnant. Widower Clark offers her a marriage of convenience: she needs food and money, and he needs someone to take care of his daughter Missie. She accepts his proposal as a temporary solution.


The Hunchback of Notre Dame II
2002 · 1h 8m
country: United States
Now that Frollo is gone, Quasimodo rings the bell with the help of his new friend and Esmeralda and Phoebus' little son, Zephyr. But when Quasi stops by a traveling circus owned by evil magician Sarousch, he falls for Madellaine, Sarouch's assistant.


The Gray in Between
2002
country: United States
A paralyzed teen begins a relationship with an older woman when his home life goes bad.


Redux Riding Hood
1997 · 15m
country: United States
Years after failing to catch Little Red Riding Hood, the obsessed Wolf tries again.


D3: The Mighty Ducks
1996 · 1h 44m
country: United States
The Ducks are offered scholarships at Eden Hall Academy but struggle with their new coach's methods and come under pressure from the board to retain their scholarships before their big game against the Varsity team.


Pie in the Sky
1996 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.


So I Married an Axe Murderer
1993 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.


Sister Act
1992 · 1h 40m
country: United States
When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.


Edward Scissorhands
1990 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.