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Antony Gibbs

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Antony Gibbs
An undated photo of Gibbs
Born(1925-10-17)17 October 1925
Died26 February 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 90)
Occupation(s)Film and television editor
Years active1950s–2001

Antony Gibbs (sometimes credited as Tony Gibbs;[a] 17 October 1925 – 26 February 2016) was an English film and television editor with more than 40 feature film credits.[2] He was a member of the American Cinema Editors (ACE).

Career

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Gibbs' editing career began in the mid-1950s as an assistant to Ralph Kemplen and to Alan Osbiston, and through them he became involved with the brief "New Wave" of British filmmaking at its beginnings. In particular Osbiston (and Gibbs) edited The Entertainer (1960), which was directed by Tony Richardson;[3] Richardson was one of the most prominent of the British New Wave directors. Gibbs was then principal editor for several of the subsequent "New Wave" films, including Richardson's A Taste of Honey (1961), The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), and Tom Jones (1963),[4] and also The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), which was directed by Richard Lester.

In his 1995 book, Film and Video Editing, Roger Crittenden notes the influence of this first phase of Gibbs' editing career, "The generation of American editors of which Dede Allen is a part has given considerable credit for the inspiration of their work to Antony Gibbs, the English editor of films directed by, amongst others, Tony Richardson, Nicolas Roeg, and Richard Lester. There is a daring and energetic quality to Tony Gibbs' work, especially in some sequences of The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Tom Jones, The Knack, and Performance, which must have given a shot of adrenaline to aspiring editors on both sides of the Atlantic at the time. Dede ascribes her work on Bonnie and Clyde directly to the influence of Tony Gibbs."[5][6] Bonnie and Clyde (1967) "marked a turning point in the editing of feature films that sent reverberations through the entire American cinema."[7]

Gibbs was the "supervising editor" for Richardson's 1965 film, The Loved One, that was produced in Hollywood.[4] Gibbs relocated from England to California in about 1970.[3] From 1971–1989 he had an extended collaboration with Norman Jewison that commenced with the well-received Fiddler on the Roof (1971) and ultimately extended over five films. Gibbs retired from filmmaking in 2001.

Gibbs' editing of Tom Jones (1963) was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Eddie award. Tom Jones won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Richardson received the Academy Award for Best Director for it. Subsequent to his "New Wave" films, Gibbs was nominated four times for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, for the films Performance (directed by Donald Cammell & Nicolas Roeg-1970), Fiddler on the Roof (Jewison-1971), Rollerball (Jewison-1975), and A Bridge Too Far (Attenborough-1977). Gibbs has never been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Editing. Gibbs was nominated again for ACE Eddie awards for Fiddler on the Roof and, much later in his career, he won Eddie awards for the television films George Wallace (Part II) (1997) and for James Dean (2001). Gibbs had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors,[8] and was the recipient of the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 2002.

Gibbs died on 26 February 2016 at the age of 90.[2]

Filmography as editor

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This filmography is based on the Internet Movie Database.[9]

Editor
Year Film Director Notes Ref.
1960 The Unstoppable Man Terry Bishop
Oscar Wilde Gregory Ratoff
During One Night Sidney J. Furie First collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1961 Doctor Blood's Coffin Second collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
The Snake Woman Third collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
Offbeat Cliff Owen
A Taste of Honey Tony Richardson First collaboration with Tony Richardson
1962 Tiara Tahiti Ted Kotcheff
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Tony Richardson Second collaboration with Tony Richardson
1963 Tom Jones Third collaboration with Tony Richardson
1964 Girl with Green Eyes Desmond Davis
Uncredited
The Luck of Ginger Coffey Irvin Kershner
1965 The Knack ...and How to Get It Richard Lester First collaboration with Richard Lester
1966 Mademoiselle Tony Richardson Fifth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar Sixth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1968 Petulia Richard Lester Second collaboration with Richard Lester
The Birthday Party William Friedkin
1970 Performance First collaboration with Nicolas Roeg
All the Right Noises Gerry O'Hara
Shangani Patrol David Millin
1971 Walkabout Nicolas Roeg Second collaboration with Nicolas Roeg
Fiddler on the Roof Norman Jewison First collaboration with Norman Jewison
1972 The Ragman's Daughter Harold Becker
1973 Jesus Christ Superstar Norman Jewison Second collaboration with Norman Jewison
1974 The Black Windmill Don Siegel
Juggernaut Richard Lester Third collaboration with Richard Lester
1975 Rollerball Norman Jewison Third collaboration with Norman Jewison
1976 The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Lewis John Carlino
1977 A Bridge Too Far Richard Attenborough
1979 Yesterday's Hero Neil Leifer
1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian's Frank Launder
The Dogs of War John Irvin
1981 From a Far Country [it] Krzysztof Zanussi
1983 Bad Boys Rick Rosenthal First collaboration with Rick Rosenthal
1984 Dune David Lynch
1985 Agnes of God Norman Jewison Fifth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1986 Tai-Pan Daryl Duke
1987 Russkies Rick Rosenthal Second collaboration with Rick Rosenthal
1988 Stealing Home
1989 In Country Norman Jewison Sixth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills Sidney J. Furie Fourth collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1993 The Man Without a Face Mel Gibson
1994 Don Juan DeMarco Jeremy Leven
1998 Ronin John Frankenheimer First collaboration with John Frankenheimer
2000 Reindeer Games Second collaboration with John Frankenheimer
Editorial department
Year Film Director Role Notes
1959 A Touch of Larceny Guy Hamilton First assistant editor
Uncredited
1965 The Loved One Tony Richardson Supervising editor Fourth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar Editorial adviser
1978 F.I.S.T. Norman Jewison Supervising editor Fourth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Richard Lester Fourth collaboration with Richard Lester
1981 Ragtime Miloš Forman Film editor: UK
2003 Scorched Gavin Grazer Additional editing
2005 Sahara Breck Eisner Additional editor
Sound department
Year Film Director Role
1959 A Touch of Larceny Guy Hamilton Sound editor
TV movies
Editor
Year Film Director
1992 Devlin Rick Rosenthal
1996 A Case for Life Eric Laneuville
Crime of the Century Mark Rydell
1997 George Wallace John Frankenheimer
2001 James Dean Mark Rydell
TV series
Editor
Year Title Notes
1959 The Third Man 3 episodes
1997 George Wallace 2 episodes

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Gibbs is billed as "Tony Gibbs" in The Man Without a Face, Don Juan DeMarco, Ronin, and Reindeer Games.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Tony Gibbs". American Film Institute. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dagan, Carmel (2 March 2016). "Antony Gibbs, Editor of 'Dune,' 'Fiddler on the Roof,' Dies at 90". Variety.
  3. ^ a b "Gibbs, Antony Biography". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010. Based on Perkins, Roy; Stollery, Martin (2004). British Film Editors: The Heart of the Movie. British Film Institute.
  4. ^ a b Taylor, Charles (30 July 2006). "Richardson's Lively Disaster: Waugh's The Loved One". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Richardson's style changed abruptly with 1963's Tom Jones. He employed a commercialized version of French New Wave techniques, and the film was hugely popular, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. But the jump-cutting, the straight-to-camera digressions and the generally antic tone were wildly inappropriate for an adaptation of an 18th-century novel, and the movie has by now dated to the point of being a curio.
  5. ^ Crittenden, Roger (28 September 1995). Film and Video Editing, Second Edition. Psychology Press. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-1-85713-011-9.
  6. ^ LoBrutto, Vincent (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing. ABC-CLIO. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-275-93395-1. LoBrutto interview of Dede Allen: Were the films you edited in the 1960s influenced by the changes in film style that were coming from Europe? There was a definite evolution in filmic style, and it came from England. The "angry young men" films that Tony Gibbs cut, Look Back in Anger and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, had more direct influence on me than anything. I loved the way those pictures were cut. It was incorporated into pictures cut in New York like Bonnie and Clyde. Allen's recollection that Gibbs cut Look Back in Anger (1958) appears to be erroneous; Richard Best edited that film.
  7. ^ Monaco, Paul (2003). Harpole, Charles (ed.). History of the American Cinema Volume 8: The Sixties. University of California Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-520-23804-6.
  8. ^ "American Cinema Editors > Members", webpage archived by WebCite from this original URL on 2008-03-04.
  9. ^ Antony Gibbs at IMDb
  10. ^ [citation needed]
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