- Peter R. Hunt
Peter R. Hunt (born
March 11 ,1925 inLondon - diedAugust 14 ,2002 ) was a famed and innovative Englishfilm editor unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom. He created or at least greatly enhanced much of the exciting action in the earlyJames Bond films with his innovative editing style. He has performed various other roles on movie sets having begun in the industry as "Clapper-boy" and ending as a respected and beloved director.He became justly famous for his novel techniques using quick cutting, allowing camera swings during action and inserts interleaving other elements while working as editor on the first three Bonds.cite video | year = 2000| title = Inside Dr. No | medium = DVD | publisher = MGM Home Entertainment Inc. |people = Peter Hunt |accessdate = 2007-08-04 | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316024/] cite video | year = 2000| title = Inside From Russia with Love | medium = DVD | publisher = MGM Home Entertainment Inc. |people = Peter Hunt, Norman Wanstall |accessdate = 2007-08-04 | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322760/]
Wanting to direct from the time he was a boy, he then acted as second unit or action unit director until his directorial debut, the sixth
James Bond film, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".Hunt also worked with
Harry Saltzman andAlbert R. Broccoli on the 1963Bob Hope film "Call Me Bwana ", and with Saltzman and a few other Bond veterans on the non-Eon thrillerThe IPCRESS File . "Call Me Bwana" is the only film produced by the James Bond production companyEON Productions that is not a Bond film.Hunt also directed some episodes of the 1971 British
television series , "The Persuaders! ", which starred future James BondRoger Moore , andTony Curtis .Hunt Filmography
* "
Stranger From Venus " (1954) debut - editor
* "Ferry to Hong Kong " (1959) - editor
* "Sink the Bismarck " (1960) - editor
* "The Greengage Summer " (1961) - editor
* "H.M.S. Defiant " (1962) - editor
* "Call Me Bwana " (1963) - editor
* "The Ipcress File " (1965) - editorJames Bond series
*"Dr. No" (1962) — Film editor
*"From Russia with Love" (1963) — Film editor
*"Goldfinger" (1964) — Film editor
*"Thunderball" (1965) — Film editor
*"You Only Live Twice" (1967) — Second unit director, supervising editor
*"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) — DirectorOther films as director
*"Gold" (1974)
*"Shout at the Devil" (1976)
*"Death Hunt " (1981)
*"Wild Geese II" (1985)
*"Assassination" (1987)References and footnotes
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succession box
title=James Bond film director
years=1969
before=Lewis Gilbert
1967
after=Guy Hamilton
1971-1974
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