Gerry Hambling

Infobox Actor
name = Gerry Hambling


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birthname = Gerald Hambling
birthdate = 1926
birthplace = Croydon, Surrey, England
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occupation = film editor
imdb_id = 0357421
baftaawards = Best Editing 1991 "The Commitments"
Best Editing 1989 "Mississippi Burning"
Best Editing 1978 "Midnight Express"

Gerry Hambling (b. 1926) is a British film editor whose work is credited on 49 films; he has also worked as a sound editor and a television editor. Hambling's editing of three films, "The Commitments" (1991), "Mississippi Burning" (1988), and "Midnight Express" (1978), has been honored by BAFTA Awards for Best Editing.

In 1976, Hambling began a notable collaboration with the director Alan Parker that has extended over nearly all of Parker's films. The three BAFTA awards noted above were all for films directed by Parker. Chris Routledge has described their collaboration as follows:Routledge, Chris (2000). [http://www.filmreference.com/Writers-and-Production-Artists-Gi-Ha/Hambling-Gerry.html "Gerry Hambling,"] in Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast (editors), "International Dictionary of Film and Filmmakers, Edition 4" (St. James Press), ISBN 978-1558624498. Online version of article retrieved December 12, 2007.] [O'Toole, Lawrence (1992). [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,310526,00.html "Uncommitted"] , review of "The Commitments" in "Entertainment Weekly", Issue #118, May 15, 1992; online version retrieved 2008-06-19.] quote|The collaboration with Parker has ranged widely, from the musical "Bugsy Malone", through the partly animated "Pink Floyd The Wall", to the grim "Angel Heart" and the strange story of "The Road to Welville". They have been particularly successful with musicals, Hambling's talent for creating the illusion of movement proving useful where musical performances appear in films such as "The Commitments", which Lawrence O'Toole called "a great swim for the eyeballs." Perhaps because of their experience in advertising, Parker's slick and striking images combine well with Hambling's intuitive sense of pace and rhythm, for example in the otherwise problematic "Fame", and in the much trailed, but poorly received "Evita".

In addition to the three BAFTA Awards, Hambling has been nominated for the BAFTA award for three additional films ("Fame", "Another Country", and "Evita"). Six films edited by Hambling were nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing ("Midnight Express", "Fame", "Mississippi Burning", "The Commitments", "In the Name of the Father", and "Evita"). Hambling has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. [ [http://www.webcitation.org/5W3vTXmHE "American Cinema Editors > Members"] , webpage archived by WebCite from [http://www.ace-filmeditors.org/newace/dir_Mem.html this original URL] on 2008-03-04.] "Mississippi Burning" won the ACE Eddie Award, and in 1998 Hambling was honored by the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

Filmography

The director of each film is indicated in parenthesis.
*1956 "Dry Rot" (Elvey)
*1958 "The Whole Truth" (Guillermin)
*1960 "The Bulldog Breed" (Asher); "The Poacher's Daughter" (Sally's Irish Rogue) (Pollock)
*1961 "The Kitchen" (Hill)
*1962 "She'll Have to Go" (Maid for Murder) (Asher)
*1963 "A Stitch in Time" (Asher)
*1965 "The Early Bird" (Asher); "The Intelligence Men" (Asher)
*1966 "Press for Time" (Asher); "That Riviera Touch" (Owen)
*1967 "The Magnificent Two" (Owen)
*1968 "The Adding Machine" (Epstein)
*1976 "Bugsy Malone" (Parker)
*1978 "Midnight Express" (Parker)
*1980 "Fame" (Parker)
*1981 "Heartaches" (Shebib)
*1982 "Pink Floyd The Wall" (Parker); "Shoot the Moon" (Parker)
*1984 "Another Country" (Kanievska); "Birdy" (Parker)
*1985 "Invitation to the Wedding" (Brooks)
*1986 "Absolute Beginners" (Temple)
*1987 "Angel Heart" (Parker); "Leonard Part 6" (Weiland)
*1988 "Mississippi Burning" (Parker)
*1990 "Come See the Paradise" (Parker)
*1991 "The Commitments" (Parker)
*1992 "City of Joy" ("La Cité de la joie") (Joffé)
*1993 "In the Name of the Father" (Sheridan)
*1994 "The Road to Wellville" (Parker)
*1996 "Evita" (Parker); "White Squall" (Scott)
*1997 "The Boxer" (Sheridan)
*1998 "Talk of Angels" (Hamm)
*1999 "Angela's Ashes" (Parker)
*2000 "Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War" (Sharp)
*2003 "The Life of David Gale" (Parker)

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