Alan Brigstocke Osbiston (7 May 1914[1] – 1971) was a British film editor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1962 for The Guns of Navarone.[2][3]
History
editOsbiston was born in Crows Nest, New South Wales, to Charles Alan and Emily Florence "Bae" Osbiston, née Brigstocke of Brockley Farm, Mount Druitt, New South Wales.[1]
Osbiston attended "Shore School"[4] and for much of his early life lived in Chatswood, Sydney.
Prior to joining the British Ministry of Information, Osbiston worked for Cinesound in Sydney.[5]
Personal
editOsbiston married Lyla Cranston of London, on 15 August 1942 in London.[6]
He was a cousin of Australian actor Max Osbiston (7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981).
Selected filmography (as editor)
edit- The Laughing Lady (1946)
- Against the Wind (1948)
- Twist of Fate (1954 film) (1954) (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ')
- Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
- The End of the Affair (1955)
- Manuela (1957)
- Time Without Pity (1957)
- A Touch of Larceny (1959)
- The Challenge (1960)
- The Entertainer (1960)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Lord Jim (1965)
- Duffy (1968)
- Three into Two Won't Go (1969)
- Toomorrow (1970)
References
edit- ^ a b "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 30 May 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Born: 7 May 1914, Array (2 July 2015). "Alan Osbiston". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hollywood.com Staff (3 February 2015). "Alan Osbiston | Biography and Filmography | 1914". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "The Torchbearer". May 1928. p. 71. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Australia To Have Film Unit". The Mercury (Hobart). Tasmania, Australia. 28 April 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 7 November 1942. p. 16. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
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