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Gerry Hambling is a Editor, Art Direction and Sound Editor British born on 14 june 1926

Gerry Hambling

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Birth name Gerald Hambling
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 june 1926
Death 5 february 2013 (at 86 years) at Cambridge (United-kingdom)

Gerry Hambling (14 June 1926 – 5 February 2013) was a British film editor whose work is credited on 49 films; he had 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 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: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 had 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 had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors. Mississippi Burning won the ACE Eddie Award, and in 1998 Hambling was honored by the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

He died in 2013 at the age of 86.

Best films

Evita (1996)
(Editor)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
(Editor)
Fame (1980)
(Editor)
Midnight Express (1978)
(Editor)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
(Editor)
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
(Editor)

Usually with

Alan Parker
Alan Parker
(14 films)
Michael Seresin
Michael Seresin
(10 films)
Alan Marshall
Alan Marshall
(9 films)
Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gerry Hambling (46 films)

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Editor

The Life of David Gale, 2h10
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about suicide, Films about capital punishment
Actors Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Rhona Mitra, Matt Craven
Roles Editor
Rating74% 3.749123.749123.749123.749123.74912
David Gale is a prisoner on death row in Texas. With only a few days to his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half million-dollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news magazine known for her ability to keep secrets and protect her sources. He tells her the story of how he ended up on death row, revealed to the movie audience through a series of lengthy flashbacks.
Angela's Ashes, 2h25
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about children
Actors Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Michael Legge, Devon Murray, Kerry Condon, J.J. Murphy
Roles Editor
Rating72% 3.6494953.6494953.6494953.6494953.649495
Angela's Ashes tells the story of Frank McCourt and his childhood after his family are forced to move from America back to Ireland because of financial difficulties and family problems derived from his father's alcoholism. The film chronicles young McCourt's life in Limerick, Ireland, during his childhood in the 1930s and 1940s, the difficulties that ensued, and finally Frank's way of earning enough money to return to the land of his dreams: America. Michael Legge was praised for his portrayal of the adolescent Frank. In particular, he was said to excel in his role as an innocent teenager growing up with typical coming of age rites involving sexuality, maturity and peer pressure in a Catholic Irish setting.
Talk of Angels, 1h36
Directed by Nick Hamm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Polly Walker, Vincent Pérez, Franco Nero, Marisa Paredes, Penélope Cruz, Frances McDormand
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.902392.902392.902392.902392.90239
Dans les années 30, en Espagne, une jeune femme d'origine irlandaise tombe amoureuse d'un homme marié, qui lutte contre le régime de Franco.
The Boxer
The Boxer (1997)
, 1h53
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, Films about terrorism, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films, Conflit nord-irlandais, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox, Lorraine Pilkington, Ken Stott, Gerard McSorley
Roles Editor
Rating69% 3.497833.497833.497833.497833.49783
Former Irish pugilist & Provisional IRA member Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns home to Belfast from a 14-year stint in prison at the age of 32. Weary of the unbroken cycle of violence in Northern Ireland, he attempts to settle down and live in peace. After meeting his drink-sodden old trainer Ike (Ken Stott), Danny starts up a non-sectarian boxing club for boys in an old gymnasium. While fixing up the old building, however, he runs across a cache of Semtex hidden underneath the stage. He throws the cache into the river.
Evita
Evita (1996)
, 2h14
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Pryce, Jimmy Nail, Peter Polycarpou, Adrià Collado
Roles Editor
Rating62% 3.148743.148743.148743.148743.14874
In a cinema in Buenos Aires on July 26, 1952, a film is interrupted when the news breaks of the death of Eva Perón, Argentina's first lady, at the age of 33. The nation goes into public mourning. Ché, a member of the public, marvels at the spectacle and promises to show how Eva did "nothing, for years." The rest of the film follows Eva Duarte (later Eva Duarte de Perón) from her humble beginnings as an illegitimate child of a lower class woman to her rise to become First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina, with Ché assuming many different guises throughout Eva's story.
White Squall, 2h9
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Seafaring films, Météorologie, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jeff Bridges, John Savage, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf, Balthazar Getty, Jeremy Sisto
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2975153.2975153.2975153.2975153.297515
The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross, which sank May 2, 1961, allegedly because of a white squall. The film relates the ill-fated school sailing trip led by Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon (Jeff Bridges), whom the boys call "Skipper". He is tough and teaches them discipline. He forms a close connection with all-American Chuck Gieg (Scott Wolf), troubled rich kid Frank Beaumont (Jeremy Sisto), shy Gil Martin (Ryan Phillippe) and bad-boy Dean Preston (Eric Michael Cole). When a white squall threatens their ship, the boys try to use what Skipper has taught them to survive the horrific ordeal.
The Road to Wellville, 1h58
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Michael Lerner
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.948132.948132.948132.948132.94813
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg opened a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he practiced his unusual methods for maintaining health, including colonic irrigation, electrical stimulus and sexual abstinence, vegetarianism and physical exercise. The sanitarium attracts well-to-do patients including William and Eleanor Lightbody, who are suffering from poor health following the death of their child. On their way to Battle Creek they meet Charles Ossining, hoping to make a fortune by exploiting the fad for health food cereals.
In the Name of the Father, 2h12
Directed by Jim Sheridan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Prison films, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Conflit nord-irlandais
Actors Daniel Day-Lewis, Emma Thompson, Pete Postlethwaite, John Lynch, Beatie Edney, Corin Redgrave
Roles Editor
Rating80% 4.0489954.0489954.0489954.0489954.048995
Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) is shown in Belfast stripping lead from roofs of houses when security forces home in on the district with armoured cars, and a riot breaks out. Gerry's father, Giuseppe Conlon (Pete Postlethwaite), later saves him from IRA punishment, and he is sent off to London to stay with his aunt, for his own good. Instead, he finds a squat, to explore, as he puts it, "free love and dope". One evening by chance he gains entry to a prostitute's flat and he steals the £700 he finds stashed inside; on that evening in Guildford there is an explosion at a pub that kills four off-duty soldiers and a civilian, and wounds sixty-five others.
Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald
Directed by Robert Dornhelm
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors Helena Bonham Carter, Frank Whaley, Robert Picardo, Bill Bolender, Brandon Mychal Smith, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Roles Editor
Rating58% 2.908142.908142.908142.908142.90814
The story focuses on Marina Oswald (Helena Bonham Carter), the wife of Lee Harvey Oswald. Barely able to speak English, she is thrust into questioning by David Lifton (Robert Picardo). It portrays deep sadness, and explores the story of a woman ending up alone in a foreign country.
City of Joy, 2h12
Directed by Roland Joffé, Paul Verhoeven
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Patrick Swayze, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Art Malik, Pauline Collins, Iftekhar
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2503753.2503753.2503753.2503753.250375
Hasari Pal (Om Puri) is a rural farmer who moves to Calcutta with his wife (Shabana Azmi) and three children in search of a better life. The Pals do not get off to a very good start: They are cheated out of their rent money and thrown out on the streets, and it's difficult for Hasari to find a job to support them. But the determined family refuses to give up and eventually finds its place in the poverty-stricken city.
The Commitments, 1h58
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Musical films
Actors Robert Arkins, Colm Meaney, Andrew Strong, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Bronagh Gallagher, Angeline Ball
Roles Editor
Rating75% 3.797643.797643.797643.797643.79764
In the northside of Dublin, Jimmy Rabbitte aspires to manage the world's greatest band, with only one music in mind: soul. Disgusted with bands in Ireland, and beginning with his friends Outspan and Derek, he assembles a band in the tradition of 1960s black American recording artists like Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. By advertising for applicants in a newspaper and asking around to promising acquaintances, Jimmy holds auditions at his parents' home and assembles a band together. Unlike his idols, Jimmy's band is white.
Come See the Paradise, 2h18
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Prison films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Tamlyn Tomita, Sab Shimono, Shizuko Hoshi, Caroline Junko King, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Roles Editor
Rating66% 3.3440053.3440053.3440053.3440053.344005
In 1936, Jack McGurn (Quaid) is a motion picture projectionist, involved in a campaign of harassment against non-union theaters in New York City. One such attack turns fatal, as one of his fellow union members starts a fire. McGurn's boss, knowing that the feelings of guilt would likely cause Jack to go to the police, urges him to leave the area. Jack moves to Los Angeles where his brother Gerry lives. Jack's role as a "sweatshop lawyer" strains an already-rocky relationship with Gerry who is willing to have any job, barely keeping his family afloat during the Great Depression.
Mississippi Burning, 2h8
Directed by Alan Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Films about racism
Actors Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, R. Lee Ermey, Michael Rooker, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif
Roles Editor
Rating77% 3.899153.899153.899153.899153.89915
In 1964, three civil rights workers who organize a voter registry for minorities in Jessup County Mississippi, go missing. The FBI sends two agents, Rupert Anderson (Hackman) and Alan Ward (Dafoe) to investigate. The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople, as Sheriff Stuckey (Sartain) and his deputies exert influence over the public and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
Leonard Part 6, 1h25
Directed by Paul Weiland
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Tom Courtenay, Joe Don Baker, Moses Gunn, Gloria Foster, Victoria Rowell, Bill Cosby
Roles Editor
Rating22% 1.106091.106091.106091.106091.10609
Bill Cosby plays Leonard Parker, a former CIA spy. According to the opening sequence of the movie, the title refers to the idea that this film is actually the sixth installment of a series of films featuring the adventures of Leonard, as parts one through five were locked up in the interests of world security.