Reginald Mills
Reginald "Reggie" Cuthbert Mills (born July 15, 1912 in London ; † July 1990 ibid.) Was a British film editor who won an Oscar for best editing, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA Award) was nominated for the best editing of a feature film and a television film .
life and work
After attending school, Mills completed a degree in Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge , which he graduated in 1934. He began his career as an editor in the film industry in 1939 with the film What Would You Do, Chums ?, directed by John Baxter . , starring Syd Walker , Jean Gillie and Cyril Chamberlain . During the Second World War he did his military service with the Royal Artillery and served in an anti - aircraft battery in the area of the Thames estuary during the air raid on London ( The Blitz ) between September 1940 and May 1941 .
At the Oscar ceremony in 1949 Mills was, who worked throughout his to 1977 permanent career with 35 films as an editor for the Oscar for Best Editing nomination, namely for the ballet film The Red Shoes ( The Red Shoes , 1948) by directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger with the main actors Moira Shearer , Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring . For 1968 resulting Shakespeare adaptation Romeo and Juliet ( Romeo and Juliet ) by Franco Zeffirelli with Leonard Whiting as Romeo and Olivia Hussey as Juliet was nominated in 1969 for the BAFTA Award for Best Editor.
In 1971 he directed his only own film, Trixis Wunderland ( Tales of Beatrix Potter ), in which he filmed the fairy tales of Beatrix Potter with Frederick Ashton , Alexander Grant and Julie Wood . For his last work as editor, the Bible adaptation Jesus von Nazareth ( Gesù di Nazareth , 1977) with Robert Powell , Anne Bancroft and Ernest Borgnine , also directed by Franco Zeffirelli , he was nominated for the 1978 BAFTA Award for the best cut in a television film.
Filmography (selection)
as editor:
- 1946: A Matter of Life and Death (A Matter of Life and Death)
- 1947: The Black Narcissus
- 1947: Adventure in Brazil (The End of the River)
- 1948: The Red Shoes (The Red Shoes)
- 1949: Experts from the Back Room (The Small Back Room)
- 1950: The Black Vixen (Gone to Earth)
- 1950: The dark red seal (The Elusive Pimpernel)
- 1951: Tales of Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann)
- 1952: The Wild Heart
- 1954: The Sleeping Tiger
- 1955: Bat 1955 (Oh ... Rosalinda!)
- 1956: Panzerschiff Graf Spee (The Battle of the River Plate)
- 1956: The Spanish Gardener (The Spanish Gardener)
- 1957: Man in Fire (Windom's Way)
- 1959: The Deadly Trap (Blind Date)
- 1960: The Red Shadow (Circus of Horrors)
- 1960: The trail leads nowhere (The Criminal)
- 1963: You Are Damned (The Damned)
- 1963: The Servant (The Servant)
- 1964: King and Country - For King and Country
- 1967: Ulysses
- 1968: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
- 1969: The hiding place (La residencia)
- 1969: My Friend the Otter (Ring of Bright Water)
- 1970: Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
- 1972: Brother Sun, Sister Moon (Brother Sun, Sister Moon)
- 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (Gesù di Nazareth)
as director:
- 1971: Trixis Wunderland (The Tales of Beatrix Potter)
Web links
- Reginald Mills in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mills, Reginald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mills, Reginald Cuthbert (full name); Reggie (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1990 |
| Place of death | London |