David Campling

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David Campling (born November 2, 1938 - † May 9, 2013 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film editor and sound designer for cinema and television.

life and career

Trained at Pinewood and Twickenham Studios in Great Britain, David Campling first earned his spurs as a sound editor for productions for directors such as Roman Polański and John Schlesinger . For Schlesinger's award-winning drama Sunday, Bloody Sunday , he was nominated alongside colleagues Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys in 1972 for the BAFTA in the British Academy Film Award / Best Sound category.

Since the mid-1960s, in addition to artistically valuable films such as Wenn Katelbach geht ... or the drama Der Tag der Heuschrecke, he has also increasingly overseen main stream productions such as the Dick Clement comedy To Catch a Spy . In the 1980s he worked for Michael Winners retaliatory drama Death Wish II , further for James Cameron's science fiction cult film The Terminator with Arnold Schwarzenegger or Oliver Stone's war drama Platoon , for which he was nominated for the MPCE Golden Reel Awards received .

In addition to his work as a sound designer, David Campling has also been active as a film editor since the early 1970s. He was responsible for the film editing of the majority of commercially oriented cinema productions such as The Mare by Quentin Masters, Tiger's Tale - A Tiger on the Cushion by director Peter Douglas, Robert Ginty's action film The Bounty Hunter or The Enemy in My House by Joe Cacaci.

Campling was a longtime BAFTA board member in Los Angeles, where he served as treasurer. In 2002 he produced the organigram Homage to Schlesinger at the Egyptian Theater. He was a co-founder of the Heritage Archive project and was responsible for editing and editing many of the interviews in the series. He was also a member of the Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild .

David Campling passed away in Los Angeles on May 9, 2013 at the age of 74.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

Sound editor

Film editor

  • 1972: Our Miss Fred
  • 1978: The Crazy Love Clinic (What's Up Superdoc!)
  • 1979: Golden Lady (The Golden Lady)
  • 1983: The Curse of the Scarab (Scarab)
  • 1985: Amos (TV movie)
  • 1985: This Child Is Mine (Movie made for TV)
  • 1987: Tiger's Tale - A Tiger's Tale
  • 1987 Lovers on-demand (Mistress) (telecine)
  • 1989: Mexican Jackpot (Thieves of Fortune)
  • 1991: Don't Touch My Daughter (Movie made for TV)
  • 1991: Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (TV movie)
  • 1992: With Murder in Mind (TV movie)
  • 1992: Through the Eyes of a Killer (TV movie)
  • 1993: River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene (Movie made for TV)
  • 1994: She Led Two Lives (TV Movie)
  • 1995: Awake to Danger (TV Movie)
  • 1995: In love with a woman molester (The Stranger Beside Me) (TV movie)
  • 1996: The Girl and the Cowboy (Ruby Jean and Joe) (TV movie)
  • 1996: Pick Up
  • 1996: Frankie the Fly
  • 1999: The Enemy In My House (Total Stranger)
  • 2000: Sandy Bottom - Konzert für eine Stadt (The Sandy Bottom Orchestra) (TV movie)
  • 2007: Hit for Six
  • 2008: Extra Ordinary Barry

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Campling in: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide , by Kate Bales, Lone Eagle, 1999, 1999, p. 734
  2. ↑ David Campling in: Bronson's Loose !: The Making of the Death Wish Films , by Paul Talbot, iUniverse, 2006, p. 123
  3. ↑ David Campling in: Chicago Tribune
  4. ^ Obituary for David Campling in: The Wrap - Covering Hollywood
personal data
SURNAME Campling, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1938
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 2013
Place of death Los Angeles , California