Frederick Wilson

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Frederick Wilson also Freddie Wilson and Fred Wilson (born August 13, 1912 in London as Frederick Charles Wilson ; † August 1994 in Cambridge , Cambridgeshire ) was a British film editor who oversaw over 40 cinema productions as an editor in his career. Including films like Caesar and Cleopatra , The Mysterious Island , The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders , Arabesque and Lawman .

life and career

Frederick Charles Wilson began his career in the field of film editing at the beginning of the 1930s, initially as an assistant in films such as Herbert Wilcox ' Good Night, Vienna or Paul Czinner's drama Never Leave Me Again , before he took on responsibility as editor for cinema productions from 1935 on took over. In the following years he was responsible for films such as René Clair's Daring Game (1938), Paul Czinner's romantic drama Dreaming Eyes (1939), Maurice Elvey's production The Holy Fire (1943) and Gabriel Pascal's historical film Caesar and Cleopatra with Claude Rains , Vivien Leigh and Starring Stewart Granger .

After the Second World War , he was hired as an editor for numerous film genres, comedies, dramas, adventure films and crime films, including for cinema productions such as Die Junge Liebenden , Doktor Ahoi! , The iron petticoat , Dangerous Legacy , The Luxury Captain , Burning India , Escape from the Dark , Lancelot, the daring knight , seduction has to be learned ... or Cold Breath .

In 1967, Wilson received a BAFTA Award nomination in the Best Editing category for Stanley Donen's Arabesque agent thriller starring Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren, and for Michael Anderson's crime drama The Quiller Memorandum - Danger from the Dark with the cast of George Segal , Alec Guinness and Max von Sydow .

In 1949 he worked for the romantic drama Two Young Hearts with Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson as a director and screenwriter.

Frederick Wilson died in Cambridgeshire in August 1994 at the age of 81. His son Roger Wilson also became a film editor.

Awards

Filmography (selection)

As an editor

  • 1935: Come Out of the Pantry
  • 1936: When Knights Were Bold
  • 1936: This'll Make You Whistle
  • 1937: London Melody
  • 1937: The Frog
  • 1937: Smash and Grab
  • 1937: Millions
  • 1938: Consenting Adults (Break the News)
  • 1939: Dreaming Eyes (Stolen Life)
  • 1941: Spellbound
  • 1943: The Sacred Fire (The Lamp Still Burns)
  • 1944: Don't Take It to Heart
  • 1945: Caesar and Cleopatra (Caesar and Cleopatra)
  • 1947: While the Sun Shines
  • 1948: Under the Frozen Falls
  • 1953: The Net
  • 1953: Your first disappointment (Personal Affair)
  • 1954: Fast and Loose
  • 1954: The Young Lovers
  • 1955: The Prisoner (The Prisoner)
  • 1955: Doctor Ahoy! (Doctor at Sea)
  • 1955: All for Mary
  • 1956: The Iron Petticoat
  • 1956: Checkpoint - Road of Death (Checkpoint)
  • 1957: Help, the doctor is coming! (Doctor at Large)
  • 1957: Dangerous Legacy (Campbell's Kingdom)
  • 1958: ... because the wind cannot read (The Wind Cannot Read)
  • 1959: Der Luxus Käpt'n (The Captain's Table)
  • 1959: Burning India (North West Frontier)
  • 1960: Wernher von Braun - I reach for the stars (Wernher von Braun)
  • 1961: The Red Duke (The Hellfire Club)
  • 1961: The Mysterious Island
  • 1963: Reach for Glory
  • 1962: Guns of Darkness
  • 1963: Lancelot, the daring knight (Lancelot and Guinevere)
  • 1963: Alibi of Death (Girl in the Headlines)
  • 1964: The Third Secret
  • 1964: Seduction has to be learned ... (Rattle of a Simple Man)
  • 1965: The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders)
  • 1966: Arabesque (Arabesque)
  • 1966: The Quiller Memorandum - Risk from the darkness (The Quiller Memorandum)
  • 1971: Lawman
  • 1972: Cold Breath (The Mechanic)
  • 1972: Chatos Land (Chato's Land)
  • 1973: Greetings from Gamma 03 (The Big Game)
  • 1975: Moses (Moses the Lawgiver) (TV miniseries)
  • 1976: Beauty and the Beast (TV movie)
  • 1976: Come una rosa al naso

As a director

  • 1949: Two young hearts (Floodtide) (also screenwriter)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frederick Wilson. In: Variety's Film Reviews: 1964-1967. , Rr Bowker Llc, 1983
  2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933426/
personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Frederick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Freddie; Wilson, Fred; Wilson, Frederick Charles (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film editor
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH August 1994
Place of death Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , England