Hugh Stewart (film producer)

Hugh St Clair Stewart (born December 14, 1910 in Falmouth , United Kingdom , † May 31, 2011 in Denham ) was a British film editor , film producer and teacher .

Live and act

Hugh Stewart attended Clayesmore School as a child and then studied at St John's College (Cambridge) . He joined the film industry in the early 1930s and trained as an assistant editor. His first job as editor enabled him to work for the Gaumont-British production company in 1933. The following year, Stewart was responsible for editing an early Alfred Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much . Until the outbreak of war in 1939, Stewart worked for producers Victor Saville , Alexander Korda and London Films.

During World War II, Stewart served in the Army Film and Photographic Unit of the British Armed Forces and, in this role, was also responsible for the visual coverage of several theaters of war in North Africa and Europe from 1942. At the side of the famous Hollywood colleagues Frank Capra and John Huston , Stewart participated in the compilation of the footage for the propaganda film Tunisian Victory (1944) and was also involved in the compilation of the during the Allied landings in Normandy (so-called “D-Day ”) And the images created during the Battle of Caen (all 1944). Stewart was also present at the Allied Rhine crossing and the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (both in 1945) and took care of the recordings made there.

Back in civilian life, his last employer before the outbreak of war in 1939, London Films, brought him back as editor. But the following year (1947) Stewart was allowed to work for the same company as a producer for the first time. Hugh Stewart remained active for about two decades as a producer of not too demanding entertainment films, including mostly comedies and comedies, which could boast of a certain success. In 1966 he left his then employer, the Rank Organization, and decided to work as an English teacher at the Uxbridge Technical College. Hugh Stewart returned to the celluloid industry in the 1970s for the production of several films for children and young people and a television series. In 1980, at the age of 70, Stewart stopped his production activities, but remained active as a teacher until he was 85. Hugh St Clair Stewart died a few months after his 100th birthday.

Filmography

As editor:

• 1933: The Constant Nymph
• 1934: The Man Who Knew Too Much ( The Man Who Knew Too Much )
• 1934: Forbidden Territory
• 1935: Charing Cross Road
• 1936: Sporting Love
• 1936: in the storm water glass ( Storm in a teacup )
• 1937: Dark stores ( Dark Journey )
• 1937: Action for Slander
• 1938: St. Martin's Lane
• 1939: Test flight QE 97 ( Q Planes )
• 1939: The Spy in Black ( The Spy in Black )
• 1939: Ten Days in Paris
• 1946: Gaiety George

As a film producer:

• 1947: An Ideal Husband
• 1949: The Tingeltangelgräfin ( Trottie True )
• 1951: Night without Stars ( Night Without Stars )
• 1952: Perjury ( The Long Memory )
• 1954: Up to His Neck
• 1955: Me and the Minister ( Man of the Moment )
• 1956: What takes a long time ... ( Up in the World )
• 1957: The Sparrow in the Hand ( Just My Luck )
• 1957: Little culprits (Innocent Sinners)
• 1958: The Square Peg
• 1959: Follow a Star
• 1960: A mink at the Angel ( Make Mine Mink )
• 1960: The rocket for brisk Doll ( The Bulldog Breed )
• 1961: It's all about the dog ( In the Doghouse )
• 1961: Practice early ... ( On the Beat )
• 1963: Bed Laughter ( A Stitch in Time )
• 1965: The Big Bottle ( The Early Bird )
• 1965: Hot goods - cold feet ( The Intelligence Men )
• 1966: The Riviera Touch
• 1966: The Magnificent Two
• 1970: Sea voyage to Africa ( All at Sea )
• 1971: Mr. Horatio Knibbles
• 1972: Anoop and the Elephant ( Anoop and the Elephant )
• 1973: The Flying Sorcerer
• 1976–1978: The Chiffy Kids (TV series)
• 1979: How to Hide a Donkey ( High Rise Donkey )

Web links

• Hugh Stewart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Obituary in The Telegraph