James Needs

James Needs (born October 17, 1919 - February 4, 2003 ) was a British film editor .

James Needs worked as an editor from the mid-1940s to 1974, mostly for the British Hammer Films . In total, he worked on over 100 productions.

Filmography (selection)

1954: Robin Hood, the red avenger ( The Men of Sherwood Forest )
1955: Shock ( The Quatermass Xperience )
1956: XX unknown ( X: The Unknown )
1957: Enemies out of nowhere ( Quatermass 2 )
1957: The Curse of Frankenstein ( Curse of Frankenstein )
1958: Dracula
1958: The snorkel ( The Snorkel )
1958: Hell Before Us (Ten Seconds to Hell)
1960: Hetzjagd (Hell is a City) - editing supervision
1960: A dead man plays the piano ( Taste of Fear )
1961: Shadow of a cat (The Shadow of the Cat)
1963: The Boiled Out (Maniac) - Editing Supervisor
1963: The Kiss of the Vampire ( The Kiss of the Vampire )
1963: House of Horror ( Paranoiac )
1963: The Old Dark House ( The Old Dark House )
1964: Satan with Long Eyelashes ( Nightmare )
1964: The Last of Fort Kandahar (The Brigand of Kandahar) - Editing Supervisor
1964: Frankenstein's Monsters ( The Evil of Frankenstein )
1965: Hysteria
1966: One Million Years BC ( One Million Years BC )
1966: The Plague of the Zombies ( The Plague of the Zombies )
1966: The Devil Dances at Midnight (The Witches)
1967: The Green Blood of Demons ( Quatermass and the Pit )
1968: Beasts lurk in front of Caracas ( The Lost Continent )
1970: Dracula - Nights of Horror ( Scars of Dracula )
1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde ( Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde )
1972: Dracula chases mini girls ( DAD ´72 )
1974: Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter ( Captain Cronos - Vampire Hunter )
1974: Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell ( Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell )

Web links

James Needs in the Internet Movie Database (English)
James Needs at bfi.org.uk

personal data
SURNAME	Needs, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British film editor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 17, 1919
DATE OF DEATH	February 4, 2003