John Shirley (film editor)
John Shirley (* 1922 in London ) is a British film editor who has been responsible for editing around 50 cinema and television film productions during his career . Including classics of British cinema such as Defying All Violence , Doctor Faustus , Tschitti Tschitti Bang Bang , Zeppelin or James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die .
life and career
Shirley began his career as an editor in the early 1950s with cinema productions such as Crime Without Guilt (1951), The Red Spear (1953) or Me and the Minister (1955). For the later James Bond director Lewis Gilbert he oversaw the 1956 war film against all violence with Kenneth More in the lead role. Between 1959 and 1962 he worked for the director Gerald Thomas as editor for various productions of the popular English comedy series Carry on (also known under the German TV title - Ist ja crazy ...) for Ist ja crazy - Lauter lovable teachers ( 1959), Not so great, sweetie (1961), It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back or It's crazy - the ship's cook is seasick .
In the mid-1968s, Shirley then turned more to the genre of drama and the genre of action and adventure films. His montage work resulted in films such as The Seventh Dawn (1964), Doctor Faustus (1967), The Red Tent (1969), The Murderer Ship (1971) and Zeppelin ; the latter two each for the director Etienne Périer . In 1973 and 1974, he supported fellow editors in their work for Guy Hamilton's directorial work on the two 007 productions James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die and James Bond 007 - The Man with the Golden Gun . At the beginning of the 1980s he was in charge of the biographical film adaptation of Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert , directed by Moustapha Akkad . In 1983 and 1985 two more adventure films followed with Pirate Island with Tommy Lee Jones and Quatermain - In search of the treasure of the kings with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone in the leading roles.
Between the early 1980s and 1990s, John Shirley also worked for various British television films such as the Rudyard Kipling adaptation of Kim with Peter O'Toole , Wolves Never Hunt Alone or the Robert Louis Stevensons film adaptation Jekyll and Hyde with Michael Caine .
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1951: Crimes Without Guilt (Blackmailed)
- 1952: Hot Ice
- 1954: The Scarlet Spear
- 1955: Me and the Minister (Man of the Moment)
- 1956: Against All Violence (Reach for the Sky)
- 1956: Me and the Countess (Up in the World)
- 1957: Seven Thunders
- 1958: Carve Her Name with Pride
- 1958: The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw)
- 1959: 41 degrees of love (Carry on Nurse)
- 1959: It's crazy - lots of lovable teachers (Carry on Teacher)
- 1960: No crooked thing can shake us! (Carry on, Constable)
- 1960: The Dear Family (Please Turn Over)
- 1961: No Kidding
- 1961: Not so great, sweetie (Carry on Regardless)
- 1961: It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back (Watch Your Stern)
- 1961: Quintet with harp and trumpet (Raising the Wind)
- 1962: It's crazy - the ship's cook is seasick (Carry on Cruising)
- 1962: Twice Round the Daffodils
- 1963: Boards That Mean the World (I Could Go on Singing)
- 1964: In the seventh dawn (The 7th Dawn)
- 1965: Promise Her Anything
- 1965: Joey Boy
- 1966: Arrivederci, baby! (Drop Dead Darling)
- 1967: Doctor Faustus
- 1968: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
- 1969: The red tent (Krasnaya palatka)
- 1971: The Killer Ship (When Eight Bells Toll)
- 1971: Zeppelin
- 1973: The 14
- 1973: James Bond 007 - Live and Let Die (Live and Let Die)
- 1973: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- 1974: The Black Panther (The Internecine Project)
- 1974: James Bond 007 - The Man with the Golden Gun
- 1976: The Office Party
- 1977: Who Came from Hell (The Squeeze)
- 1977: My Way II
- 1978: Tomorrow Never Comes
- 1981: Omar Mukhtar - Lion of the Desert
- 1982: Experience Preferred ... But Not Essential
- 1983: Island of Pirates (Nate and Hayes)
- 1985: Quatermain - In Search of the Treasure of the Kings (King Solomon's Mines)
- 1987: Superman IV - The World on the Edge (Superman IV: The Quest for Peace)
- 1990: The Serpent of Death
watch TV
- 1982: P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang.
- 1984: Kim
- 1985: Wolves never hunt alone (Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil)
- 1989: Voice of the Heart
- 1990: Jekyll and Hyde (Jekyll & Hyde)
- 1992: ... and reached for the stars (To Be the Best)
literature
- John Shirley. In: David Pecchia: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers and Film Editor's Guide. , Lone Eagle, 1991, p. 372
Web links
- John Shirley in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by John Shirley in: The New York Times
- Films by John Shirley with German distribution titles
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Shirley. In: Films and Filming, Volume 6. , Hansom Books, 1959, p. 25
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shirley, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1922 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |