Malcolm Cooke
Malcolm Cooke (born June 23, 1929 in Willesden , Middlesex , † December 2, 2008 in London ) was a British film editor and sound designer who has overseen more than 40 cinema and television productions in his 40-year career. These include modern classics from international cinema such as Darling , The Lady of Thornhill , The Castle in the Ardennes , Brannigan - A Man of Steel or Death on the Nile .
life and career
Malcolm Cooke, born in 1929 in Willesden, Middlesex, began his career in 1956 as a clay designer. His first production was Terence Young's adventure film Zarak Khan . Over the next decade, he worked for directors such as John Huston , Alberto Lattuada , Joseph Losey , Michael Powell , John Schlesinger , Karel Reisz and Cy Endfield .
In 1967 he switched from sound to film editing . There he made contributions as an editor for cinema productions such as Die Herrin von Thornhill by John Schlesinger (1967), The Castle in the Ardennes by Sydney Pollack (1991), Theater des Horens by Douglas Hickox (1973), Brannigan - A Man of Steel (1975) again for director Hickox, for whom he oversaw a total of six films up to 1983, also the cinema productions Death on the Nile (1978) for director John Guillermin , the space adventure Flash Gordon (1980) for Mike Hodges , Supergirl (1984) for director Jeannot Szwarc or the American television miniseries Scarlett in 1994, starring Joanne Whalley and Timothy Dalton .
Malcolm Cooke ended his long career in 2000. He died in December 2008 at the age of 79 in London.
Filmography (selection)
As a film editor
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As a sound designer
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literature
- Malcolm Cooke. In: Kate Bales: Cinematographers, Production Designers, Costume Designers & Film Editors Guide. , Lone Eagle, 1999, p. 612
Web links
- Malcolm Cooke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by Malcolm Cooke in: The New York Times
- Films by Malcolm Cooke with German distribution titles
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malcolm Cooke. In: Karin J. Fowler: David Niven: A Bio-bibliography. , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, p. 169
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| SURNAME | Cooke, Malcolm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor and sound designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 23, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Willesden , Middlesex , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 2008 |
| Place of death | London , England |