Peter Taylor (film editor)
Peter John Brough Taylor (born February 28, 1922 in Portsmouth , Hampshire , England , † December 17, 1997 in Rome ) was a British film editor who won the Academy Award for Best Editing in 1958 .
Life
Taylor began his career in the film industry as an assistant editor on the war film In Which We Serve (1942) and worked on the editing of more than forty films by 1991 .
At the Academy Awards in 1958, he won the Oscar for Best Editing for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) by David Lean with Alec Guinness , William Holden and Jack Hawkins in the lead roles .
Filmography (selection)
- 1950: Cairo ... opium smuggler (Cairo Road)
- 1954: I am the master of the house (Hobson's Choice)
- 1955: Dream of my Life (Summertime)
- 1955: Portrait Of Alison
- 1956: The Man Who Never Was
- 1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai (The Bridge on the River Kwai)
- 1961: The Devil's Daffodil (The Devil's Daffodil)
- 1961: Branded (The Mark)
- 1963: Alluring Laurel (This Sporting Life)
- 1964: One Way Pendulum
- 1966: Judith
- 1967: The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew)
- 1968: Battle of Anzio (Lo sbarco di Anzio)
- 1969: Monte Carlo Rally (Monte Carlo or Bust!)
- 1973: Emmerdale Farm - (TV series, 46 episodes)
- 1976: Nina - A Matter of Time
- 1978: The Sandbaggers - (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1979: ITV Playhouse - (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: The Darling Buds of May - (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1991: Becoming Colette
Awards
Web links
- Peter Taylor in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Peter John Brough (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film editor, Oscar winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth , Hampshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1997 |
| Place of death | Rome |