Reginald Beck

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Reginald Beck (born February 5, 1902 in Saint Petersburg , † July 12, 1992 in England ) was a Russian- British film editor .

Life

Born in St. Petersburg in 1902 , Reginald Beck emigrated to England with his family in 1915 . In 1927 he joined Gainsborough's Islington Studios, where he gained his first experience in the film business as an assistant camera. From 1932 he worked for British film as an editor for various film studios. One of the first major productions in which he was involved was Carol Reed's film drama The Stars Look Down ( The Stars Look Down , 1940) with Michael Redgrave in the title role. After two films directed by Anthony Asquith , Laurence Olivier's attention was drawn to Beck and thereupon hired him for his Shakespeare film adaptation of Heinrich V (1944). In addition to his work as an editor, Beck helped Olivier, who was still inexperienced as a director, behind the scenes with numerous decisions regarding film construction, narrative speed and the size of the shot . In Olivier's Oscar-winning drama Hamlet (1948), Beck acted as a so-called "Associate Producer".

In 1958 Beck worked for the first time with director Joseph Losey for the film Demon Weib ( The Gypsy and the Gentleman ) . This was followed by numerous joint productions such as Brandung ( Boom , 1968), The Woman from Nowhere ( Secret Ceremony , 1968) and The Romantic Englishwoman ( The Romantic Englishwoman , 1975). Especially Losey told with numerous flashbacks film The Go-Between ( The Go-Between ) was Becks average coined. In 1980 Beck received the French César film award in the Best Editing category for Losey's opera adaptation of Don Giovanni . Beck withdrew from the film business in the late 1970s. Losey was able to win him over again as editor for his last film Streaming (1985). Beck ran a pub called The Jolly Woodman in Burnham Beeches with his wife Rene . Beck died in 1992, a year after his wife's death, at the age of 90.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary: Reginald Beck . In: The Independent , July 29, 1992.
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Reginald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-British film editor
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1992
Place of death England