Alan Brigstocke Osbiston (7 May 1914 – 1971) was a British film editor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1962 for The Guns of Navarone.
History
Osbiston was born in Crows Nest, New South Wales, to Charles Alan and Emily Florence "Bae" Osbiston, née Brigstocke of Brockley Farm, Mount Druitt, New South Wales.
Osbiston attended "Shore School" and for much of his early life lived in Chatswood, Sydney.
Prior to joining the British Ministry of Information, Osbiston worked for Cinesound in Sydney.
Personal
Osbiston married Lyla Cranston of London, on 15 August 1942 in London.
He was a cousin of Australian actor Max Osbiston (7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981).
Selected filmography (as editor)
- The Laughing Lady (1946)
- Against the Wind (1948)
- Twist of Fate (1954 film) (1954) (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ')
- Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
- The End of the Affair (1955)
- Manuela (1957)
- Time Without Pity (1957)
- A Touch of Larceny (1959)
- The Challenge (1960)
- The Entertainer (1960)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- Lord Jim (1965)
- Duffy (1968)
- Three into Two Won't Go (1969)
- Toomorrow (1970)
References
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 30 May 1914. p. 20. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
- Born: 7 May 1914, Array (2 July 2015). "Alan Osbiston". BFI. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Hollywood.com Staff (3 February 2015). "Alan Osbiston | Biography and Filmography | 1914". Hollywood.com. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- "The Torchbearer". May 1928. p. 71. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "Australia To Have Film Unit". The Mercury (Hobart). Tasmania, Australia. 28 April 1945. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
- "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 7 November 1942. p. 16. Retrieved 15 January 2020 – via Trove.
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