Alan Osbiston
British film editor
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Alan Brigstocke Osbiston (7 May 1914[1] – 1971) was a British film editor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing in 1962 for The Guns of Navarone.[2][3]
Born7 May 1914
Died1971 (aged 56–57)
Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
OccupationFilm editor
Notable workThe Guns of Navarone
Alan Osbiston | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1914 |
| Died | 1971 (aged 56–57) Twickenham, Middlesex, UK |
| Occupation | Film editor |
| Notable work | The Guns of Navarone |
| Spouse |
Lyla Cranston (m. 1942) |
| Relatives | Max Osbiston (cousin) |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Film Editing (1962) |
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.[1]
Osbiston attended "Shore School"[4] 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.[5]
Personal
Osbiston married Lyla Cranston of London, on 15 August 1942 in London.[6]
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)
