Adam Alexander Dawson (20 March 1913 – 29 January 2010) was a noted film and television editor.
Biography
Dawson was born at 33 Royal Terrace,
Edinburgh
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, son of Alexander Bashall Dawson and Aileen Twentyman Smithers. He was a descendant of both the
Dawson whisky family of
St Magdalenes Distillery,
Linlithgow
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, and the Gillon whisky family of
Leith
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The earliest ...
.
Dawson was educated at
Edinburgh Academy
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,
Stowe School, and
The Queen's College, Oxford
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where he was President of the Oxford University Film Society.
He joined the
Royal Berkshire Regiment
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and from 1942 to 1946, he edited and produced many training films for the Army while in India.
He subsequently worked for
Nettlefold Studios
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as a Film Editor. While working for the BBC he edited a number of productions, including ''
'', although he refused to have his name in the credits of the latter. Among his films are ''
'' (1970).
He was married three times. His first marriage in 1942 to
, whom she subsequently married.
In December 1946 he married Elizabeth Grice, and in 1983 married Pamela Gwyneth Ward (née Owen-Williams).