Alan Brigstocke Osbiston (7 May 1914 – 1971) was an Australian-born British film editor. He was nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Film Editing The Academy Award for Best Film Editing is one of the annual awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nominations for this award are closely correlated with the Academy Award for Best Picture. For 33 consecutive years, ...

in 1962 for '' The Guns of Navarone''.

History

Osbiston was born in

Crows Nest, New South Wales Crows Nest is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is also part of the North Sydney region, 5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Co ...

, to Charles Alan and Emily Florence "Bae" Osbiston, née Brigstocke of Brockley Farm,

Mount Druitt, New South Wales Mount Druitt is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney ...

. 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 Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd was an Australian feature film production company, established in June 1931, Cinesound developed out of a group of companies centred on Greater Union Theatres, that covered all facets of the film process, from produ ...

in Sydney.

Personal

Osbiston married Lyla Cranston of London, on 15 August 1942 in London. He was a cousin of Australian actor

Max Osbiston Maxwell Hamilton Osbiston (7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981) was an Australian actor, active in radio, stage, film and television. Biography Osbiston was born in Sydney, the son of Frank and Iolanthe Osbiston (née Margoliouth) of Cremorne, New So ...

(7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981).

Selected filmography (as editor)

* ''

The Laughing Lady ''The Laughing Lady'' is a 1946 British Technicolor musical drama film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth and Francis L. Sullivan. Based on a play by Ingram D'Abbes, its plot follows a young aristocrat who mak ...

'' (1946) * '' Against the Wind'' (1948) * '' Twist of Fate'' (1954) * ''

Footsteps in the Fog ''Footsteps in the Fog'' is a 1955 British Technicolor film noir crime film starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons, with a screenplay co-written by Lenore Coffee and Dorothy Davenport, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is bas ...

'' (1955) * ''

The End of the Affair ''The End of the Affair'' is a 1951 novel by British author Graham Greene, as well as the title of two feature films (released in 1955 and 1999) that were adapted from the novel. Set in London during and just after the Second World War, the n ...

'' (1955) * '' Manuela'' (1957) * ''

Time Without Pity ''Time Without Pity'' is a 1957 British film noir thriller film about a father trying to save his son from execution for murder. The film was directed by expatriate American Joseph Losey after he was blacklisted in the U.S. during the ( McCar ...

'' (1957) * ''

A Touch of Larceny ''A Touch of Larceny'' is a 1959 British-American black-and-white comedy film, produced by Ivan Foxwell, directed by Guy Hamilton, that stars James Mason, George Sanders, and Vera Miles. The film co-stars Harry Andrews, Rachel Gurney, and John ...

'' (1959) * '' The Challenge'' (1960) * '' The Entertainer'' (1960) * '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) * ''

Lord Jim ''Lord Jim'' is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in ''Blackwood's Magazine'' from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, ...

'' (1965) * '' Duffy'' (1968) * '' Three into Two Won't Go'' (1969) * '' Toomorrow'' (1970)

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* 1914 births 1971 deaths British film editors Australian film editors Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom {{UK-film-bio-stub