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Antony Gibbs (sometimes credited as Tony Gibbs; 17 October 1925 – 26 February 2016) was an English film and television editor with more than 40 feature film credits. He was a member of the
American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the ...
(ACE).


Career

Gibbs' editing career began in the mid-1950s as an assistant to Ralph Kemplen and to Alan Osbiston, and through them he became involved with the brief " New Wave" of British filmmaking at its beginnings. In particular Osbiston (and Gibbs) edited ''
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'' (1960), which was directed by
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; Richardson was one of the most prominent of the British New Wave directors. Gibbs was then principal editor for several of the subsequent "New Wave" films, including Richardson's ''
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'' (1961), '' The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'' (1962), and ''
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'' (1963), and also '' The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965), which was directed by
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. In his 1995 book, ''Film and Video Editing'', Roger Crittenden notes the influence of this first phase of Gibbs' editing career, "The generation of American editors of which Dede Allen is a part has given considerable credit for the inspiration of their work to Antony Gibbs, the English editor of films directed by, amongst others, Tony Richardson, Nicolas Roeg, and Richard Lester. There is a daring and energetic quality to Tony Gibbs' work, especially in some sequences of ''The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner'', ''Tom Jones'', ''The Knack'', and ''Performance'', which must have given a shot of adrenaline to aspiring editors on both sides of the Atlantic at the time. Dede ascribes her work on ''Bonnie and Clyde'' directly to the influence of Tony Gibbs." ''
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'' (1967) "marked a turning point in the editing of feature films that sent reverberations through the entire American cinema." Gibbs was the "supervising editor" for Richardson's 1965 film, ''
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'', that was produced in Hollywood. Gibbs relocated from England to California in about 1970. Based on From 1971–1989 he had an extended collaboration with
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that commenced with the well-received ''
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'' (1971) and ultimately extended over five films. Gibbs retired from filmmaking in 2001. Gibbs' editing of ''Tom Jones'' (1963) was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Eddie award. ''Tom Jones'' won the
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, and Richardson received the
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for it. Subsequent to his "New Wave" films, Gibbs was nominated four times for the
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, for the films ''
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'' (directed by
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&
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-1970), ''
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'' ( Jewison-1971), '' Rollerball'' (Jewison-1975), and '' A Bridge Too Far'' (
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-1977). Gibbs has never been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Editing. Gibbs was nominated again for ACE Eddie awards for ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and, much later in his career, he won Eddie awards for the television films ''George Wallace (Part II)'' (1997) and for ''James Dean'' (2001). Gibbs had been elected to membership in the
American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editing, film editors who are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing. Members use the ...
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on 2008-03-04.
and was the recipient of the
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in 2002. Gibbs died on 26 February 2016 at the age of 90.


Filmography as editor

This filmography is based on the Internet Movie Database. ;TV movies ;TV series


See also

*
List of film director and editor collaborations This list includes longstanding, notable collaborations of film director, directors and film editor, editors. The list's importance is that directors and editors typically work together on the film editing, editing of a film, which is the ultimate ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbs, Antony American Cinema Editors British film editors 1925 births Place of birth missing 2016 deaths