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English film editor (1936?2017)
Henry Richardson
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Born
| 13 January 1936
London, United Kingdom
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Died
| 31 July 2017 (age 81)
London, United Kingdom
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Occupation
| Film editor
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Henry William Richardson
(13 January 1936 ? 31 July 2017) was an English
film editor
with about 57 feature film credits. He edited five films over two decades with director
Andrei Konchalovsky
; their collaboration on
Runaway Train
(1985) earned Richardson nominations for an
Academy Award
and an
Eddie Award
.
[1]
Richardson was born and raised in the East End of London and educated at
Hackney Downs School
. He started working in the film industry when he left school. He got into the cutting room as a second assistant editor on
Ken Annakin
's
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
(1952). Some of his earliest films as a film editor were
A Man on the Beach
(1955) directed by
Joseph Losey
and
Ten Seconds to Hell
(1959) directed by
Robert Aldrich
.
He went on to edit over 65 films in England, the U.S., Canada, Russia, France, Germany, Poland and Italy. Over the course of his long career, he worked with filmmakers such as
Ray Harryhausen
,
Terence Young
,
Freddie Francis
,
Alan Hume
,
Ivan Tors
,
Ken Hughes
and
John Glen
. He edited two James Bond films,
Octopussy
(1983) and
A View to a Kill
(1985).
[2]
Richardson collaborated with the Russian film and theatre director
Andrei Konchalovsky
on five films, including
Runaway Train
(starring
Jon Voight
), for which he was nominated for an
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in
1986
and for an
American Cinema Editors
Eddie Award. David Parkinson wrote that Richardson's "dynamic editing gives Andrei Konchalovsky's superior direction the breakneck pace that will keep you on the edge of your seat."
[3]
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He was a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS) and the
American Cinema Editors
(ACE).
Henry Richardson died on 31 July 2017 in London.
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He is buried at Western Jewish Cemetery, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
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