Biography
Gerry Hambling (14 June 1926 – 5 February 2013) was a British film editor. He began his career in the 1940s as an apprentice at Pinewood Studios and later worked as an assistant to editors including Ralph Kemplen. In the 1950s and 1960s he edited a number of British comedies, including several Norman Wisdom films, and also worked as a sound editor.
From 1976 he maintained a long collaboration with director Alan Parker, editing 14 of his feature films. These included Bugsy Malone (1976), Midnight Express (1978), Fame (1980), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), Angel Heart (1987), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996). He also edited In the Name of the Father (1993) for Jim Sheridan and worked with directors including Ridley Scott and Roland Joffé.
Hambling won three BAFTA Awards for Best Editing, for Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning and The Commitments. He received six Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1998. He continued to edit on a Moviola until his retirement in 2003.
