Reginald Beck
Reginald Beck ( born February 5, 1902 in Saint Petersburg, † July 12, 1992 in England) was a British cutter.
Life
Born in 1902 in Saint Petersburg, wandered Reginald Beck in 1915 with his family to England. In 1927 he came to Gainsborough's Islington studios, where he gained his first experience in the film business as a camera assistant. From 1932 he worked at the British film as an editor for various movie studios. One of the first major productions in which he participated was Carol Reed's film drama The Stars Look Down ( The Stars Look Down, 1940) with Michael Redgrave in the lead role. After two films directed by Anthony Asquith Laurence Olivier became aware of Beck and then signed him for his Shakespearean adaptation, Henry V (1944). In addition to his work as an editor Beck helped behind the scenes as the director nor inexperienced Olivier in numerous decisions regarding Filmbauten, narrative pace and setting size. In Olivier's Oscar-winning film drama Hamlet ( 1948), Beck served as a so-called " associate producer ".
1958 Beck worked for the film The Temptress ( The Gypsy and the Gentleman ) for the first time with director Joseph Losey together. It was followed by numerous joint productions such as surf (Boom, 1968), The woman from nowhere ( Secret Ceremony, 1968) and The Romantic Englishwoman ( The Romantic Englishwoman, 1975). Especially Losey with numerous flashbacks told film The Mediator ( The Go- Between) was characterized by Becks section. For Losey's film version of Don Giovanni opera Beck in 1980 he received the French César Film Awards in the category Best Editing. In the late 1970s, Beck retired from the film business. However, Losey was as an editor for his last movie streaming ( 1985) winning it again. With his wife, Rene Beck ran a pub called The Jolly Woodman in Burnham Beeches. Beck died in 1992, a year after his wife's death, at the age of 90 years.