Antony Gibbs

Antony Gibbs was an English film and television editor with more than 40 feature film credits. He was a member of the American Cinema Editors.

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 edited The Entertainer, which was directed by Tony Richardson; 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 A Taste of Honey, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, and Tom Jones, and also The Knack...and How to Get It, which was directed by Richard Lester.
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." Bonnie and Clyde "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, The Loved One, that was produced in Hollywood. Gibbs relocated from England to California in about 1970. From 1971-1989 he had an extended collaboration with Norman Jewison that commenced with the well-received Fiddler on the Roof and ultimately extended over five films. Gibbs retired from filmmaking in 2001.
Gibbs' editing of Tom Jones was nominated for an American Cinema Editors Eddie award. Tom Jones won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Richardson received the Academy Award for Best Director for it. Subsequent to his "New Wave" films, Gibbs was nominated four times for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing, for the films Performance, Fiddler on the Roof, Rollerball, and A Bridge Too Far. 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 and for James Dean. Gibbs had been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors, and was the recipient of the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award 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.

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1960	The Unstoppable Man	Terry Bishop
1960	Oscar Wilde	Gregory Ratoff
1960	During One Night	Sidney J. Furie	First collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1961	Doctor Blood's Coffin	Sidney J. Furie	Second collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1961	The Snake Woman	Sidney J. Furie	Third collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1961	Offbeat	Cliff Owen
1961	A Taste of Honey	Tony Richardson	First collaboration with Tony Richardson
1962	Tiara Tahiti	Ted Kotcheff
1962	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner	Tony Richardson	Second collaboration with Tony Richardson
1963	Tom Jones	Tony Richardson	Third collaboration with Tony Richardson
1964	The Luck of Ginger Coffey	Irvin Kershner
1965	The Knack...and How to Get It	Richard Lester	First collaboration with Richard Lester
1966	Mademoiselle	Tony Richardson	Fifth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1967	The Sailor from Gibraltar	Tony Richardson	Sixth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1968	Petulia	Richard Lester	Second collaboration with Richard Lester
1968	The Birthday Party	William Friedkin
1970	Performance		First collaboration with Nicolas Roeg
1970	All the Right Noises	Gerry O'Hara
1970	Shangani Patrol	David Millin
1971	Walkabout	Nicolas Roeg	Second collaboration with Nicolas Roeg
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Norman Jewison	First collaboration with Norman Jewison
1972	The Ragman's Daughter	Harold Becker
1973	Jesus Christ Superstar	Norman Jewison	Second collaboration with Norman Jewison
1974	The Black Windmill	Don Siegel
1974	Juggernaut	Richard Lester	Third collaboration with Richard Lester
1975	Rollerball	Norman Jewison	Third collaboration with Norman Jewison
1976	The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea	Lewis John Carlino
1977	A Bridge Too Far	Richard Attenborough
1979	Yesterday's Hero	Neil Leifer
1980	The Wildcats of St Trinian's	Frank Launder
1980	The Dogs of War	John Irvin
1981	From a Far Country	Krzysztof Zanussi
1983	Bad Boys	Rick Rosenthal	First collaboration with Rick Rosenthal
1984	Dune	David Lynch
1985	Agnes of God	Norman Jewison	Fifth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1986	Tai-Pan	Daryl Duke
1987	Russkies	Rick Rosenthal	Second collaboration with Rick Rosenthal
1988	Stealing Home
1989	In Country	Norman Jewison	Sixth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1991	The Taking of Beverly Hills	Sidney J. Furie	Fourth collaboration with Sidney J. Furie
1993	The Man Without a Face	Mel Gibson
1994	Don Juan DeMarco	Jeremy Leven
1998	Ronin	John Frankenheimer	First collaboration with John Frankenheimer
2000	Reindeer Games	John Frankenheimer	Second collaboration with John Frankenheimer

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1959	A Touch of Larceny	Guy Hamilton	First assistant editor	Uncredited
1965	The Loved One	Tony Richardson	Supervising editor	Fourth collaboration with Tony Richardson
1967	The Sailor from Gibraltar	Tony Richardson	Editorial adviser
1978	F.I.S.T.	Norman Jewison	Supervising editor	Fourth collaboration with Norman Jewison
1979	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days	Richard Lester	Supervising editor	Fourth collaboration with Richard Lester
1981	Ragtime	Miloš Forman	Film editor: UK
2003	Scorched	Gavin Grazer	Additional editing
2005	Sahara	Breck Eisner	Additional editor

Year	Film	Director	Role
1959	A Touch of Larceny	Guy Hamilton	Sound editor

;TV movies

Year	Film	Director
1992	Devlin	Rick Rosenthal
1996	A Case for Life	Eric Laneuville
1996	Crime of the Century	Mark Rydell
1997	George Wallace	John Frankenheimer
2001	James Dean	Mark Rydell

;TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1959	The Third Man	3 episodes
1997	George Wallace	2 episodes