Clive Donner

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Nationality: English
Birthdate: 01/21/1926
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

biography

British director Clive Donner began his moviemaking career at the tender age of 16 in the cutting rooms of Denham Film Studios. He worked as an assistant editor on three pictures prior to his service in the Royal Navy, after which he returned to Denham to learn a thing or two about cutting film from director David Lean ("The Passionate Friends" 1948 and "Madeleine" 1949), himself a former editor. He moved to Pinewood Studios, establishing himself first as a full-fledged editor on movies like Brian Desmond Hurst's "Scrooge" (1950), Ronald Neame's "The Million Pound Note" (1953) and Henry Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
1940 
Made his first film, an 8 mm short about a boys' sports club, at the age of 14 (date approximate)
1943 
First credit as assistant editor, "On Approval"
1944 
Served in Royal Navy
1948 
Worked as assitant editor under director David Lean on "The Passionate Friends/One Woman's Story"
1949 
Second assignment with Lean, "Madeleine"
Continued

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