Jim Clark

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Jim Clark

Editing May 23, 1931

Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jim Clark (born 24 May 1931 in Boston, Lincolnshire) was a British film editor and director. Clark was born in 1931, and grew up in Boston…

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The World Is Not Enough

The World Is Not Enough

6.3 1999 Movie
The Jackal

The Jackal

6.4 1997 Movie
Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

7.5 1969 Movie
The Mission

The Mission

7.4 1986 Movie
Charade

Charade

7.7 1963 Movie
Copycat

Copycat

6.5 1995 Movie
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

7.2 1976 Movie
This Boy's Life

This Boy's Life

7.1 1993 Movie
The Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

7.5 1984 Movie
The Cove

The Cove

8.0 2009 Movie
The Innocents

The Innocents

7.5 1961 Movie
Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

6.7 1996 Movie

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jim Clark (born 24 May 1931 in Boston, Lincolnshire) was a British film editor and director. Clark was born in 1931, and grew up in Boston, Lincolnshire. Clark moved to London, and in 1951 he began work as an assistant editor at the legendary Ealing Studios. Subsequently, Clark worked as a freelance assistant editor on two films directed by Stanley Donen and edited by Jack Harris. When Harris declined the opportunity to work on Donen's subsequent film, Surprise Package (1960), Donen gave Clark the job. He received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for the editing of The Killing Fields (1984); he received a second BAFTA Award for editing The Mission (1986). Clark was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for his editing of the films Vera Drake (2004) and Marathon Man (1976). In 2005, Clark received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. As a director he was responsible for Rentadick (1972) and Madhouse (1974) starring Vincent Price. He received an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for the editing of The Killing Fields (1984); he received a second BAFTA Award for editing The Mission (1986). Clark was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for his editing of the films Vera Drake (2004) and Marathon Man (1976). In 2005, Clark received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Harrods: The Rise & Fall of a British Institution

    Movie Editor

  2. 2020
    Symphony Of The Invisible

    Movie Self (voice)

  3. 2009
    The Cove

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2008
    Happy-Go-Lucky

    Movie Editor

  5. 2007
    Virgin Territory

    Movie Editor

  6. 2006
    Legends

    TV show Self

  7. 2006
    Opal Dream

    Movie Editor

  8. 2004
    Vera Drake

    Movie Editor

  9. 2002
    City by the Sea

    Movie Editor

  10. 2002
    The Gathering Storm

    Movie Editor

  11. 2001
    Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

    Movie Editor

  12. 1999
    Onegin

    Movie Editor

  13. 1999
    The World Is Not Enough

    Movie Editor

  14. 1999
    The Trench

    Movie Editor

  15. 1997
    The Jackal

    Movie Editor

  16. 1996
    Marvin's Room

    Movie Editor

More credits
  1. 1995
    Copycat

    Movie Editor

  2. 1994
    Nell

    Movie Editor

  3. 1994
    A Good Man in Africa

    Movie Editor

  4. 1993
    This Boy's Life

    Movie Editor

  5. 1992
    Spies, Inc.

    Movie Editor

  6. 1991
    Meeting Venus

    Movie Editor

  7. 1990
    Memphis Belle

    Movie Editor

  8. 1988
    Young Toscanini

    Movie Editor

  9. 1986
    The Mission

    Movie Editor

  10. 1985
    The Frog Prince

    Movie Editor

  11. 1984
    The Killing Fields

    Movie Editor

  12. 1983
    Privates on Parade

    Movie Editor

  13. 1981
    Honky Tonk Freeway

    Movie Editor

  14. 1979
    Yanks

    Movie Editor

  15. 1979
    Agatha

    Movie Editor

  16. 1976
    Marathon Man

    Movie Editor

  17. 1975
    The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

    Movie Editor

  18. 1975
    The Day of the Locust

    Movie Editor

  19. 1974
    Madhouse

    Movie Director

  20. 1973
    Visions of Eight

    Movie Editor

  21. 1973
    Kirkby - Portrait of a Town

    Movie Director

  22. 1972
    Rentadick

    Movie Director

  23. 1972
    Zee and Co.

    Movie Editor

  24. 1971
    Film '72

    TV show Self