Clare Douglas

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Clare Douglas
Undated photograph of Ms. Douglas
Born
Elizabeth Clare Douglas

(1944-02-21)21 February 1944
Ipswich, England
Died9 July 2017(2017-07-09) (aged 73)
France
OccupationFilm Editor
SpouseMichael Barnes (1992–2017)

Elizabeth Clare Douglas (21 February 1944 – 9 July 2017) was a British film editor who received a BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the 2006 film United 93. Douglas worked extensively for British television, and had been nominated four times for BAFTA Television Editing Awards.

Biography

Following a degree in English and drama at

Bristol University, Douglas entered a film program at Hornsey College of Art. She was a trainee at the BBC and worked as an editor there on a range of documentaries and dramas. Her freelance career began when Dennis Potter asked her to leave and edit for his company.[1]

Bloody Sunday

Douglas was nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft Award for the editing of

Academy Award when Hoberman was writing his review. In a similar vein, Tor Thorsen wrote:[3]

Using innovative editing and ultra-verité camerawork, Greengrass also ratchets up the tension to almost unbearable levels. Few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury, and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as Nesbitt's Cooper looks when the bullets stop flying. With his hangdog features looking more sullen than should be humanly possible, he prophetically tells reporters that, "The British army couldn't have handed the IRA a bigger victory than they did here today." Sadly, the next 25 years of bloodshed proved him right.

United 93

United 93 was directed by

Academy Award for Film Editing and for an ACE Eddie award. Ellen Feldman wrote an analysis of the film's editing.[5][6]

The Lost Prince and the le Carré Miniseries

Douglas' later BAFTA television nomination was for editing

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries
.

Much earlier, Douglas had been nominated twice as best editor for two miniseries based on

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (directed by John Irvin-1979) and Smiley's People, (1982) which was directed by Simon Langton. Douglas also edited a third miniseries based on le Carré's novel A Perfect Spy
(1987). Douglas died on 9 July 2017, aged 73.[7][8]

Selected filmography

Director indicated in parentheses.

References

  1. ^ Redhead, Mark; Nesbitt, James (2002). "Bloody Sunday" (PDF). filmhisgouda.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ Hoberman, J. (2002). "Collision Courses", The Village Voice, 1 October 2002. Online version retrieved 19 April 2008.
  3. ^ Thorsen, Tor (3 October 2002). "Bloody Sunday". reel.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2008. Thorsen neglects the contributions of the film's editor in favor of its director when discussing its editing.
  4. ^ Wood, Jennifer M. (2007). "One Day in September" Archived 6 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine, interview with Christopher Rouse in Moviemaker, 3 February 2007; online version retrieved 18 April 2008.
  5. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on 19 April 2008.
  6. ^ Feldman, Ellen (2007). Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Avid Technology webpage archived at WebCite from this original URL on 19 April 2008.
  7. ^ Boardman, David (30 July 2017). "Clare Douglas obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  8. ^ Boardman, David (1 August 2017). "Award-Winning Chiswick Film Editor Remembered: Clare Douglas worked on some of the most memorable TV dramas of our times". Chiswick W4.com.

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