Geoffrey Jones

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Geoffrey Jones (27 November 1931 – 21 June 2005) was a British

industrial film, and in particular British Transport Films.[1]

British Transport Films

Jones's first major work for

"Big Freeze". Noted for its fast-paced editing and unusual photography, the film received 14 major awards upon its release and an Oscar nomination in 1965.[2]

The success of this film led to his longer 1967 short

BAFTA Film Award in 1968. His third and final film for BTF was Locomotion, completed in 1975, a history of the railways consisting of over 400 archive artworks, films and objects edited to music.[3]

Other works

He was also involved in producing several films for the film departments of

Shell during the 1970s including Trinidad And Tobago,[4] Shell Spirit and This is Shell. However, he did not complete any projects for the last 25 years of his life.[3]

Personal life

Jones married twice, having three children from his first marriage.[1] He lived in various locations around the south of England for most of his career as a film-maker, and moved to live near Llandovery in Wales with his second wife during the 1970s.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b John Russell Taylor, Obituary: Geoffrey Jones in The Guardian, 17 August 2005
  2. ^ "Snow (1963)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  3. ^ a b Rick Poynor, "86 minutes of Greatness", Eye Magazine 17 August 2005
  4. ^ Geoffrey Jones "Trinidad & Tobago" (1964) on YouTube
  5. ^ Stephen Moss, "The last picture show", The Guardian 24 June 2005

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