Henry Cornelius
Henry Cornelius | |
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| Born | 18 August 1913 Film editor |
| Years active | 1936–1958 |
Henry Cornelius (born Owen Henry Cornelius 18 August 1913 – 2 May 1958) was a South African-born
Biography
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Born into a
Cornelius stayed on with Alexander Korda's London Films to edit several of their classic films such as The Four Feathers and The Lion Has Wings. The start of World War II led him to return to South Africa to be Deputy Director of the South African Government Film unit where he produced and directed documentaries.
When Cornelius returned to England in 1943, his friend Alberto Cavalcanti brought him to Ealing Studios. Cornelius became an associate producer and screenwriter of several Ealing classics such as Hue and Cry and It Always Rains on Sunday. He made his directing debut with Passport to Pimlico.
The film's success with both the public and the critics led him to ask for a pay rise which Ealing refused. He left Ealing to produce his own film
Cornelius died whilst making Law and Disorder, with the film finished by Charles Crichton.
Filmography
as Director
- Passport to Pimlico (1949)
- The Galloping Major (1951)
- Genevieve (1953)
- I Am a Camera (1955)
- Next to No Time (1958)
as Editor
- The Ghost Goes West (1935, assistant editor)
- Forget Me Not (1936)
- Men Are Not Gods (1936)
- The Drum (1938)
- The Four Feathers (1939)
- The Lion Has Wings (1939)
References
- ^ "Henry Cornelius". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ Cornelius, Henry (1913-1958), profile on Screenonline
External links
- Henry Cornelius at IMDb
- Henry Cornelius at AllMovie
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