Tom Priestley
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| Born | Tom Priestley 22 April 1932 London, England |
| Died | 25 December 2023 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Film editor, sound editor |
| Years active | 1961–1990 |
| Notable work | Deliverance 1984 |
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Tom Holland Priestley (22 April 1932 – 25 December 2023) was a British film and sound editor, whose career spanned from 1961 to 1990.
Personal life and death
Thomas Holland Priestley was the only son of the novelist and playwright J. B. Priestley.[1] He was educated at Bryanston School and King's College, Cambridge, where he read Classics and English.[2][3][4]
Tom Priestley died on 25 December 2023, at the age of 91.[5][6]
Career
Upon leaving Cambridge, Priestley found employment at
James Scott, which won the Oscar in 1983 for Best Live Action Short
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From 1990, Priestley spent his time more in the world lecturing on film editing and handling the estate of his late father.Bradford, West Yorkshire.[8]
Filmography
Film editing
- Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment(1966)
- Marat/Sade (1966)
- Isadora (1968)
- Leo the Last (1970)
- Deliverance (1972)
- The Great Gatsby (1974)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- Voyage of the Damned (1976)
- Jubilee(1977)
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
- Tess (1979)
- A Shocking Accident (1982)
- Another Time, Another Place (1983)
- 1984 (1984)
- Nanou (1986)
- White Mischief (1987)
Sound editing
- Nowhere to Go (1958)
- Dunkirk (1958)
- Left Right and Centre (1959)
- The Scapegoat (1959)
- This Other Eden (1959)
- The Angry Silence (1960)
- Repulsion (1965)
- Dr Who and the Daleks(1965)
- The Skull (1965)
References
- ^ a b Sierz, Aleks (29 October 2007). Revisiting J B Priestley's lost world, The Daily Telegraph, Retrieved 2 December 2010
- ^ Vincent Brome, J. B. Priestley (London: Hamilton, 1988), p. 349.
- ^ "Tripos Results at Cambridge", The Times Educational Supplement, 25 June 1954, p. 633.
- ^ "Cambridge Tripos Lists", Times, 21 June 1955, p. 13.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (25 January 2024). "Tom Priestley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ Bartlett, Rhett (19 February 2024). "Tom Priestley, Oscar-Nominated Film Editor on 'Deliverance,' Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ a b Priestley, Tom (1932-), Screenonline, Retrieved 2 December 2010
- ^ Main Page, Jbpriestley-society.com, Retrieved 2 December 2010 (listing Tom Priestley as president)
External links
- Tom Priestley at IMDb
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