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Reginald Beck (5 February 1902 – 12 July 1992) was a British film editor with forty-nine credits from 1932 to 1985. [1] [2] He is noted primarily for films done with Laurence Olivier in the 1940s and with Joseph Losey in the 1960s and 1970s.
Reginald Beck. Reginald Beck was born on 5 February 1902 in St Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an editor and director, known for Don Giovanni (1979), Hamlet (1948) and Modesty Blaise (1966). He died on 12 July 1992 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Editor, Editorial Department, Director
- February 5, 1902
- Reginald Beck
- July 12, 1992
Jul 28, 1992 · Reginald Beck, film editor, born St Petersburg Russia 1902, died 12 July 1992. VSEVOLOD PUDOVKIN, the Russian director and cinema theorist, described editing as 'the foundation of film...
Jul 12, 1992 · British film editor whose career spanned over 40 years. Beck helped to shape films as diverse as Laurence Olivier's "Henry V" (1944) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Despair" (1978). He worked with American expatriate director Joseph Losey on 12 of his British films, including "Accident" (1967)...
After emigrating with his family from Russia to England in 1915, Reginald Beck entered Gainsborough's Islington Studios in 1927, initially as a camera assistant, on films including The Vortex (d. Adrian Brunel, 1928) and several directed by T. Hayes Hunter. Beck was briefly associated with the specialist film doctoring firm Brunel and Montagu Ltd.
British film editor whose career spanned over 40 years. Beck helped to shape films as diverse as Laurence Olivier's "Henry V" (1944) and Rainer Werner Fassbinder's "Despair"...
Interview Date: 22 July 1987. Interviewer: Wyn Ryder, Alan Lawson Interviewee: Reginald (Reggie) Beck, film editor. SIDE 1, TAPE 1. Wyn Ryder: We ought to start off with where you were born and what sort of schooling you had.Reggie Beck: I was born in what was known as St Petersburg, Russia, in 1902, February.
