Jim Clark | |
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Born | James Clark 24 May 1931 Boston, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 25 February 2016 London, England | (aged 84)
Education | Oundle School |
Occupation(s) | Editor, director[1] |
Notable work | The Killing Fields[1] The Jackal[1] The World Is Not Enough[1] |
Spouse |
Laurence Méry-Clark (m. 1961) |
Awards | Academy Award for Film Editing (1985)[2] BAFTA Award for Best Editing (1986)[2] |
Jim Clark (24 May 1931 – 25 February 2016) was a British film editor and film director. He has more than forty feature film credits between 1956 and 2008. Clark directed eight features and short films. Among his most recognized films are Midnight Cowboy (1969, as creative consultant), Marathon Man (1976), The Killing Fields (1984), and Vera Drake (2004). In 2011, Clark published Dream Repairman: Adventures in Film Editing, a memoir of his career.[1][3]