Norman Savage

Norman Savage
Born1930
Died
1973
OccupationFilm editor

Norman Savage (1930–1973) was an English film editor. He is credited as the principal editor on seven feature films, and as the sound editor on another four. He worked with the director David Lean on four films that spanned Savage's entire career. Lean has been noted as possibly "the best British film director ever", and was himself a masterful editor.[1] Savage started his career as an assistant editor on Lean's Hobson's Choice (1954). Savage was Anne V. Coates' first assistant editor for Lean's Lawrence of Arabia (1962).[2] He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Lean's 1965 film Doctor Zhivago, and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Lean's 1970 film Ryan's Daughter.[2] Savage died of leukemia while editing the film Lady Caroline Lamb (1972). That film is the only one directed by Robert Bolt, a playwright and screenwriter who had worked on several films directed by Lean.[3]

  1. ^ Kerr, Walter (17 March 1985). "Films are made in the Cutting Room". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b Phillips, Gene (2006). Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean. University Press of Kentucky. p. 333. ISBN 9780813171555. OCLC 213048772.
  3. ^ Brownlow, Kevin (1996). David Lean: a biography. London: Richard Cohen. p. 591. ISBN 9781860660429. OCLC 34848465.