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Ralph Kemplen is a Director, Writer, Editor and Script British born on 8 october 1912 at London (United-kingdom)

Ralph Kemplen

Ralph Kemplen
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 october 1912 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 4 april 2004 (at 91 years) at Greater London (United-kingdom)

Ralph Kemplen (8 October 1912 – 4 April 2004) was a British film editor with more than fifty film credits between 1933 and 1982. Kemplen had a notable collaboration with director John Huston on six films between 1951 and 1966. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for The Day of the Jackal (1973) and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (for Moulin Rouge (1952), Oliver! (1968), and Day of the Jackal).

Biography

Au cinéma, Ralph Kemplen est monteur sur soixante-huit films (principalement britanniques, américains ou en coproduction, y compris quelques documentaires), depuis There Goes the Bride d'Albert de Courville (1932, avec Jessie Matthews) jusqu'au film d'animation Dark Crystal de Jim Henson et Frank Oz (1982).

Fait particulier, il collabore à six réalisations de John Huston, dont L'Odyssée de l'African Queen (1951, avec Humphrey Bogart et Katharine Hepburn) et La Nuit de l'iguane (1964, avec Richard Burton et Ava Gardner).

Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons Lazybones de Michael Powell (1935, avec Ian Hunter et Claire Luce), Les Chemins de la haute ville de Jack Clayton (1959, avec Simone Signoret et Laurence Harvey), Oliver ! de Carol Reed (1968) et Chacal de Fred Zinnemann (1973, avec Edward Fox et Michael Lonsdale).

Au nombre des distinctions qu'il reçoit durant sa carrière (voir sélection ci-dessous), il gagne en 1974 le British Academy Film Award du meilleur montage, pour Chacal précité.

Unique contribution à la télévision, Ralph Kemplen monte le téléfilm Macbeth de George Schaefer (1960, avec Maurice Evans et Judith Anderson).

Autre expérience unique, il est réalisateur et scénariste du film britannique The Spaniard's Curse (1958, avec Michael Hordern et Ralph Truman).

Best films

The Dark Crystal (1982)
(Editor)
Oliver! (1968)
(Editor)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
(Editor)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
(Editor)
The African Queen (1952)
(Editor)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
(Editor)

Usually with

John Huston
John Huston
(6 films)
Julius Hagen
Julius Hagen
(9 films)
Oswald Morris
Oswald Morris
(8 films)
Lee Patterson
Lee Patterson
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ralph Kemplen (53 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1982The Dark CrystalEditor
1981The Great Muppet CaperEditor
1979Escape to AthenaEditor
1974The Odessa FileEditor
1973The Day of the JackalEditor
1973No Sex Please: We're BritishEditor
1972To Kill a ClownEditor
1969Goodbye, Mr. ChipsEditor
1968Oliver!Editor
1966The Bible: In the Beginning...Editor
1966A Man for All SeasonsEditor
1966Kiss the Girls and Make Them DieEditor
1964The Night of the IguanaEditor
1964MacbethEditor
1963The CeremonyEditor
1962Freud: The Secret PassionEditor
1961The Roman Spring of Mrs. StoneEditor
1960The Savage InnocentsEditor
1959Room at the TopEditor
1959BobbikinsEditor
1958The Spaniard's CurseDirector, Writer, Script
1957The Story of Esther CostelloEditor
1956Alexander the GreatEditor
1956Three Men in a BoatEditor
1954The Good Die YoungEditor
1954Carrington V.C.Editor
1953Beat the DevilEditor
1953Women of TwilightEditor
1952The African QueenEditor
1952Moulin RougeEditor
1952Treasure HuntEditor
1951Pandora and the Flying DutchmanEditor
1949Trottie TrueEditor
1949Naughty ArletteEditor
1948Mr. Perrin and Mr. TraillEditor
1947Uncle SilasEditor
1946CarnivalEditor
1942We’ll Smile AgainEditor
1941The Saint's VacationEditor
1941The Saint Meets the TigerEditor
1940A Call for Arms!Editor
1939Young Man's FancyEditor
1936Broken BlossomsEditor
1936The Man in the MirrorEditor
1936Dusty ErmineEditor
1935LazybonesEditor
1935ScroogeEditor
1935The Triumph of Sherlock HolmesEditor
1935Vintage WineEditor
1935Department StoreEditor
1935Death on the SetEditor
1934My Heart Is Calling YouEditor
1933The GhoulEditor
1932The MidshipmaidEditor