Fergus McDonell
British film editor and film director

Fergus McDonell

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British film editor and film director
Gender:
Male
Places:
United KingdomGreat Britain
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Film editorFilm director
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
6 October 1910(Royal Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom)
Death:
3 January 1984(Norwich, United Kingdom)
Star sign:
Libra
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Fergus McDonell (6 October 1910, Ticehurst, Sussex – 3 January 1984, Norwich, Norfolk) was an English film editor and director. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for Odd Man Out (1947).

Critical assessments

Discussing Private Information, one of McDonell's three films as a director, Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praise his "sensitive regard for human relationships and for the ways in which the pressure of circumstance highlights aspects of character", and they note that he "had a knack for obtaining striking performances from his leading ladies".

Partial filmography

Director

  • The Small Voice (1949)
  • Prelude to Fame (1950)
  • Private Information (1952)

Editor

  • I Met a Murderer (1939)
  • The Dummy Talks (1943)
  • Odd Man Out (1947)
  • Nothing But the Best (1964)
  • Khartoum (1966)
  • Charlie Bubbles (1967)
  • Only When I Larf (1968)
  • Spring and Port Wine (1970)
  • Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
  • Mistress Pamela (1974)