About Alan Osbiston
Lived 1914 – 1971 (aged 56–57). Alan Osbiston was an Australian and British film editor, film director, cinematographer and film screenwriter.
Alan Brigstocke Osbiston (7 May 1914
History Osbiston was born in Crows Nest, New South Wales, to Charles Alan and Emily Florence "Bae" Osbiston, née Brigstocke of Brockley Farm, Mount Druitt, New South Wales.
Osbiston attended "Shore School" and for much of his early life lived in Chatswood, Sydney.
Prior to joining the British Ministry of Information, Osbiston worked for Cinesound in Sydney.
Personal Osbiston married Lyla Cranston of London, on 15 August 1942 in London.
He was a cousin of Australian actor Max Osbiston (7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981).
Selected filmography (as editor) The Laughing Lady (1946) Against the Wind (1948) Twist of Fate (1954) (U.S. ' Beautiful Stranger ') Footsteps in the Fog (1955) The End of the Affair (1955) Manuela (1957) Time Without Pity (1957) A Touch of Larceny (1959) The Challenge (1960) The Entertainer (1960) The Guns of Navarone (1961) Lord Jim (1965) Duffy (1968) Three into Two Won't Go (1969) Toomorrow (1970)
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Who was Alan Osbiston?
Australian-British film editor
When was Alan Osbiston born?
Alan Osbiston was born on 7 May 1914 in Sydney.
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Alan Osbiston died in 1971 in Twickenham.
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Alan Osbiston was a film editor, film director, cinematographer and film screenwriter.
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Alan Osbiston was Australian and British.
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