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The Guild of British Film and Television Editors
is a not-for profit association of professional British Film and Television Editors.
The Guild was formed by some 40 British Film Editors in 1966. Originally named the Guild of British Film Editors (GBFE), as more television programmes – particularly dramas and drama series – were pre-recorded rather than broadcast live its membership very soon included editors working in television as well. In 2005, when the advance of digital recording and editing meant that very few editors were actually working with film at all, the name was changed to the The Guild of British Film and Television Editors. At the same time the motto “Crafting the Moving Image” was added to the logo to reflect these changes.
The Guild has always had two main aims: to raise the profile of the craft of editing and to maintain the technical and creative skills of editors working in film and television.
As a member of the Cine Guilds of Great Britain, the Guild does not act as a trade union.
(Oscars), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
(BAFTAs) and many film festivals. In 2009 the GBFTE joined with the Editors’ Guilds of Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland to successfully petition the European Film Academy for an award for Editing from that organisation. The first EFA Editing Award was presented at the Awards Ceremony in Tallin, Estonia, on 4 December 2010.
The creative importance of Editors to the finished production is also being recognised by some countries, such as Germany and Finland, by including them alongside Directors, Writers, Composers, Cinematographers and Production Designers as “rightsholders” – entitled to receive payments when the productions are broadcast in those countries. In 2011 the GBFTE joined with the BSC (British Society of Cinematographers
), GBCT (Guild of British Camera Technicians) and BECTU (the UK Industry Technicians trades union) to form Screen Craft Rights – a Collecting Society – to receive these payments from Germany and other countries and distribute them to UK Cinematographers, Designers and Editors.
(awarded a BAFTA Fellowship
in 2007) and Terry Rawlings
(received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award
in 2006), as well as editing luminaries such as Ernest Walter, Freddie Wilson, Jack Harris, Bernard Gribble
, Geoff Foot, Ralph Sheldon, Bill Lewthwaite, Jim Clarkand Teddy Darvas,editor of the classic British movie The Railway Children
. Many of these served as Governors of the Guild during their careers. There were also a few Directors among the founders, such as Roy Baker and John Glen, who moved from Editing to Directing in 1968; David Lean became an Honorary Member in 1968.
is a not-for profit association of professional British Film and Television Editors.
The Guild was formed by some 40 British Film Editors in 1966. Originally named the Guild of British Film Editors (GBFE), as more television programmes – particularly dramas and drama series – were pre-recorded rather than broadcast live its membership very soon included editors working in television as well. In 2005, when the advance of digital recording and editing meant that very few editors were actually working with film at all, the name was changed to the The Guild of British Film and Television Editors. At the same time the motto “Crafting the Moving Image” was added to the logo to reflect these changes.
The Guild has always had two main aims: to raise the profile of the craft of editing and to maintain the technical and creative skills of editors working in film and television.
As a member of the Cine Guilds of Great Britain, the Guild does not act as a trade union.
The Craft of Film and Television Editing
Professionals in the industry have long recognised the importance of editing to finished films and television programmes, with awards from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
(Oscars), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
(BAFTAs) and many film festivals. In 2009 the GBFTE joined with the Editors’ Guilds of Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland to successfully petition the European Film Academy for an award for Editing from that organisation. The first EFA Editing Award was presented at the Awards Ceremony in Tallin, Estonia, on 4 December 2010.
The creative importance of Editors to the finished production is also being recognised by some countries, such as Germany and Finland, by including them alongside Directors, Writers, Composers, Cinematographers and Production Designers as “rightsholders” – entitled to receive payments when the productions are broadcast in those countries. In 2011 the GBFTE joined with the BSC (British Society of Cinematographers
British Society of Cinematographers
The British Society of Cinematographers was formed in 1949 by Bert Easey, 23 August 1901 - 28 February 1973, the then head of the Denham and Pinewood studio camera departments.The stated objectives at the formation of the BSC were...
), GBCT (Guild of British Camera Technicians) and BECTU (the UK Industry Technicians trades union) to form Screen Craft Rights – a Collecting Society – to receive these payments from Germany and other countries and distribute them to UK Cinematographers, Designers and Editors.
History
Among the forty or so Founding Members of the Guild were Anne V. CoatesAnne V. Coates
Anne Voase Coates is a British film editor with a more than 40-year long career in film editing. She is perhaps best known as the editor of director David Lean's epic film, Lawrence of Arabia in 1962...
(awarded a BAFTA Fellowship
BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
The BAFTA Fellowship is lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 1971 "in recognition of outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image", and is the highest honour the Academy can bestow...
in 2007) and Terry Rawlings
Terry Rawlings
Terry Rawlings is a British film editor and sound editor with several BAFTA nominations and one Academy Award nomination...
(received the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award
American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award
The American Cinema Editors gives one or more Career Achievement Awards each year. The first awards were given in 1987; the winners have been:*2011: Michael Kahn and Michael Brown*2010: Paul LaMastra and Neil Travis*2009: Sidney Katz and Arthur Schmidt...
in 2006), as well as editing luminaries such as Ernest Walter, Freddie Wilson, Jack Harris, Bernard Gribble
Bernard Gribble
Bernard Gribble was a British film editor who, between 1948 and 2003, worked on nearly a hundred theatrical and made-for-TV films, among them:* Death Wish...
, Geoff Foot, Ralph Sheldon, Bill Lewthwaite, Jim Clarkand Teddy Darvas,editor of the classic British movie The Railway Children
The Railway Children
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...
. Many of these served as Governors of the Guild during their careers. There were also a few Directors among the founders, such as Roy Baker and John Glen, who moved from Editing to Directing in 1968; David Lean became an Honorary Member in 1968.