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Tom Priestley | |
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| Born | Thomas Holland Priestley (1932-04-22)22 April 1932 London, England |
| Died | 25 December 2023(2023-12-25) (aged 91) |
| Occupation(s) | Film editor,sound editor |
| Years active | 1961–1990 |
| Notable work | Deliverance 1984 |
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Thomas Holland Priestley (22 April 1932 – 25 December 2023) was a Britishfilm andsound editor, whose career spanned from1961 to1990.
Thomas Holland Priestley was the only son of the novelist and playwrightJ. B. Priestley.[1] He was educated atBryanston School andKing's College, Cambridge, where he read Classics and English.[2][3][4]
Tom Priestley died on 25 December 2023, at the age of 91.[5][6]
Upon leaving Cambridge, Priestley found employment atShepperton Studios and worked in various roles including assistantsound editor. His break came when he worked as assistant editor on the now classic filmsWhistle Down the Wind andThis Sporting Life.[7]Bryan Forbes and Lindsay Anderson were so impressed by his ability to edit that he soon graduated to supervising editor and then fulleditor. His first complete edit was theJohn Krish directed science fiction movieUnearthly Stranger (1963). From the late 1960s to the late 1980s, he was always in demand and was regarded as one of the world's leading film editors.[7] He worked on many prize-winning films and with a multitude of leading directors and producers. These includedKarel Reisz,Lindsay Anderson,John Boorman,Roman Polanski,Jack Clayton,James Scott andBlake Edwards. He won aBAFTA in 1967 for his work onMorgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment and wasAcademy Award-nominated in 1972 forDeliverance. When production of Roman Polanski'sTess (1979) became problematic, he was brought in to assistAlastair McIntyre and get the film completed. Priestley edited the 1982 filmA Shocking Accident, directed byJames Scott, which won theOscar in 1983 forBest Live Action Short.
From 1990, Priestley spent his time more in the world lecturing on film editing and handling the estate of his late father.[1] He was president of the J. B. Priestley Society and The Priestley Centre for the Arts inBradford, West Yorkshire.[8]
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