Geoffrey Jones (27 November 1931 â€" 21 June 2005) was a British
documentary film director and editor, noted for his contributions to
the genre of the industrial film, and in particular British Transport
Films.Jones's first major work for British Transport Films was the
1963 film Snow, an eight-minute short demonstrating how the railway
network coped with the 1963 "Big Freeze". Noted for its fast-paced
editing and unusual photography, the film received 14 major awards
upon its release and an Oscar nomination in 1965.The success of this
film led to his longer 1967 short Rail, which contrasted the final
days of the steam engine with the emergence of diesel and electric
power on the West and South Coast lines. This was nominated for a
BAFTA Film Award in 1968. His third and final film for BTF was
Locomotion, completed in 1975, a history of the railways consisting of
over 400 archive artworks, films and objects edited to music.He was
also involved in producing several films for the film departments of
BP and Shell during the 1970s including Trinidad And Tobago , Shell
Spirit and This is Shell. However, he did not complete any projects
for the last 25 years of his life.
documentary film director and editor, noted for his contributions to
the genre of the industrial film, and in particular British Transport
Films.Jones's first major work for British Transport Films was the
1963 film Snow, an eight-minute short demonstrating how the railway
network coped with the 1963 "Big Freeze". Noted for its fast-paced
editing and unusual photography, the film received 14 major awards
upon its release and an Oscar nomination in 1965.The success of this
film led to his longer 1967 short Rail, which contrasted the final
days of the steam engine with the emergence of diesel and electric
power on the West and South Coast lines. This was nominated for a
BAFTA Film Award in 1968. His third and final film for BTF was
Locomotion, completed in 1975, a history of the railways consisting of
over 400 archive artworks, films and objects edited to music.He was
also involved in producing several films for the film departments of
BP and Shell during the 1970s including Trinidad And Tobago , Shell
Spirit and This is Shell. However, he did not complete any projects
for the last 25 years of his life.
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