---
name: "Gerry Hambling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerry-hambling"
fi1m_id: "gerry-hambling"
imdb_id: "nm0357421"
tmdb_id: 9163
wikidata_id: "Q1514878"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "14 June 1926"
died: "5 February 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-04T23:00:48.817758+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gerry Hambling

## Identity

Gerry Hambling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerry-hambling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerry-hambling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0357421
- **TMDB ID:** 9163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1514878
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Hambling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357421/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9163

Editor. Born 14 June 1926 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. Died 5 February 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 14 June 1926, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 5 February 2013
- **Active:** 1963–1997
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Parker](https://film.one/person/alan-parker.md), [Alan Marshall](https://film.one/person/alan-marshall.md), [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://film.one/person/daniel-day-lewis.md), [Jim Sheridan](https://film.one/person/jim-sheridan.md), [Terry George](https://film.one/person/terry-george.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 6 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 89 (1), 1970s 61 (1), 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 78 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Music 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $231m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Hambling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514878, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357421/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9163

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Commitments*](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight Express*](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gerry Hambling (14 June 1926 – 5 February 2013) was a British film editor. He began his career in the 1940s as an apprentice at Pinewood Studios and later worked as an assistant to editors including Ralph Kemplen. In the 1950s and 1960s he edited a number of British comedies, including several Norman Wisdom films, and also worked as a sound editor.

From 1976 he maintained a long collaboration with director Alan Parker, editing 14 of his feature films. These included *Bugsy Malone* (1976), *Midnight Express* (1978), *Fame* (1980), *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), *Angel Heart* (1987), *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *The Commitments* (1991) and *Evita* (1996). He also edited *In the Name of the Father* (1993) for Jim Sheridan and worked with directors including Ridley Scott and Roland Joffé.

Hambling won three BAFTA Awards for Best Editing, for *Midnight Express*, *Mississippi Burning* and *The Commitments*. He received six Academy Award nominations for Best Film Editing and the American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award in 1998. He continued to edit on a Moviola until his retirement in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Boxer* (1997), Fi1m 68, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Fi1m 69, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Fi1m 61, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *The Servant* (1963), Fi1m 89, Sound Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), Editor
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), Editor
- *Talk of Angels* (1998), Editor
- *The Boxer* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *Evita* (1996), Editor
- *White Squall* (1996), Editor
- *The Road to Wellville* (1994), Editor
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald* (1993), Editor
- *City of Joy* (1992), Editor
- *The Commitments* (1991), Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *Come See the Paradise* (1990), Editor
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Leonard Part 6* (1987), Editor
- *Angel Heart* (1987), Editor
- *Absolute Beginners* (1986), Editor
- *Fragments of Isabella* (1985), Editor
- *Birdy* (1984), Editor
- *Another Country* (1984), Editor
- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Editor — Fi1m 69, [page](https://film.one/film/pink-floyd-the-wall.md)
- *Shoot the Moon* (1982), Editor
- *Heartaches* (1981), Editor
- *Fame* (1980), Editor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Foxes* (1980), Sound Editor
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Editor — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *The Brute* (1977), Editor
- *Bugsy Malone* (1976), Editor
- *No Hard Feelings* (1976), Editor
- *Moses the Lawgiver* (1976), Editor
- *Moses the Lawgiver* (1974), series, Editor
- *Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show* (1972), Editor
- *The Deserter* (1970), Sound Editor
- *Some Will, Some Won't* (1970), Editor
- *The Adding Machine* (1969), Editor
- *The Magnificent Two* (1967), Editor
- *Press for Time* (1966), Supervising Editor
- *King and Country* (1964), Sound Editor
- *The Rescue Squad* (1963), Editor
- *A Stitch in Time* (1963), Editor
- *The Servant* (1963), Sound Editor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-servant.md)
- *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962), Sound Editor
- *Our School* (1962), Editor
- *She'll Have to Go* (1962), Editor
- *The Kitchen* (1961), as Art Direction
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, Editor
- *The Whole Truth* (1958), Editor
- *Dry Rot* (1956), Editor
- *Alexander the Great* (1956), Sound Editor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 6 nominated

- 1997: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Evita*
- 1994: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *In the Name of the Father*
- 1992: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *The Commitments*
- 1989: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Mississippi Burning*
- 1981: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Fame*
- 1979: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Midnight Express*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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