---
name: "Marcel Durham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marcel-durham"
roles: ["Assistant editor"]
born: "21 June 1920"
died: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T05:57:08.097611+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."
---

# Marcel Durham

Assistant editor. Born 21 June 1920 in England, UK. Died 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant editor
- **Born:** 21 June 1920, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1966–1977
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 78 (2), 1970s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Action 1, Family 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $103m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1897470

## Biography

Marcel Durham was a British film editor and sound editor. He was born on 21 June 1920 in England and died in April 2000 in Dorset, England.

Durham worked primarily in assistant and assembly editing roles. His credits include assistant editor on *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), *Oliver!* (1968), *The Day of the Jackal* (1973) and *The Odessa File* (1974), and assembly film editor on *The Dark Crystal* (1982). He received an editor credit on *Julia* (1977), shared with Walter Murch.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Julia* (1977), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Fi1m 84, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Oliver!* (1968), Fi1m 76, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md)
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Fi1m 81, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Hurray for Betty Boop* (1980), as Donnie Marie / Dog Catcher (voice)
- *Julia* (1977), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *The Odessa File* (1974), Assistant Editor
- *The Day of the Jackal* (1973), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-of-the-jackal.md)
- *Oliver!* (1968), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/oliver.md)
- *A Man for All Seasons* (1966), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/a-man-for-all-seasons.md)
- *And Women Shall Weep* (1960), Sound
- *Witness in the Dark* (1959), Sound Editor

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/marcel-durham