Ray Lovejoy (18 February 1939 – 18 October 2001) was a British film editor with about thirty editing credits. He had a notable collaboration with director

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that extended over six films including ''

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'' (1983), which was nominated for numerous

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and

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. Lovejoy was an assistant to editor

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for films from ''

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'' (1958) to ''

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'' (1962). He was next an assistant to editor

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on ''

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'' (1964), which was produced and directed by

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. Harvey subsequently became a director himself, and Kubrick promoted Lovejoy to be the editor for his subsequent film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968). Kubrick and Lovejoy next worked together on '' The Shining'' (1980); Kubrick worked with other editors for his two films from the 1970s.

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described Lovejoy's contributions to 1980s films as follows, "Ray Lovejoy cut Stanley Kubrick's ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), and he worked again with Kubrick on ''The Shining'' and supplied that film with an entirely different--tenser, more foreboding--texture than the stately science-fiction film possesses. Lovejoy also proved adept at editing for blockbuster effect. His cutting in ''Aliens'' sustained that sequel's narrative momentum with a speed and tension that its predecessor did not have, and his editing on ''Batman'' finessed that film's gaping narrative problems by simply rushing past them." In

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, he was nominated for the

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for his work on the film ''

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'' (1986). In 2012, the

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published a list of the 75 best-edited films of all time based on a survey of its members. Two films edited by Lovejoy are on this listing. ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' was listed nineteenth, and ''The Shining'' was listed as forty-fourth. Lovejoy died of a

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on 18 October 2001.

Filmography

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* * includes interview footage with Lovejoy. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lovejoy, Ray 1939 births 2001 deaths British film editors

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