Jon Gregory (editor)
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Jon Henry Albert Gregory (21 May 1944 – 9 September 2021) was a British film editor. He was born in
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,
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to British parents, and raised in England from the age of nine, where he was educated at
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. He worked at the BBC as a crew member, and began his editing career with
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. His credits included '' Shoestring'' (1981), '' A Year in Provence '' (1994), ''
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'' (2000), '' The Proposition'', (2005), ''
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'' (2008), and '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017) for which he received an
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nomination at the
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. Gregory was previously nominated for the
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for ''
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'' (1994). He was a member of the American Cinema Editors. Gregory married Beryl Ridley from 1966 until their divorce. They had two daughters. In about 1980, he began a relationship with Sue Barker, his former assistant and dubbing editor, and they married in 2020. He died on 9 September 2021, at the age of 77, after a short illness. The 2022 film
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is dedicated to his memory.


See also

*List of film director and editor collaborations - Gregory edited films with director Mike Leigh for more than 30 years, commencing with ''High Hopes (1988 film), High Hopes'' (1988) and ending with ''Peterloo (film), Peterloo'' (2018). ''Secrets & Lies (film), Secrets & Lies'' (1996) received Oscar and BAFTA nominations for best picture and for best directing.


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* 1944 births 2021 deaths American Cinema Editors BBC people British film editors People educated at Reigate Grammar School People from Lahore {{Film-editor-stub