Martin Crump (9 July 1931 – 27 November 2008) was an editor and scriptwriter who worked in the British film and TV industry.
Career
He began his career working as an assistant film editor (uncredited) on movies such as ''
Storm Over the Nile
''Storm Over the Nile'' is a 1955 British adventure film adaptation of the 1902 novel '' The Four Feathers'', directed by Terence Young and Zoltan Korda. The film not only extensively used footage of the action scenes from the 1939 film ver ...
'' (1955), ''
Loser Takes All'' (1956) and ''
The Battle of the Sexes'' (1960). In 1964,
Desmond Saunders
Desmond "Des"''Full Boost Vertical - The Supercar Story'' Saunders (24 June 1926 – 21 April 2018) was a British people, British television director and Film editing, film editor.
He had a long association with producer Gerry Anderson, having ...
recommended Crump as a writer to the ''
Thunderbirds'' production team. Consequently, he penned two teleplays: "
Operation Crash-Dive" and "
The Duchess Assignment". The former served as a sequel to the pilot episode "
Trapped in the Sky
"Trapped in the Sky" is the first episode of '' Thunderbirds'', a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) for ITC Entertainment. Written by the Anders ...
" while the latter is regarded for its quirky humour and guest character Deborah, the Duchess of Royston.
Afterwards, Crump returned to working as an editor on documentaries such as the notorious ''
Yesterday's Men'' and editions of ''The Lively Arts'' until 1984.
Martin Crump - BFI
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1931 births
2008 deaths
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