Max Peter Benedict (20 February 1920 – 20 April 1986) was an Austrian born, British

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

. He was born in

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, Austria and began his film career working with the

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. This led to his becoming a script researcher for director brothers Roy and John Boulting. He would later become a film editor, a translator of plays, a

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findin ...

, and a lecturer at the National Film School as well as the London International Film School.

Selected filmography

* '' Whistle Down the Wind'' (1961) * ''

Guns at Batasi ''Guns at Batasi'' is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film is based on the 1962 novel ''The Siege of Battersea'' by Robert Holles and was directed by John ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Blue Max ''The Blue Max'' is a 1966 war film , WW I film directed by John Guillermin and starring George Peppard, James Mason, Ursula Andress, Karl Michael Vogler, and Jeremy Kemp. The film was made in DeLuxe Color and was one of the last movies filme ...

'' (1966) * '' Eagle in a Cage'' (1972) * ''

Shaft in Africa ''Shaft in Africa'' is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by John Guillermin, and the third film of the '' Shaft'' series, starring Richard Roundtree as John Shaft. Stirling Silliphant wrote the screenplay. The film's budget was $1.5 mi ...

'' (1973)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benedict, Max 1920 births 1986 deaths Austrian emigrants to the United Kingdom British film editors Civil servants in the Ministry of Information (United Kingdom) Film people from Vienna