Don Challis
Don Challis | |
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Born | (1929-06-26)26 June 1929 Tottenham, England |
Died | 2017 (aged 87–88) |
Occupation(s) | Sound and dubbing editor |
Donald Challis (26 June 1929 – 2017) was a British sound and dubbing editor for many critically acclaimed films, including A Taste of Honey (1961), Help! (1965), and The Three Musketeers (1973). He won a BAFTA Film Award as sound editor alongside Simon Kaye for Best Film Soundtrack in 1970 for Oh! What a Lovely War.[1]
Biography
Don Challis was born in Tottenham, England. His career started at the age of 19 in 1948 at the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England, with the Crown Film Unit as an apprentice assistant film editor, the studios having been commandeered by the government for making propaganda films for the Ministry of Information. His Association of Cine Technicians Union membership number was 8708.
He spent some time at Beaconsfield Studios, Merton Park Studios and Countryman Films in Soho Square, London.
In 1969, he took the role of sound editor for the hit musical film Oh! What a Lovely War which went down as a huge success, winning five BAFTA Film Awards in 1970, one of which going to himself and his partner Simon Kaye (who was the sound mixer for the film) for the Best Soundtrack.[2] This huge success led him to being in the sound editing department for a range of horror and drama films including Tam-Lin (film) in 1970, Blue Blood (1973 film) and I Don't Want to Be Born in 1975. More so, the success gave him the opportunity to be the sound editor for the award-winning adaptations of The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film) and The Four Musketeers in 1974.[3]
In 1971, Challis became the sound editor for the award-winning film adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof. However he fell ill during the production of the film so his role was taken over by Les Wiggins, a sound editor from Middlesex, England.[4] This resulted in Wiggins being credited sound editor, leaving Don Challis uncredited despite his contribution.[5]
Challis' last contribution to the sound department of the film industry was in 1976 with Emily (film). Then, at the end of the same year, he moved from his home in Hertfordshire, England, to Essex with his wife and two daughters. Marking the move as the end of his career in the sound editing department, he settled for the ownership of a small post office.
Filmography
Credited roles [6]
Year | Film title | Role in production |
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1959 | Beat Girl | dubbing editor |
1960 | A Circle of Deception | sound editor |
1960 | Sons and Lovers | sound editor |
1961 | A Taste of Honey | sound editor |
1961 | During One Night | sound editor |
1962 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner | sound editor |
1963 | Girl with Green Eyes | sound editor |
1963 | Tom Jones | sound editor |
1965 | Help! | sound editor |
1965 | The Knack ...and How to Get It | sound editor |
1965 | I Was Happy Here | sound editor |
1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | sound editor |
1966 | The Shuttered Room | sound editor |
1967 | How I Won the War | dubbing editor |
1968 | Sebastian | dubbing editor |
1968 | Petulia | dubbing editor |
1969 | Connecting Rooms | sound editor |
1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | sound editor |
1970 | Tam-Lin | dubbing editor |
1971 | The Boy Friend | dubbing editor |
1972 | The Ragman's Daughter | dubbing editor |
1972 | Nothing But the Night | sound editor |
1973 | The Three Musketeers | sound editor |
1973 | Blue Blood | sound editor |
1973 | The Man Called Noon | sound editor |
1974 | The Four Musketeers | sound editor |
1975 | I Don't Want to Be Born | sound editor |
1976 | Emily | dubbing editor |
Uncredited roles
Year | Film title | Role in production |
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1952 | Hindle Wakes | assistant editor |
1959 | The Rough and the Smooth | assistant editor |
1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | Sound editor** |
[**] role taken over by Les Wiggins (credited)
References
- ^ "BAFTA awards; best soundtrack 1970" Retrieved on 15 June 2015
- ^ "BAFTA awards; best soundtrack 1970" Retrieved on 15 June 2015
- ^ "BFI: filmography of Don Challis" Retrieved 15 June 2015
- ^ "BFI: Les Wiggins filmography" Retrieved 15 June 2015
- ^ "Fiddler on the Roof credits" The New York Times, Retrieved 15 June 2015
- ^ "BFI: filmography of Don Challis" Retrieved 15 June 2015
External links
- Don Challis at IMDb
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- Winston Ryder (1968)
- Don Challis and Simon Kaye (1969)
- Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson (1970)
- Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori (1971)
- David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi (1972)
- Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant (1973)
- Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch (1974)
- William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman (1975)
- Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker (1976)
- Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins (1977)
- Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt (1978)
- Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe (1979)
- Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut (1980)
- Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe (1981)
- James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier (1982)
- Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger (1983)
- Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe (1984)
- John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger (1985)
- Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins (1986)
- Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys (1987)
- Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe (1988)
- Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline (1989)
- J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill (1990)
- Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers (1991)
- Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker (1992)
- John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño (1993)
- Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan (1994)
- Per Hallberg, Lon Bender, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer (1995)
- Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope (1996)
- Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque (1997)
- Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns (1998)
- David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis (1999)
- Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit (2000)
- Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray (2001)
- Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell (2002)
- Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester (2003)
- Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer (2004)
- Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester (2005)
- Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor (2006)
- Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, Dave Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg (2007)
- Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp (2008)
- Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson (2009)
- Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick (2010)
- Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Tom Fleischman and John Midgley (2011)
- Simon Hayes, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, Jonathan Allen, Lee Walpole and John Warhurst (2012)
- Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri and Chris Munro (2013)
- Thomas Curley, Ben Wilkins and Craig Mann (2014)
- Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernández, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (2015)
- Claude La Haye, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Sylvain Bellemare (2016)
- Alex Gibson, Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary Rizzo and Mark Weingarten (2017)
- John Casali, Tim Cavagin, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey and John Warhurst (2018)
- Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachael Tate, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson (2019)
- Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc (2020)
- Ron Bartlett, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini and Mac Ruth (2021)
- Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler (2022)
- Johnnie Burn and Tarn Willers (2023)