Geoffrey Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-11-27 (74 years old)

Deathday

2005-06-21

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Geoffrey Jones

Biography

Geoffrey Jones (27 November 1931 – 21 June 2005) was a British documentary film director and editor, noted for his contributions to the genre of the industrial film, and in particular British Transport Films. Jones's first major work for British Transport Films was the 1963 film Snow, an eight-minute short demonstrating how the railway network coped with the 1963 "Big Freeze". Noted for its fast-paced editing and unusual photography, the film received 14 major awards upon its release and an Oscar nomination in 1965. The success of this film led to his longer 1967 short Rail, which contrasted the final days of the steam engine with the emerg...

Production

1963

Snow

as Director

2005

1970

This Is Shell

as Director

1967

Rail

as Director

1964

1975

Locomotion

as Director

2005

Seasons Project

as Director

1963

Shell Spirit

as Director

1963

Snow

as Editor

1975

Locomotion

as Producer

1975

Locomotion

as Editor

1967

Rail

as Editor

1967

Rail

as Camera Operator

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