Ray Lovejoy (18 February 1939 – 18 October 2001) was a British film editor with about thirty editing credits.
Career He had a notable collaboration with director Peter Yates that extended over six films including The Dresser (1983), which was nominated for numerous BAFTA Awards and Academy Awards.
Lovejoy was an assistant to editor Anne V. Coates for films from The Horse's Mouth (1958) to Lawrence of Arabia (1962). He was next an assistant to editor Anthony Harvey on Dr. Strangelove (1964), which was produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick. Harvey subsequently became a director himself, and Kubrick promoted Lovejoy to be the editor for his subsequent film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).. Reprint of 1997 edition. Kubrick and Lovejoy next worked together on The Shining (1980); Kubrick worked with other editors for his two films from the 1970s.
Stephen Prince described Lovejoy's contributions to 1980s films as follows, "Ray Lovejoy cut Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and he worked again with Kubrick on The Shining and supplied that film with an entirely different--tenser, more foreboding--texture than the stately science-fiction film possesses. Lovejoy also proved adept at editing for blockbuster effect. His cutting in Aliens sustained that sequel's narrative momentum with a speed and tension that its predecessor did not have, and his editing on Batman finessed that film's gaping narrative problems by simply rushing past them."
In 1987, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for his work on the film Aliens (1986). In 2012, the Motion Picture Editors Guild published a list of the 75 best-edited films of all time based on a survey of its members. Two films edited by Lovejoy are on this listing. 2001: A Space Odyssey was listed nineteenth, and The Shining was listed as forty-fourth.
Death Lovejoy died of a heart attack on 18 October 2001.
Filmography This filmography is based on the Internet Movie Database.
+ Editor Year Film Director Notes1968 2001: A Space OdysseyStanley KubrickSecond collaboration with Stanley Kubrick 1972 The Ruling Class Peter MedakFirst collaboration with Peter Medak A Day in the Death of Joe EggSecond collaboration with Peter Medak Fear Is the KeyMichael Tuchner 1974 Little MalcolmStuart Cooper Ghost in the Noonday SunPeter MedakThird collaboration with Peter Medak 1975 Never Too Young to RockDennis Abey Side by SideBruce Beresford1980 The ShiningStanley KubrickThird collaboration with Stanley Kubrick 1983 Krull Peter YatesFirst collaboration with Peter Yates The DresserSecond collaboration with Peter Yates1984 SheenaJohn Guillermin1985 EleniPeter YatesThird collaboration with Peter Yates1986 AliensJames Cameron1987 Suspect Peter YatesFourth collaboration with Peter Yates 1988 The House on Carroll StreetFifth collaboration with Peter Yates HomeboyMichael Seresin1989 BatmanTim Burton1990 Mister FrostPhilippe Setbon1991 Let Him Have ItPeter MedakFourth collaboration with Peter Medak1992 Year of the CometPeter YatesSixth collaboration with Peter Yates1993 A Far Off PlaceMikael Salomon1994 Monkey TroubleFranco Amurri1995 RainbowBob Hoskins1996 The Last of the High KingsDavid Keating1997 Inventing the AbbottsPat O'Connor1998 Lost in SpaceStephen Hopkins1999 Running Free Sergei BodrovFirst collaboration with Sergei Bodrov2001 The QuickieSecond collaboration with Sergei Bodrov2002 Vacuums
+ Editorial department Year Film Director Role Notes1957 Time LockGerald ThomasSecond assistant editor 1958 The Horse's Mouth Ronald Neame Assistant editor1960 Tunes of Glory1961 Don't Bother to KnockCyril Frankel1962 Lawrence of ArabiaDavid Lean1964 Dr. StrangeloveStanley KubrickFirst collaboration with Stanley Kubrick1965 The Spy Who Came In from the ColdMartin Ritt
Documentaries
+ Director Year Film1976 Radio 1 on the Road
+ Producer Year Film Director Credit1976 Radio 1 on the RoadHimselfProducer
TV series
+ Editor Year Title Notes1977 Space: 1999 1 episode1996 Kindred: The Embraced
See also List of film director and editor collaborations
References
External links
includes interview footage with Lovejoy.