Peter R. Hunt (b. March 11, 1925 in London, England - d. August 14, 2002) was a famed and innovative film editor unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom creating or at least enhancing much of the exciting action in the early James Bond films. He has performed various other roles on movie sets having begun in the industry as "Clapper-boy" and ending as a respected and beloved director. He became justly famous for his novel techniques using quick cutting, allowing camera swings during action and inserts interleaving other elements while working as editor on the first three Bonds.[1][2] Wanting to direct from the time he was a boy, he then acted as second unit or action unit director until his directorial debut, the sixth James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Hunt also worked with Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli on the 1963 Bob Hope film Call Me Bwana, and with Saltzman and a few other Bond veterans on the non-Eon thriller The IPCRESS File. Call Me Bwana is the only film produced by the James Bond production company EON Productions that is not a Bond film. Hunt also directed some episodes of the 1971 British television series, The Persuaders!, which starred future James Bond Roger Moore, and Tony Curtis.
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Hunt Filmography
Credited films before Eon career
- Call Me Bwana (1963) - editor
James Bond series
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) — Director
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — Second unit director, supervisng editor
- Thunderball (1965) — Film editor
- Goldfinger (1964) — Film editor
- From Russia with Love (1963) — Film editor
- Dr. No (1962) — Film editor
Other films as director
References and footnotes
- ^ Peter Hunt. (2000). Inside Dr. No [DVD]. MGM Home Entertainment Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
- ^ Peter Hunt, Norman Wanstall. (2000). Inside From Russia with Love [DVD]. MGM Home Entertainment Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-08-04.
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| Preceded by Lewis Gilbert 1967 |
James Bond film director 1969 |
Succeeded by Guy Hamilton 1971-1974 |
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| "Official" (EON Productions) directors |
| Terence Young • Guy Hamilton • Lewis Gilbert • Peter Hunt • John Glen • Martin Campbell • Roger Spottiswoode • Michael Apted • Lee Tamahori • Marc Forster |
| Non-EON film directors |
| William H. Brown, Jr. • Ken Hughes • John Huston • Joseph McGrath • Robert Parrish • Val Guest • Irvin Kershner |
| "Official" (EON Productions) producers |
| Harry Saltzman • Albert R. Broccoli • Michael G. Wilson • Barbara Broccoli |
| Non-EON film producers |
| Bretaigne Windhurst • Charles K. Feldman • Jerry Bresler • John Dark • Kevin McClory • Michael Dryhurst • Jack Schwartzman |
| Production |
| Ken Adam • Bob Simmons • Syd Cain • John Stears • Chris Corbould |
