Geoffrey Jones

Geoffrey Jones

Personal information

Known for
Directing
Known credits
9
Gender
Male
Born
November 27, 1931
Died
June 21, 2005
Place of birth
London, England, UK

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 emergence of diesel and electric power on the West and South Coast lines. This was nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in 1968. His third and final film for BTF was Locomotion, completed in 1975, a history of the railways consisting of over 400 archive artworks, films and objects edited to music.

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Snow
Movie
1963

Snow

Movie · 1963

Rail
Movie
1967

Rail

Movie · 1967

Seasons Project
Movie
2005

Seasons Project

Movie · 2005

Shell Spirit
Movie
1963

Shell Spirit

Movie · 1963

Locomotion
Movie
1975

Locomotion

Movie · 1975

Trinidad & Tobago
Movie
1964

Trinidad & Tobago

Movie · 1964