Geoffrey Jones

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1931-11-27

Deathday 2005-06-21 (73 years old)

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 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.

Known For

Director

2005
Seasons Project

as Director

2005
2005
1975
Locomotion

as Director

1970
This Is Shell

as Director

1967
Rail

as Director

1964
Trinidad & Tobago

as Director

1963
Snow

as Director

1963
Shell Spirit

as Director

Editor

1963
Snow

as Editor