Dick Allen(1944-2007)
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Dick Allen was born in 1944 and educated at Ardingly College in West
Sussex, before taking an apprenticeship at Vickers in Weybridge,
Weybridge, in aeronautical engineering. Almost by accident he joined
the BBC, in 1964, on the recommendation of a friend, and he remained in
their employ for 28 years, first in the film library, before training
as a film editor. By 1973 he was a fully-fledged editor, in demand for
his services, and he worked on some of the corporation's major
documentary series, as well as some of the most prestigious UK
television dramas of the 1970s and 1980s.
He received two British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs), the first in 1986 for his work on Hotel du Lac (1986) and then again in 1991 for Portrait of a Marriage (1990) . He left the BBC in 1991 but continued to work until the birth of his son in 1994, when he gave up editing to be a father.
He received two British Academy Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs), the first in 1986 for his work on Hotel du Lac (1986) and then again in 1991 for Portrait of a Marriage (1990) . He left the BBC in 1991 but continued to work until the birth of his son in 1994, when he gave up editing to be a father.