Helen Wiggins (born Ellen Matilda Wiggins) was a British film editor active from the 1930s through to the 1970s.

Helen Wiggins
Born
Ellen Matilda Wiggins
OccupationFilm editor
SpouseChris Millett
ParentJack Wiggins

Biography

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Helen was the daughter of Jack Wiggins, a pioneering British cameraman. She followed in her father's footsteps as she grew up, gaining employment in processing laboratories and eventually becoming an editor for The National News, a colour newsreel.[1]

She worked for Pathé News for several years, becoming its chief editor by 1940, after which she left to form her own company, Helen Wiggins Ltd.[1] As a freelancer, she worked on many features, shorts, documentaries, and commercials during the 1940s through the 1950s.[2]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Women Non-Fiction Filmmakers 1930–1960". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ British Film and Television Yearbook. British and American Film Press. 1956.
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