Career
Kemplen had a long collaboration with director John Huston (1906-1987) on six films between 1951 and 1966. Kemplen also directed one feature film, The Spaniard"s Curse (1958).
Kemplen had a long collaboration with director John Huston (1906-1987) on six films between 1951 and 1966. Kemplen also directed one feature film, The Spaniard"s Curse (1958).
Kemplen won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Editing for The Day of the Jackal (1973) and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (for Moulin Rouge (1952), Oliver!(1968), and Day of the Jackal). The Day of the Jackal (Zinneman-1973) (for which he won the 1974 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award).