Helen Wiggins Explained

Helen Wiggins
Birth Name:Ellen Matilda Wiggins
Occupation:Film editor
Spouse:Chris Millett
Parents:Jack Wiggins

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

Biography

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. As a freelancer, she worked on many features, shorts, documentaries, and commercials during the 1940s through the 1950s.[2]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BFI Screenonline: Women Non-Fiction Filmmakers 1930–1960. www.screenonline.org.uk. April 4, 2019.
  2. Book: British Film and Television Yearbook. 1956. British and American Film Press. en.