In 1976, Hambling began a
notable collaboration with the director
Alan Parker that extended over nearly all of Parker's films. The three BAFTA awards noted above were all for films directed by Parker. Chris Routledge has described their collaboration as follows: In addition to the three BAFTA Awards, Hambling had been nominated for the BAFTA award for three additional films (
Fame,
Another Country, and
Evita). Six films edited by Hambling were nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Film Editing (
Midnight Express,
Fame,
Mississippi Burning,
The Commitments,
In the Name of the Father, and
Evita). Hambling had been elected to membership in the
American Cinema Editors.
Mississippi Burning won the ACE Eddie Award, and in 1998, Hambling was honored with the
American Cinema Editors Career Achievement Award. According to Alan Parker, by the time Hambling retired in 2003 he was one of just two editors still cutting film manually using a
Moviola machine; the other being
Michael Kahn, Steven Spielberg's editor. He died in 2013 at the age of 86. ==Filmography==