Ronald Sinclair

In 1955 Sinclair began a long and fruitful collaboration with producer-director Roger Corman which led to a busy career in low-budget independent filmmaking. Sinclair edited Corman's directorial debut, "Five Guns West" (1955), and went on to work on at least a dozen of his films including "Machine Gun Kelly" (1958), "The Intruder" (1962), "The Premature Burial" (1962), "The Raven" (1963) and "The Trip" (1967). He also edited a number of films by another low-rent auteur with big ideas, Bert I. Gordon: "The Amazing Colossal Man," "Invasion of the Saucer Men" (both 1957), "War of the Colossal Beast," "Attack of the Puppet People," and "The Spider" (all 1958). This was guerrilla filmmaking for the drive-in teen market. The product was high concept, low-budget, and usually shot in a couple of weeks. A substantial portion of the footage shot for these economical marvels was doubtlessly saved through Sinclair's adept editing. He made a brief return to acting in "The Big Catch" (1969), a British children's film.