Gordon Hales

Gordon Hales
Born	1916 Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom
Died	1994 London United Kingdom
Occupation	Film editor Film director
Years active	1938-1971

Gordon Hales (1916–1994) was a British film editor who worked on than thirty films, including several documentaries. Early in his career Hales was employed by the GPO Film Unit, which was then taken over by the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. During the late 1940s he worked at Gainsborough Pictures. In 1963 he directed the film noir Return to Sender.