Trivia

One of his most highly regarded pieces of work was the editing of nearly four hours of films down to 81 minutes for the final version of A l'angle du monde (1937).

Michael Powell said, "A l'angle du monde (1937) was saved by Derek Twist. He had the eye of a hawk, the memory of an Indian and a heart of granite.".

A solicitor's son, he started work at Gaumont British in the 1930s.