1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1913–2016 · UNITED KINGDOM
Douglas Slocombe
From Ealing comedy to the Indiana Jones adventures.
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2016
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1981Raiders of the Lost Ark
- 1949Kind Hearts and Coronets
- 1951The Lavender Hill Mob
- 1977Julia
WHY THEY MATTER
Three BAFTA Awards and three Academy Award nominations; Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British and American Societies of Cinematographers; OBE.
THE LIFE
Slocombe was born in Putney, London, the son of the journalist George Slocombe. He was known for his work at Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s, including Kind Hearts and Coronets and The Lavender Hill Mob. He won BAFTAs for The Servant, The Great Gatsby and Julia, and shot the first three Indiana Jones films. Both the British and American Societies of Cinematographers gave him lifetime achievement awards.
Also born in 1900–1929
1901–1996 · United States · Cinematographer
John Alton
Hard shadows and pools of light that defined film noir.
T-Men, 1947Source: Wikipedia
1901–1974 · United States · Cinematographer
Leon Shamroy
Bold Technicolor of the Fox studio era.
Leave Her to Heaven, 1945Source: Wikipedia
1902–1998 · United Kingdom · Cinematographer
Freddie Young
Sweeping, lush widescreen colour.
Lawrence of Arabia, 1962Source: Wikipedia
1902–2000 · Italy · Cinematographer
Otello Martelli
Neorealist grit that opened up into Fellini's nocturnal spectacle.
La Dolce Vita, 1960Source: Wikipedia
1904–1948 · United States · Cinematographer
Gregg Toland
Deep focus, with near and far planes sharp at once.
Citizen Kane, 1941Source: Wikipedia