1901–1988 · Japan · Cinematographer
Asakazu Nakai
Kurosawa's camera for rain, mud and vast colour battlefields.
Seven Samurai, 1954Source: Wikipedia
CINEMATOGRAPHER · 1917–2007 · UNITED KINGDOM
Freddie Francis
Rich black and white and finely judged period colour.
- Born
- 1917
- Died
- 2007
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Field
- Cinematographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1980The Elephant Man
- 1960Sons and Lovers
- 1989Glory
- 1958Room at the Top
WHY THEY MATTER
Won Academy Awards for Sons and Lovers and Glory; five BAFTA Awards; ASC international achievement award and BSC lifetime achievement award.
THE LIFE
Francis was an English cinematographer and director whose career ran from the late 1930s to the late 1990s. He shot Room at the Top and The Innocents and won his first Academy Award for Sons and Lovers. He then directed horror films for Hammer and Amicus. He returned to cinematography for David Lynch on The Elephant Man and won a second Oscar for Glory.
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