Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

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In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

86 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

Craig McCall

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Company:

Modus Operandi Films,

UK Film Council

Cast:
Jack Cardiff

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self – Interviewee

Kirk Douglas

Self – Interviewee

Lauren Bacall

Self – Interviewee

Charlton Heston

Self – Interviewee

Crew:
Craig McCall

Director

Mark Sayer-Wade

Music

Dan Roberts

Editor

Miles Glyn

Art Direction

Craig McCall

Producer