Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010•1h 26m•6.7•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Craig McCall
Languages
French, English
Studio
Modus Operandi Films
Cast
Jack Cardiff
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
Self – Interviewee
Lauren Bacall
Self – Interviewee
Charlton Heston
Self – Interviewee
Kim Hunter
Self – Interviewee
John Mills
Self – Interviewee
Alan Parker
Self – Interviewee
Thelma Schoonmaker
Self – Interviewee
Freddie Francis
Self – Interviewee
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Self – Interviewee
Richard Fleischer
Self – Interviewee
Peter Yates
Self – Interviewee
Kathleen Byron
Self – Interviewee
Christopher Challis
Self – Interviewee
Production
Company
Modus Operandi Films
Company
UK Film Council
Producer
Craig McCall
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