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Jack Cardiff (1914–2009)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Director

Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical life in pantomime and vaudeville... See full bio »

Born:

in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Died:

(age 94) in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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Filmography

Hide HideCinematographer (87 titles)
2007 The Other Side of the Screen (TV mini-series)
 
2005 Lights2 (short)
 
2004 The Tell-Tale Heart (short)
 
2000 The Suicidal Dog (short)
 
1998 The Dance of Shiva (short)
 
1991 Vivaldi's Four Seasons
 
1990 The Magic Balloon (short)
 
1989 Call from Space (short)
 
1987 Million Dollar Mystery
 
1986 Tai-Pan
 
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II (director of photography)
 
1985 Cat's Eye (director of photography)
 
1984 Conan the Destroyer (photographed by)
 
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii (TV mini-series)
– Part 3 (1984)
– Part 2 (1984)
– Part 1 (1984)
 
1984 Scandalous
 
1984 The Far Pavilions (TV mini-series)
– Part One: Return to India (1984)
 
1983 The Wicked Lady
 
1981 Ghost Story
 
1980 The Dogs of War (director of photography)
 
1980 The Awakening
 
1979 A Man, a Woman and a Bank (director of photography)
 
1979 Avalanche Express (uncredited)
 
1979 The Fifth Musketeer
 
1978 Death on the Nile (director of photography)
 
1977 Crossed Swords (director of photography)
 
1975 Ride a Wild Pony
 
1973 Scalawag
 
1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle (photographed by)
 
1968 Dark of the Sun (uncredited)
 
1961 Fanny (director of photography)
 
1958 The Vikings (photographed by)
 
1958 The Big Money
 
1957 Legend of the Lost
 
1957 The Prince and the Showgirl (director of photography)
 
1956 The Brave One
 
1956 War and Peace (director of photography)
 
1954 The Barefoot Contessa (photography)
 
1954 Crossed Swords
 
1954 Montmartre nocturne (documentary short)
 
1953 The Master of Ballantrae (director of photography)
 
1953 The Story of William Tell (short)
 
1952 It Started in Paradise
 
1951 The Magic Box (director of photography)
 
1951 The African Queen (director of photography)
 
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
 
1951 Paris (documentary short)
 
1950 The Black Rose (director of photography)
 
1950 Peintres et artistes montmartrois (documentary short)
 
1949 Under Capricorn (director of photography)
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic (director of photography)
 
1948 The Red Shoes (director of photography)
 
1947 Black Narcissus (photographed in Technicolor by)
 
1946 Stairway to Heaven (photographed by)
 
1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
 
1945 Western Approaches (documentary)
 
1945 Steel (documentary short)
 
1943 Scottish Mazurka (documentary)
 
1942 The Great Mr. Handel
 
1942 This Is Colour (documentary short)
 
1942 Out of the Box (documentary short)
 
1942 Colour in Clay (documentary short)
 
1942 Border Weave (documentary short)
 
1941 A Village in India (documentary short)
 
1941 Western Isles (documentary short)
 
1941 Queen Cotton (documentary short)
 
1941 Plastic Surgery in Wartime (documentary short)
 
1941 Green Girdle (documentary short)
 
1940 Peasant Island (documentary short)
 
1939 River Thames Yesterday (documentary short)
 
1939 Jungle (documentary short)
 
1939 Indian Durbar (documentary short)
 
1939 World Windows
 
1939 Main Street of Paris
 
1938 La caccia alla volpe nella campagna Romana (documentary)
 
1938 Wanderers of the Desert (documentary short)
 
1938 Petra (documentary short)
 
1938 Jerusalem (documentary short)
 
1938 Arabian Bazaar (short)
 
1938 The Eternal Fire (documentary short)
 
1938 Paris on Parade: A FitzPatrick Traveltalk (documentary short) (photographed by / as John Cardiff)
 
1938 The Sacred Ganges (documentary short)
 
1938 Temples of India (documentary short)
 
1938 Ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek (documentary short)
 
1938 Delhi (documentary short)
 
1938 A Road in India (documentary short)
 
1937 Rome Symphonies (documentary)
 
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii (uncredited)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (22 titles)
2004 Flamingo Blues (lighting advisor)
 
1959 The Diary of Anne Frank (photographer: location scenes)
 
1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (camera operator: Technicolor)
 
1939 The Four Feathers (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1937 Knight Without Armor (camera operator)
 
1937 Dark Journey (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1937 The Coronation of King George VI (documentary short) (camera operator)
 
1937 Wings of the Morning (camera operator)
 
1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1936 As You Like It (camera operator)
 
1936 Things to Come (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 The Ghost Goes West (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1935 Brewster's Millions (camera operator)
 
1935 Honeymoon for Three (camera operator)
 
1932 Blame the Woman (assistant camera)
 
1931 The Ghost Train (assistant camera)
 
1931 The Skin Game (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1930 Loose Ends (assistant camera)
 
1930 Harmony Heaven (clapper boy)
 
1930 The Flame of Love (assistant camera)
 
1929 The Hate Ship (assistant camera)
 
1929 The American Prisoner (clapper boy)
 
Show ShowDirector (15 titles)
1974 Penny Gold
 
1974 The Mutations
 
1972-1973 Follyfoot (TV series)
– The Letter (1973)
– The Challenge (1973)
– The Prize (1972)
– The Hundred Pound Horse (1972)
 
1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle
 
1968 Dark of the Sun
 
1965 The Liquidator
 
1965 Young Cassidy
 
1964 The Long Ships
 
1962 The Lion
 
1962 My Geisha
 
1960 Sons and Lovers
 
1960 Scent of Mystery
 
1959 Web of Evidence
 
1958 Intent to Kill
 
1953 The Story of William Tell (short)
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1927 Tiptoes
 
1923 The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Undetermined Subordinate Role (uncredited)
 
1922 Billy's Rose
 
1918 My Son, My Son
 
Show ShowVisual Effects (3 titles)
2005 Silence Becomes You (visual effects coordinator)
 
1936 The Man Who Could Work Miracles (special effects camera - uncredited)
 
1936 Things to Come (special effects camera operator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Director (1 title)
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2004 The Tell-Tale Heart (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle (adaptation)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1929 The Informer (production runner)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2012 Bored Games (short) (additional acknowledgments)
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary) (acknowledgment: additional footage / stills and graphics)
 
2002 We Get to Win This Time (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
1999 Reputations (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Alfred Hitchcock (1999) (thanks)
 
1998 The Colour Merchant (video documentary short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (24 titles)
2010 All Night Long (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Bullets, Bombs and Bridges: The Story of the War Film (2007) … Himself (as Jack Cardiff OBE)
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Himself (as Jack Cardiff OBE)
 
2007 Painting with Light (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 50 Films to See Before You Die (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Silent Britain (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2005 3rd Irish Film and Television Awards (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Britain's Finest (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Actresses (2005) … Himself
– Actors (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Himself - Director and Cinematographer (also archive footage)
 
2004 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 May 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2001 Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
 
2000 A Profile of 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 A Profile of 'Black Narcissus' (documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Himself - Cinematographer
 
1998 The Colour Merchant (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1997 A Matter of Michael & Emeric (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Secret Lives (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Errol Flynn (1996) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1996 Moving Pictures (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 May 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
1993 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
– Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One (1993) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1965 Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
2010 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2009 Cinema 3 (TV series)
 
2004 The Prince, the Showgirl and Me (TV documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 2 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 3 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

The Brighton Film School | See more »

Alternate Names:

John Cardiff | Jack Cardiff OBE

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The films that I am most proud of - the film, for instance, that I made under great difficulty, Sons and Lovers, I wanted to make it into a good film because the book is marvellous, and I didn't want to let the author down. See more »

Trivia:

He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture. See more »

Nickname:

Jack O'Lantern for his "lighting" expertise See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo