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Christopher Challis (1919–2012)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Miscellaneous Crew

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In his teens, he was a camera assistant for Gaumont-British news, then became an apprentice technician in a Technocolor laboratory. See more trivia »

Born:

Christopher George Joseph Challis
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 93) in Bristol, England, UK
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1985 Steaming
 
1984 Top Secret!
 
1983 Secrets
 
1982 The Nativity (TV documentary)
 
1982 Evil Under the Sun (director of photography)
 
1981 Greatest Mystery (TV documentary)
 
1980 The Mirror Crack'd (director of photography)
 
1979 S.O.S. Titanic (TV movie) (director of photography)
 
1979 The Riddle of the Sands
 
1978 Force 10 from Navarone (director of photography)
 
1977 The Deep (director of photography)
 
1976 The Incredible Sarah (director of photography)
 
1975 Mr. Quilp
 
1975 In This House of Brede (TV movie) (director of photography / as Chris Challis)
 
1974 The Little Prince
 
1972 A War of Children (TV movie)
 
1972 The Boy Who Turned Yellow
 
1972 The Public Eye
 
1971 Mary, Queen of Scots
 
1971 To Catch a Spy
 
1971 Villain
 
1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (director of photography)
 
1969 Staircase (director of photography)
 
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (director of photography)
 
1968 A Dandy in Aspic
 
1967 Two for the Road (director of photography)
 
1966 Kaleidoscope
 
1966 Arabesque
 
1965 Return from the Ashes
 
1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (director of photography)
 
1964 A Shot in the Dark (director of photography)
 
1964 The Long Ships (director of photography)
 
1963 The Victors (director of photography)
 
1963 An Evening with the Royal Ballet (documentary) (segment "Les Sylphides")
 
1962 Damn the Defiant! (director of photography)
 
1961 Flame in the Streets
 
1961 Five Golden Hours
 
1960 The Grass Is Greener (director of photography)
 
1960 Surprise Package
 
1960 Never Let Go (photographed by)
 
1960 Sink the Bismarck! (director of photography)
 
1959 Chance Meeting
 
1959 The Captain's Table
 
1958 Floods of Fear (director of photography)
 
1958 Rooney
 
1957 Windom's Way (director of photography)
 
1957 Miracle in Soho
 
1957 Night Ambush (director of photography)
 
1956 The Spanish Gardener (director of photography)
 
1956 Pursuit of the Graf Spee (director of photography)
 
1955 Quentin Durward (director of photography)
 
1955 Oh... Rosalinda!!
 
1955 Footsteps in the Fog (director of photography)
 
1955 The Sorcerer's Apprentice (short)
 
1955 Raising a Riot
 
1954 Malaga
 
1954 Flame and the Flesh
 
1953 Saadia
 
1953 Twice Upon a Time
 
1953 Genevieve
 
1953 Gilbert and Sullivan
 
1952 Affair in Monte Carlo
 
1952 The Wild Heart
 
1952 Angels One Five
 
1951 The Tales of Hoffmann
 
1950 The Fighting Pimpernel
 
1950 Gone to Earth
 
1949 Hour of Glory
 
1947 The End of the River (as Christopher G. Challis)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (6 titles)
1977 White Rock (documentary) (photographer)
 
1964 The Americanization of Emily (additional photographer - as Chris Challis)
 
1948 The Red Shoes (camera)
 
1947 Black Narcissus (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1946 Stairway to Heaven (second assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1938 Drums (focus puller - uncredited)
 
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1947 The End of the River (associate director)
 
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2010 Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2000 A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 The Making of an Englishman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2013 The EE British Academy Film Awards (TV movie)
Memorial Tribute
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Autobiography "Are They Really So Awful ?" London: Janus, 1995. ISBN 1857561937 See more »

Alternate Names:

Christopher G. Challis | Chris Challis
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Trivia:

In his teens, he was a camera assistant for Gaumont-British news, then became an apprentice technician in a Technocolor laboratory. See more »

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