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Cinematographer:

• 1980s
• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1950s
• 1940s

1. Steaming (1985)
2. Top Secret! (1984)
3. Secrets (1983) (TV)
4. The Nativity (1982) (TV)
5. Evil Under the Sun (1982) (director of photography)
   ... aka Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (UK: complete title)
6. The Mirror Crack'd (1980) (director of photography)
   ... aka Agatha Christie's The Mirror Crack'd (UK: complete title)
   
   
7. S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV) (director of photography)
8. The Riddle of the Sands (1979) (director of photography)
9. Force 10 from Navarone (1978) (director of photography)
   ... aka Alistair MacLean's Force 10 from Navarone (USA: poster title)
10. The Deep (1977) (director of photography)
11. The Incredible Sarah (1976)
    ... aka Sarah
12. The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)
    ... aka Mr. Quilp
13. In This House of Brede (1975) (TV) (as Chris Challis)
14. The Little Prince (1974)
15. A War of Children (1972) (TV)
16. The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)
17. Follow Me! (1972)
    ... aka The Public Eye (USA)
18. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) (director of photography)
19. To Catch a Spy (1971)
    ... aka Catch Me a Spy
    ... aka Keep Your Fingers Crossed (UK)
    ... aka Les doigts croisés (France)
20. Villain (1971) (director of photography)
21. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) (director of photography)
    
    
22. Staircase (1969)
    ... aka L'escalier (France)
23. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) (director of photography)
    ... aka Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK: complete title)
24. A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
25. Two for the Road (1967) (director of photography)
26. Kaleidoscope (1966) (director of photography)
    ... aka The Bank Breaker
27. Arabesque (1966) (director of photography)
    ... aka Stanley Donen's Arabesque (USA: complete title)
28. Return from the Ashes (1965)
29. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)
    ... aka Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
30. A Shot in the Dark (1964) (director of photography)
31. The Long Ships (1964) (director of photography)
    ... aka Dugi brodovi (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
32. The Victors (1963) (director of photography)
33. An Evening with the Royal Ballet (1963) (segment "Les Sylphides")
34. H.M.S. Defiant (1962) (director of photography)
    ... aka Damn the Defiant! (USA)
35. Flame in the Streets (1961) (director of photography)
36. Five Golden Hours (1961)
    ... aka Cinque ore in contanti (Italy)
37. The Grass Is Greener (1960) (director of photography)
38. Surprise Package (1960)
39. Never Let Go (1960)
40. Sink the Bismarck! (1960) (director of photography)
    
    
41. Blind Date (1959)
    ... aka Chance Meeting (USA)
42. Floods of Fear (1959)
43. The Captain's Table (1959)
    ... aka Shenanigans
44. Rooney (1958)
45. Windom's Way (1957) (director of photography)
46. Miracle in Soho (1957)
47. Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) (director of photography)
    ... aka Intelligence Service
    ... aka Night Ambush (USA)
48. The Spanish Gardener (1956)
49. The Battle of the River Plate (1956) (director of photography)
    ... aka Graf Spee
    ... aka Pursuit of the Graf Spee (USA)
50. Quentin Durward (1955) (director of photography)
    ... aka The Adventures of Quentin Durward
51. Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
    ... aka Fledermaus '55
52. Footsteps in the Fog (1955) (director of photography)
53. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)
    ... aka CinemaScope Specials (Second Series) (#14): The Sorcerer's Apprentice (USA: series title)
54. Raising a Riot (1955)
55. Malaga (1954)
    ... aka Fire Over Africa (USA)
56. Flame and the Flesh (1954)
57. Saadia (1953)
58. Genevieve (1953) (director of photography)
59. Twice Upon a Time (1953)
60. The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
    ... aka Gilbert and Sullivan (USA)
    ... aka The Great Gilbert and Sullivan (USA)
61. 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
    ... aka Affair in Monte Carlo (USA)
62. The Wild Heart (1952)
    ... aka Gypsy Blood
63. Angels One Five (1952) (director of photography)
64. The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
    ... aka Jacques Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann (UK: complete title)
65. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (photography)
    ... aka The Fighting Pimpernel (USA)
66. Gone to Earth (1950)
    
    
67. The Small Back Room (1949) (director of photography)
    ... aka Hour of Glory (USA)
68. The End of the River (1947) (as Christopher G. Challis)
    

Camera and Electrical Department:

• 1970s
• 1960s
• 1940s
• 1930s

1. White Rock (1977) (photographer)
   
   
2. The Americanization of Emily (1964) (additional photographer) (as Chris Challis)
   ... aka Emily (USA: reissue title)
   
   
3. The Red Shoes (1948) (camera operator)
4. Black Narcissus (1947) (camera operator) (uncredited)
5. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) (second assistant camera) (uncredited)
   ... aka Stairway to Heaven (USA)
   
   
6. The Drum (1938) (focus puller) (uncredited)
   ... aka Drums (USA)
   

Miscellaneous Crew:

1. The End of the River (1947) (associate director)
   

Self:

• 2000s
• 1990s

1. A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000) .... Himself
   
   
2. The Making of an Englishman (1995) (TV) .... Himself