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Oswald Morris

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Miscellaneous Crew

Oscar-winning cinematography Oswald Morris was one of the most outstanding directors of photography of the 20th Century, making his reputation by expanding the parameters of color cinematography. Born in November 1915 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, a month short of his 17th birthday, he became a factotum and clapper boy at Wembley Studios... See full bio »

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1982 The Dark Crystal
 
1981 The Great Muppet Caper
 
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want
 
1978 The Wiz
 
1977 Equus
 
1976 The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
 
1975 The Man Who Would Be King (director of photography)
 
1974 The Man with the Golden Gun (director of photography)
 
1974 The Odessa File (director of photography)
 
1974 Bram Stoker's Dracula (TV movie)
 
1973 The MacKintosh Man
 
1973 Lady Caroline Lamb
 
1972 Sleuth
 
1971 Fiddler on the Roof (director of photography)
 
1970 Scrooge (director of photography)
 
1970 Fragment of Fear
 
1969 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
 
1968 Great Catherine
 
1968 Oliver! (director of photography)
 
1967 Reflections in a Golden Eye (uncredited)
 
1967 The Winter's Tale
 
1967 The Taming of the Shrew (director of photography)
 
1966 Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
 
1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (director of photography)
 
1965 Life at the Top
 
1965 The Hill (director of photography)
 
1965 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
 
1965 Mister Moses
 
1964 Of Human Bondage
 
1964 The Pumpkin Eater
 
1963 The Ceremony (director of photography)
 
1963 Come Fly with Me
 
1962 Term of Trial
 
1962 Lolita (director of photography)
 
1962 Satan Never Sleeps (director of photography)
 
1961 The Guns of Navarone (photographed by)
 
1960 The Entertainer
 
1959 Our Man in Havana (photographed by)
 
1959 Look Back in Anger
 
1958 The Roots of Heaven (director of photography)
 
1958 The Key
 
1957 A Farewell to Arms
 
1957 Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (director of photography)
 
1956 Moby Dick (director of photography)
 
1956 The Man Who Never Was
 
1954 Beau Brummell (director of photography)
 
1954 Lovers, Happy Lovers!
 
1953 Beat the Devil (director of photography)
 
1953 The Golden Mask
 
1952 Moulin Rouge
 
1952 So Little Time
 
1952 Island of Desire
 
1952 The Promoter
 
1951 Circle of Danger
 
1951 Fortune in Diamonds
 
1950 Cairo Road
 
1950 Golden Salamander
 
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1949 Fools Rush In (camera operator)
 
1949 The Passionate Friends (camera operator)
 
1948 Oliver Twist (camera operator)
 
1948 Blanche Fury (camera operator)
 
1947 Captain Boycott (camera operator)
 
1946 Green for Danger (cameraman)
 
1939 I Met a Murderer (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1938 Who Goes Next? (camera operator)
 
1938 Murder in the Family (assistant camera)
 
1938 Second Thoughts (assistant camera)
 
1938 The Londonderry Air (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1937 Catch As Catch Can (assistant camera)
 
1937 Against the Tide (assistant camera)
 
1937 Concerning Mr. Martin (assistant camera)
 
1937 Variety Hour (short) (camera operator)
 
1937 The Black Tulip (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1937 Calling All Ma's (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1937 Strange Experiment (assistant camera)
 
1937 The Five Pound Man (assistant camera)
 
1936 Song of the Road (assistant camera)
 
1936 Cafe Mascot (assistant camera)
 
1936 Blind Man's Bluff (assistant camera)
 
1936 Wrath of Jealousy (assistant camera)
 
1936 Troubled Waters (assistant camera)
 
1936 Highland Fling (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1936/II The Big Noise (assistant camera)
 
1935 Blue Smoke (assistant camera)
 
1935 All at Sea (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1935 Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1935 Abdul the Damned (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1935 Old Roses (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1935 The White Lilac (assistant camera)
 
1935 Smith's Wives (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1935 His Majesty and Co (clapper boy)
 
1935 Late Extra (assistant camera)
 
1934 The Third Clue (clapper boy)
 
1934 Josser on the Farm (clapper boy)
 
1934 April Blossoms (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1934 Rolling in Money (clapper boy)
 
1934 Mister Cinders (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1933 Born Lucky (clapper boy - uncredited)
 
1933 Money for Speed (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
1933 Follow the Lady (clapper loader)
 
1933 Two Wives for Henry (clapper loader)
 
1932 After Dark (clapper boy)
 
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1956 Moby Dick (color style creator)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2006 A Sense of Carol Reed (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (video documentary short)
Himself - Director of Photography, Lolita
 
2000 Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1998 Glorious Technicolor (TV documentary)
Himself - Cinematographer
 
1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (documentary)
Himself (as Ossie Morris)
 
1983 The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Cinema (TV series documentary)
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– Oswald Morris (1972) … Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Ossie Morris
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Member of BSC (British Society of Cinematographers). See more »

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Star Sign:

Scorpio