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Geoffrey Unsworth (1914–1978)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Actor

Goeffrey Unsworth was one of the great cinematographers of the 20th Century, the winner of two Oscars, five BAFTA awards, and three awards from the British Society of Cinematographers for his work as a director of photography. Born in 1914 in Lancashire, England, Unsworth started in the industry in 1932 at Gaumont-British before joining Technicolor in 1937... See full bio »

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in Leigh, Lancashire, England, UK

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(age 63) in Brittany, France
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2006 Superman II (video)
 
2001 Superman: Screen Tests (video documentary short)
 
1980 Superman II
 
1979 Tess
 
1978 The Great Train Robbery
 
1978 Superman (photographed by)
 
1977 A Bridge Too Far (photographed by)
 
1976 A Matter of Time (photographed by)
 
1975 Lucky Lady (photographed by)
 
1975 Royal Flash
 
1975 The Return of the Pink Panther (photographed by)
 
1974 Murder on the Orient Express (photographed by)
 
1974 The Abdication
 
1974 The Internecine Project
 
1974 Zardoz (photographed by)
 
1973 Don Quixote
 
1973 Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
 
1973 Baxter!
 
1973 Voices (director of photography)
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
– Dagger of the Mind (1972) (director of photography)
 
1972 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
 
1972 Cabaret
 
1971 Unman, Wittering and Zigo
 
1971 Say Hello to Yesterday
 
1970 Three Sisters
 
1970 Goodbye Gemini
 
1970 Cromwell
 
1969 The Magic Christian (photographed by)
 
1969 The Dance of Death
 
1969 The Assassination Bureau
 
1969 The Reckoning
 
1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
 
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (director of photography)
 
1967 Half a Sixpence
 
1967 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
 
1965 Othello
 
1965 You Must Be Joking!
 
1965 Genghis Khan (director of photography)
 
1965 Go Go Mania
 
1964 Becket (director of photography)
 
1963 Tamahine
 
1963 An Evening with the Royal Ballet (documentary) (segments "La Valse", "Les Corsaire" and "Aurora's Wedding")
 
1963 Playboy of the Western World
 
1962 The Main Attraction
 
1962 The 300 Spartans (director of photography)
 
1961 Why Bother to Knock
 
1960 The World of Suzie Wong (director of photography)
 
1959 Whirlpool
 
1959 North West Frontier (director of photography)
 
1958 Bachelor of Hearts
 
1958 A Night to Remember (director of photography)
 
1958 Dangerous Exile
 
1957 Hell Drivers (director of photography)
 
1956 Tiger in the Smoke
 
1956 Jacqueline
 
1956 A Town Like Alice (director of photography)
 
1956 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
– When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 2 (1956)
– When Knighthood Was in Flower: Part 1 (1956)
 
1955 Value for Money
 
1955 Passage Home
 
1955 Simba
 
1955 The Eric Winstone Bandshow (short)
 
1955 Cyril Stapleton and the Show Band (short)
 
1955 Eric Winstone's Stagecoach (short)
 
1954 The Purple Plain (director of photography)
 
1954 Land of Fury
 
1954 Man with a Million (director of photography)
 
1953 The Sword and the Rose (director of photography)
 
1953 Turn the Key Softly
 
1952 Made in Heaven
 
1952 Outpost in Malaya
 
1952 Penny Princess (director of photography)
 
1951 Ivory Hunter
 
1950 The Clouded Yellow
 
1950 Trio
 
1950 Double Confession
 
1949 The Spider and the Fly
 
1949 Fools Rush In
 
1949 The Blue Lagoon
 
1948 Scott of the Antarctic (director of photography)
 
1948 Blanche Fury (exteriors)
 
1947 Jassy
 
1947 The Smugglers
 
1946 The Laughing Lady
 
1946 Meet the Navy (technicolor photography)
 
1943 The People's Land (documentary short)
 
1942 Teeth of Steel (documentary short)
 
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1961 On the Double (second unit photography)
 
1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (photographer: second unit)
 
1946 Stairway to Heaven (camera operator)
 
1946 Men of Two Worlds (camera operator)
 
1943 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (camera operator: Technicolor)
 
1939 The Four Feathers (assistant camera - uncredited)
 
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1978 The Great Train Robbery (uncredited)
 
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1978 The Great Train Robbery (this film is dedicated to the memory of: his friends miss him)
 
1978 Superman (dedicated with love and respect to - as Geoffrey Unsworth O.B.E.)
 
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic (special thanks)
 
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1968 The Making of '2001' (documentary short)
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2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (video documentary)
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2001 Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (video documentary short)
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