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Chris Menges

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Director

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Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). See more trivia »

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Christopher Menges
in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
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Filmography

Hide HideCinematographer (56 titles)
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (director of photography)
 
2010 London Boulevard
 
2010 Route Irish
 
2008 The Reader (director of photography)
 
2008 Stop-Loss (director of photography)
 
2008 The Yellow Handkerchief (director of photography)
 
2006 Notes on a Scandal (director of photography)
 
2005 North Country
 
2005 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (director of photography)
 
2005 Tickets
 
2004 Criminal (director of photography)
 
2002/I The Good Thief
 
2002 Dirty Pretty Things
 
2001 The Pledge (director of photography)
 
1997 The Boxer (director of photography)
 
1996 Michael Collins
 
1987 High Season
 
1987 Shy People (director of photography)
 
1986 Singing the Blues in Red
 
1986 Walter and June (TV movie)
 
1986 The Mission
 
1986 Winter Flight
 
1985 Marie (director of photography)
 
1985 Which Side Are You On? (documentary)
 
1984 The Killing Fields
 
1984 Comfort and Joy
 
1983 The Red and the Blue: Impressions of Two Political Conferences - Autumn 1982 (TV documentary)
 
1983 R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (TV movie)
 
1983 Local Hero (lighting cameraman)
 
1982 Walter (TV movie)
 
1982 Angel
 
1982 Made in Britain (TV movie)
 
1982 Battletruck
 
1981 East 103rd Street (documentary)
 
1981 Couples and Robbers (short)
 
1981 Looks and Smiles
 
1981 Babylon
 
1981 A Question of Leadership (TV documentary)
 
1980 Auditions (TV documentary)
 
1980 The Gamekeeper
 
1979 Bloody Kids
 
1979 Black Jack
 
1979 A Sense of Freedom (lighting cameraman)
 
1977-1978 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
– Cold Harbour (1978)
– Last Summer (1977) (director of photography)
 
1977 Last Summer (TV movie)
 
1977 Dummy (TV movie)
 
1975 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (TV movie)
 
1971 Gumshoe (photographed by)
 
1971 Loving Memory
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
– After a Lifetime (1971)
 
1971 Black Beauty (director of photography)
 
1971 The Save the Children Fund Film
 
1969 Kes (photography)
 
1968 Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite
 
1966 A Boy Called Donovan (TV documentary)
 
1963 The War Game (short) (as Christopher Menges)
 
Show ShowCamera and Electrical Department (14 titles)
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (camera operator: "a" camera)
 
2008 The Reader (camera operator)
 
2008 Stop-Loss (camera operator: "b" camera)
 
2008 The Yellow Handkerchief (camera operator: "a" camera)
 
2006 Notes on a Scandal (camera operator)
 
2005 Tickets (camera operator)
 
2004 Criminal (camera operator)
 
2002 Dirty Pretty Things (camera operator)
 
1983 The Skin Horse (documentary) (camera operator)
 
1980 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (director of photography: studio second unit)
 
1970 The Tribe That Hides from Man (TV documentary) (camera operator)
 
1968 If.... (cameraman)
 
1967 Poor Cow (camera operator)
 
1962 The Saturday Men (short) (assistant camera - as Christopher Menges)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
1999 The Lost Son
 
1994 Second Best
 
1992 CrissCross
 
1988 A World Apart
 
1981 East 103rd Street (documentary)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1981 East 103rd Street (documentary) (producer)
 
1959 March to Aldermaston (documentary short) (assistant producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1963 World in Action (TV series documentary) (technical team - 1 episode)
– The Guns (1963) (technical team)
 
1959 March to Aldermaston (documentary short) (production assistant)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2001 Riding in Cars with Boys (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2009 The 81st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Cinematography
 
1987 The 59th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
 
1985 The 57th Annual Academy Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Cinematography
 

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Trivia:

Member of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo