John Alcott

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John Alcott, the Oscar-winning cinematographer best known for his collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, was born in 1931, in Isleworth, England, the son of movie executive Arthur Alcott, who would become the production controller at Gainsborough Studios during the 1940s. Alcott began his film career as a clapper boy, the lowest member of a ... See full bio »

Born:

1931 in London, England, UK

Died:

July 28, 1986 (age 55) in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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Won 1 Oscar. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Barry Lyndon Cinematographer

(1975)

A Clockwork Orange Cinematographer

(1971)

No Way Out Cinematographer

(1987)

2001: A Space Odyssey Camera and Electrical Department

(1968)

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Filmography

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Camera and Electrical Department (21 credits)

1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (additional photography)

1965 Othello (assistant camera - uncredited)

1963 Tamahine (focus puller - uncredited)

1962 The Main Attraction (focus puller - uncredited)

1961 Whistle Down the Wind (focus puller - uncredited)

1961 The Singer Not the Song (focus puller - uncredited)

1960 An heiligen Wassern (assistant camera)

1959 North West Frontier (focus puller - uncredited)

1958 A Night to Remember (focus puller - uncredited)

1958 Violent Playground (focus puller - uncredited)

1956 Checkpoint (second unit photography - uncredited)

1956 Tiger in the Smoke (focus puller - uncredited)

1956 A Town Like Alice (focus puller - uncredited)

1955 An Alligator Named Daisy (focus puller - uncredited)

1955 Value for Money (focus puller - uncredited)

1954 Man with a Million (clapper loader - uncredited)

1953 Desperate Moment (clapper loader - uncredited)

1953 The Long Memory (clapper loader - uncredited)

1952 The Assassin (clapper loader - uncredited)

1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (clapper loader - uncredited)

1948 Easy Money (clapper/loader - uncredited)

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Cinematographer (20 credits)

1987 No Way Out

1987 White Water Summer (director of photography)

1986 Miracles

1985 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (director of photography)

1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1983 Under Fire

1983 Triumphs of a Man Called Horse

1982 The Beastmaster

1982 Vice Squad (photographed by)

1981 Fort Apache the Bronx (director of photography)

1980 Terror Train (photographed by)

1980 The Shining (photographed by)

1980 Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora (Documentary)

1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

1977 The Disappearance (photographed by)

1977 March or Die (photographed by)

1975 Barry Lyndon (photographed by)

1975 Overlord (photographed by)

1974 Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs

1971 A Clockwork Orange (lighting cameraman)

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Thanks (3 credits)

1987 No Way Out (dedicated to the memory of)

1987 White Water Summer (dedicatee)

1979 Butch Minds the Baby (Short) (special thanks)

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Self (1 credit)

1976 The 48th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
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Archive footage (1 credit)

2015 Six Different Kinds of Light John Alcott (Documentary short)
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[on the shooting of Barry Lyndon (1975)} "There was a great deal of testing of possible photographic approaches and effects - the candlelight thing, for example. Actually, we had talked about shooting solely by candlelight as far back as '2001', when Stanley Kubrick was planning to film 'Napoleon' but the requisite fast lenses were not available at the time....The objective was to shoot these ... See more »