Jack Hildyard(1908-1990)

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Hildyard was a British cinematographer. He made several films with David Lean including The Sound Barrier (1952), Hobson's Choice (1954), and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

He also work in Another Time, Another Place (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), Topaz (1969) and Lion of the Desert (1981).

Hildyard died in 1990 at the age of 82.

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Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

The Bridge on the River Kwai

8.1

Cinematographer

1957

Modesty Blaise

5.0

Cinematographer

1966

Casino Royale

5.0

Cinematographer

1967

The Message

8.1

Cinematographer(photographed by)

1976

Credits

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Cinematographer

Florence Nightingale
7.1
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1985
Ellis Island
7.0
TV Mini Series
- Cinematographer
- 1984
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
5.0
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1984
Clash of Loyalties
7.0
- director of photography
- 1983
Lion of the Desert
8.2
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 1980
The Wild Geese
6.8
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 1978
The Message
8.9
- Cinematographer
- 1976
Beauty and the Beast
6.8
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1976
Emily
4.6
- Cinematographer
- 1976
Not Now, Comrade
5.0
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 1976
The Message
8.1
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 1976
The Beast Must Die
5.6
- director of photography
- 1974
Mousey
6.0
TV Movie
- Cinematographer
- 1974
The Last Chapter
6.5
Short
- director of photography
- 1974
Mafia Junction
6.1
- director of photography
- 1973

Camera and Electrical Department

Johnny in the Clouds
7.3
- second unit cameraman
- 1945
Henry V
7.0
- the operating cameraman
- 1944
The Lamp Still Burns
6.2
- camera operator
- 1943
Escape to Danger
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1943
The Flemish Farm
5.9
- cameraman
- 1943
Thunder Rock
6.5
- camera operator
- 1942
Spitfire
7.0
- camera operator
- 1942
'Pimpernel' Smith
7.2
- camera operator
- 1941
Major Barbara
6.8
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1941
French Without Tears
6.2
- camera operator
- 1940
Spy for a Day
7.5
- camera operator
- 1940
Over the Moon
5.5
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1939
The Mikado
6.3
- camera operator
- 1939
Pygmalion
7.7
- camera
- 1938
The Divorce of Lady X
6.6
- camera operator (as J. Hildyard)
- 1938

Personal details

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Alternative name
- J. Hildyard
Born
- March 17, 1908
- London, England, UK
Died
- September 5, 1990
- Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
Relatives
- David Hildyard(Sibling)

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Trivia
Distinguished British cinematographer, in films from 1932 as a clapper boy at Elstree. One of the founding members of the BSC and recipient of the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. Worked several times with David Lean, winning an Oscar and a BSC Award for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).