Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

6.6/10 86 min Documentary

Overview

In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.

Cast

Jack Cardiff

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self – Interviewee

Kirk Douglas

Self – Interviewee

Lauren Bacall

Self – Interviewee

Charlton Heston

Self – Interviewee

Kim Hunter

Self – Interviewee

John Mills

Self – Interviewee

Alan Parker

Self – Interviewee

Thelma Schoonmaker

Self – Interviewee

Freddie Francis

Self – Interviewee

Raffaella De Laurentiis

Self – Interviewee

Richard Fleischer

Self – Interviewee

Peter Yates

Self – Interviewee

Kathleen Byron

Self – Interviewee

Kevin McClory

Self – Interviewee

Moira Shearer

Self – Interviewee

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