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David Watkin
EN, XX, IT, FR cinema · 78 credits
Born
23 March 1925
Died
19 February 2008 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Margate, Kent, England, UK
David Watkin BSC (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was an English cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with such film directors as Richard Lester, Peter Brook, Tony Richardson, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack. In 1985, Watkin won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Out of Africa. He received lifetime achievement awards in 2004 from the British Society of Cinematographers and the cinematographic-centric Camerimage Film Festival in Łódź, Poland. In Chariots of Fire, he "helped create one of the most memorable images of 1980s cinema: the opening sequence in which a huddle of young male athletes pounds along the water's edge on a beach" to the film's theme music by Vangelis. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Watkin (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
All Forgotten
Director of Photography
Tea with Mussolini
Director of Photography
Gloria
Director of Photography
Obsession
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Critical Care
Director of Photography
Night Falls on Manhattan
Director of Photography
Bogus
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Jane Eyre
Director of Photography
Milk Money
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This Boy's Life
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Bopha!
Director of Photography
Used People
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The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
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The Object of Beauty
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Hamlet
Director of Photography
Memphis Belle
Director of Photography
Murder on the Moon
Director of Photography
Last Rites
Director of Photography
The Good Mother
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Masquerade
Director of Photography
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Director of Photography
Moonstruck
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Sky Bandits
Director of Photography
Out of Africa
Director of Photography
White Nights
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Return to Oz
Director of Photography
The Hotel New Hampshire
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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Additional Photography
Yentl
Director of Photography
Chariots of Fire
Director of Photography
Endless Love
Director of Photography
La Cenerentola
Director of Photography
That Summer!
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Cuba
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Hanover Street
Director of Photography
Joseph Andrews
Director of Photography
Robin and Marian
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To the Devil a Daughter
Director of Photography
Mahogany
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The Four Musketeers
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The Three Musketeers
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A Delicate Balance
Director of Photography
The Homecoming
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The Devils
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The Boy Friend
Director of Photography
Catch-22
Director of Photography
The Bed Sitting Room
Director of Photography
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Director of Photography
Red, White, and Zero
Director of Photography
The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade
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How I Won the War
Director of Photography
Mademoiselle
Director of Photography
Help!
Director of Photography
The Knack... and How to Get It
Director of Photography
Rhythm 'n' Greens
Cinematography
The Six-Sided Triangle
Cinematography
...All That Mighty Heart...
Camera Operator
The Signal Engineers
Director of Photography
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
1962
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
Cinematography
The Travolators
Director of Photography
They Take the High Road
Director of Photography
Blue Pullman
Director of Photography
Diesel Trainride
1959
Diesel Trainride
Director of Photography
The Coasts of Clyde
1959
The Coasts of Clyde
Director of Photography
Care of St Christopher’s
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Groundwork for Progress
Cinematography
Under Night Streets
Director of Photography
A Desperate Case
Director of Photography
Lancashire Coast
Director of Photography
Holiday
1957
Holiday
Director of Photography
The England of Elizabeth
Director of Photography
The Long Night Haul
Director of Photography
Men on the Mend
1956
Men on the Mend
Director of Photography