David Watkin
- Camera
- March 23, 1925 · Margate, Kent, England, UK
- February 19, 2008
Biography
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
- THE BEATLES in HELP! · Self
- Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils · Self
- All Forgotten · Cinematography
- One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film · Self
- Tea with Mussolini · Cinematography
- Gloria · Cinematography
- Critical Care · Cinematography
- Obsession · Cinematography
- Night Falls on Manhattan · Cinematography
- Bogus · Cinematography
- Jane Eyre · Cinematography
- It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice · Cinematography
- Milk Money · Cinematography
- Bopha! · Cinematography
- This Boy's Life · Cinematography
- Used People · Cinematography
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez · Cinematography
- The Object of Beauty · Cinematography
- Hamlet · Cinematography
- Memphis Belle · Cinematography
- Murder on the Moon · Cinematography
- Last Rites · Cinematography
- The Good Mother · Cinematography
- Journey to the Center of the Earth · Cinematography
- Masquerade · Cinematography
- Moonstruck · Cinematography
- Sky Bandits · Cinematography
- Out of Africa · Cinematography
- White Nights · Cinematography
- Return to Oz · Cinematography
- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes · Additional Photography
- The Hotel New Hampshire · Cinematography
- Yentl · Cinematography
- Endless Love · Cinematography
- Chariots of Fire · Cinematography
- La Cenerentola · Cinematography
- Cuba · Cinematography
- That Summer! · Cinematography
- Hanover Street · Cinematography
- Jesus of Nazareth · Cinematography
- Joseph Andrews · Cinematography
- Robin and Marian · Cinematography
- To the Devil a Daughter · Cinematography
- Mahogany · Cinematography
- The Four Musketeers · Cinematography
- The Three Musketeers · Cinematography
- A Delicate Balance · Cinematography
- The Homecoming · Cinematography
- The Boy Friend · Cinematography
- The Devils · Cinematography
- Catch-22 · Cinematography
- The Bed Sitting Room · Cinematography
- The Charge of the Light Brigade · Cinematography
- Red, White, and Zero · Cinematography
- How I Won the War · Cinematography
- 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 · Cinematography
- Mademoiselle · Cinematography
- Help! · Cinematography
- The Knack... and How to Get It · Cinematography
- Rhythm 'n' Greens · Cinematography
- The Six-Sided Triangle · Cinematography
- ...All That Mighty Heart... · Camera Operator
- The Signal Engineers · Cinematography
- Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways · Cinematography
- The Travolators · Cinematography
- They Take the High Road · Cinematography
- Blue Pullman · Cinematography
- Diesel Trainride · Cinematography
- Groundwork for Progress · Cinematography
- The Coasts of Clyde · Cinematography
- Care of St Christopher’s · Cinematography
- Under Night Streets · Cinematography
- A Desperate Case · Cinematography
- Lancashire Coast · Cinematography
- Holiday · Cinematography
- Service for Southend · Camera Operator
- The England of Elizabeth · Cinematography
- The Long Night Haul · Cinematography
- Men on the Mend · Cinematography