Alex Thomson
- Kamera
- 12. Januar 1929 · London, England, UK
- 14. Juni 2007
Biografie
Alexander Thomson BSC (12 January 1929 – 14 June 2007) was a British cinematographer. Born in London, England, he was first offered a job by Bert Easey (1901-1973), who was head of cameras at Denham and Pinewood Studios. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Excalibur (1981). His other films included Year of the Dragon (1985), Legend (1985), Labyrinth (1986), The Krays (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), Executive Decision (1996) and two of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptations, Hamlet (1996) and Love's Labour's Lost (2000). After beginning his film career in the late 1940s, he went on to serve as a camera operator under cinematographer Nicolas Roeg on twelve films between 1961 and 1966. In 1998 he shot the Royal Premiered CinemaScope short "The Troop" (dir: Marcus Dillistone) An interview with Alex Thomson appears in a new book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis, published by Scarecrow Press. Thompson was an avid user of Joe Dunton's custom-built Xtal Xpress lenses, shooting many of his more high-profile projects such as Labyrinth, Legend, The Keep, Year of the Dragon and The Sicilian with them. He was married to the sculptor Diana Thomson, and they had a daughter. Thomson died on 14 June 2007, at the age of 78, in Chertsey, Surrey.
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Filmografie
- The Making of Casino Royale, 1967 · Selbst
- Der letzte Flug · Kamera
- Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³' · Selbst
- Listening · Kamera
- Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' · Selbst
- Shot at Glory - Das Spiel ihres Lebens · Kamera
- Verlorene Liebesmüh' · Kamera, Cinematography
- Hamlet · Kamera
- Einsame Entscheidung · Kamera
- Der scharlachrote Buchstabe · Kamera
- Black Beauty · Kamera
- Demolition Man · Kamera
- Cliffhanger · Camera Operator, Kamera
- Alien 3 · Kamera
- Mr. Destiny · Kamera
- Die Krays · Kamera
- Wings of Fame - Hotel zur Unsterblichkeit · Kamera
- Er? Will! Sie nicht? · Kamera
- Leviathan · Kamera
- High Spirits · Kamera
- Track 29 - Ein gefährliches Spiel · Kamera
- Verabredung mit einem Engel · Kamera
- Der Sizilianer · Kamera, Camera Operator
- Duet for One · Kamera
- Die Reise ins Labyrinth · Kamera
- Der City Hai · Kamera
- Legende · Kamera
- Im Jahr des Drachen · Kamera, Camera Operator
- Electric Dreams · Kamera
- Die unheimliche Macht · Kamera
- Bullshot - Ein tollkühner Himmelhund · Kamera
- Eureka · Kamera
- Kreuz der Gewalt · Kamera
- Excalibur · Kamera
- The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie · Selbst
- The Gold Bug · Kamera
- Follow That Rainbow · Cinematography
- The Class Of Miss MacMichael · Kamera
- Superman · Additional Photography
- Die Katze und der Kanarienvogel · Kamera
- Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse · Kamera
- Angst ist der Schlüssel · Kamera
- Tunnel der lebenden Leichen · Kamera
- Die Rückkehr des Dr. Phibes · Kamera
- Das Haus der Schatten · Kamera
- The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer · Kamera
- Die Schritte des Mörders · Kamera
- The Best House in London · Kamera
- Skandal bei Scotland Yard · Kamera
- … unterm Holderbusch · Kamera
- Toll Trieben es die alten Römer · Camera Operator
- Fahrenheit 451 · Camera Operator
- Judith · Camera Operator
- Doktor Schiwago · Camera Operator
- Every Day's a Holiday · Camera Operator
- Satanas - Das Schloss der blutigen Bestie · Camera Operator
- The System · Camera Operator
- Man geht wieder über Leichen · Camera Operator
- Der Hausmeister · Camera Operator
- Dr. Crippen · Camera Operator
- Lawrence von Arabien · Camera Operator
- Girl on Approval · Camera Operator