Camera · b. 1894 · Kennington, London, England, UK

Basil Emmott

Biography

Basil Emmott (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson. Emmott worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. D...

Cinematography
Curse of the Fly 1965 Be My Guest 1965 Blind Corner 1964 Walk a Tightrope 1963 Tomorrow at Ten 1963 Live It Up! 1963 The Break 1963 Strongroom 1962 Pit of Darkness 1961 Rag Doll 1961 The Wind of Change 1961 The Enemy General 1960 I Was Monty's Double 1958 Battle of the V-1 1958 The Long Haul 1957 Town on Trial 1957 Wicked as They Come 1956 Johnny, You're Wanted 1956 Home and Away 1956 Joe Macbeth 1955 Track the Man Down 1955 Cross Channel 1955 The Green Buddha 1954 Companions in Crime 1954 The Tell-Tale Heart 1953 The Master of Bankdam 1947 The Man from Morocco 1945 Time Flies 1944 It Happened One Sunday 1944 Bell-Bottom George 1944 The Peterville Diamond 1943 Miss London Ltd. 1943 Flying Fortress 1942 The Prime Minister 1941 Atlantic Ferry 1941 The Briggs Family 1940 Dr. O'Dowd 1940 Hoots Mon 1940 The Midas Touch 1940 That’s The Ticket 1940 His Brother’s Keeper 1940 George and Margaret 1940 Confidential Lady 1939 A Gentleman's Gentleman 1939 They Drive by Night 1938 Thank Evans 1938 The Singing Cop 1938 Double or Quits 1938 Thistledown 1938 Quiet, Please 1938 Dangerous Medicine 1938 Everything Happens to Me 1938 The Return of Carol Deane 1938 You Live and Learn 1937 Mayfair Melody 1937 The Vulture 1937 Side Street Angel 1937 It’s Not Cricket 1937 The Man Who Made Diamonds 1937 Change for a Sovereign 1937 Crown v. Stevens 1936 The Brown Wallet 1936 Educated Evans 1936 Hail and Farewell 1936 Fair Exchange 1936 Gaol Break 1936 Gypsy 1936 Where's Sally? 1936 Irish for Luck 1936 Crime Unlimited 1935 Man of the Moment 1935 The Black Mask 1935 Mr. What's-His-Name? 1935 A Glimpse of Paradise 1935 What’s in a Name? 1935 Father and Son 1935 The Girl in the Crowd 1935 Someday 1935 Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk 1935 Get Off My Foot 1935 So You Won't Talk 1935 Widow's Might 1935 Something Always Happens 1934 The Church Mouse 1934 No Escape 1934 The Girl in Possession 1934 The Office Wife 1934 As Good as New 1933 The Bermondsey Kid 1933 Her Imaginary Lover 1933 High Finance 1933 I Adore You 1933 Mayfair Girl 1933 This Acting Business 1933 The Thirteenth Candle 1933 Little Fella 1933 The Stolen Necklace 1933 Little Miss Nobody 1933 Enemy of the Police 1933 The Melody-Maker 1933 The Lodger 1932 In a Monastery Garden 1932 Lucky Ladies 1932 The Marriage Bond 1932 Flat No. 9 1932 The Missing Rembrandt 1932 Frail Women 1932 Her Night Out 1932 The River House Ghost 1932 The Silver Greyhound 1932 When London Sleeps 1932 Chin Chin Chinaman 1931 The Officers' Mess 1931 The Rosary 1931 Big Business 1930 Spanish Eyes 1930 The Great Game 1930 Drifters 1929 To What Red Hell 1929 The Feather 1929 The Co-Optimists 1929 Sailors Don't Care 1928 Quinneys 1927 The Arcadians 1927 The Glad Eye 1927 The Eleventh Commandment 1924 Young Lochinvar 1923 Rob Roy 1922
Other Credits
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