Camera · b. 1925 · Margate, Kent, England, UK

David Watkin

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-cen...

Cinematography
All Forgotten 2001 Tea with Mussolini 1999 Gloria 1999 Obsession 1997 Critical Care 1997 Night Falls on Manhattan 1997 Bogus 1996 Jane Eyre 1996 Milk Money 1994 This Boy's Life 1993 Bopha! 1993 Used People 1992 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez 1991 The Object of Beauty 1991 Hamlet 1990 Memphis Belle 1990 Last Rites 1988 The Good Mother 1988 Masquerade 1988 Journey to the Center of the Earth 1988 Moonstruck 1987 Sky Bandits 1986 Out of Africa 1985 White Nights 1985 Return to Oz 1985 The Hotel New Hampshire 1984 Yentl 1983 Chariots of Fire 1981 Endless Love 1981 La Cenerentola 1981 That Summer! 1979 Cuba 1979 Hanover Street 1979 Joseph Andrews 1977 Robin and Marian 1976 To the Devil a Daughter 1976 Mahogany 1975 The Four Musketeers 1974 The Three Musketeers 1973 A Delicate Balance 1973 The Homecoming 1973 The Devils 1971 The Boy Friend 1971 Catch-22 1970 The Bed Sitting Room 1969 The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 Red, White, and Zero 1968 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 1967 How I Won the War 1967 Mademoiselle 1966 Help! 1965 The Knack... and How to Get It 1965 The Signal Engineers 1962 The Travolators 1961 They Take the High Road 1960 Blue Pullman 1960 Diesel Trainride 1959 The Coasts of Clyde 1959 Care of St Christopher’s 1959 Under Night Streets 1958 A Desperate Case 1958 Lancashire Coast 1957 Holiday 1957 The England of Elizabeth 1957 The Long Night Haul 1956 Men on the Mend 1956
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