Christian Blackwood
Directing
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.
Known for
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tvReal Sex
1990
Director
movieMotel
1989
Director
tvPoint of View
1988
Director
movieSigned: Lino Brocka
1987
Director
movieThe Soldier's Tale
1984
Director
movieEdith Head
1981
Director
movieYesterday's Witness
1976
Director
movieIsamu Noguchi
1972
Director
movieSummer in the City
1970
Director
movieJim Dine: London
1970
Director
movieDavid Hockney's Diaries
1970
Director
movieMonk
1968
Director
movieMonk in Europe
1968
Director
Juilliard
Director
movieTapdancin'
Director
Production11
movieMotel
1989
Producer
movieSigned: Lino Brocka
1987
Producer
movieEdith Head
1981
Producer
movieYesterday's Witness
1976
Producer
movieMonk
1968
Producer
Camera10
movieConversations with Philip Guston
2003
Director of Photography
movieButoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
Director of Photography
movieMotel
1989
Director of Photography
movieThelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988
Director of Photography
movieObservations Under the Volcano
1984
Director of Photography
movieRoger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
Director of Photography
movieSummer in the City
1970
Director of Photography
movieSex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970
Director of Photography
movieHarlem Theater
1969
Director of Photography
Lockenköpfchen
1967
Director of Photography
Crew10
movieSigned: Lino Brocka
1987
Cinematography
movieAll by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
1982
Cinematography
moviePhilip Guston: A Life Lived
1982
Cinematography
movieLarry Rivers
1972
Cinematography
movieSan Domingo
1970
Cinematography
movieChristo: Wrapped Coast
1969
Cinematography
movieMonk
1968
Cinematography
movieHans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
1967
Cinematography
movieNot Reconciled
1965
Cinematography