David Watkin
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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
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movieAll Forgotten
2001
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movieTea with Mussolini
1999
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movieGloria
1999
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movieCritical Care
1997
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movieObsession
1997
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movieNight Falls on Manhattan
1997
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movieBogus
1996
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movieJane Eyre
1996
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movieMilk Money
1994
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movieBopha!
1993
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movieThis Boy's Life
1993
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movieUsed People
1992
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movieThe Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
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movieThe Object of Beauty
1991
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movieHamlet
1990
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movieMemphis Belle
1990
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movieMurder on the Moon
1989
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movieLast Rites
1988
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movieThe Good Mother
1988
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movieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1988
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movieMasquerade
1988
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movieMoonstruck
1987
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movieSky Bandits
1986
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movieOut of Africa
1985
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movieWhite Nights
1985
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movieReturn to Oz
1985
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movieGreystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
Additional Photography
movieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
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movieYentl
1983
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movieEndless Love
1981
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movieChariots of Fire
1981
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movieLa Cenerentola
1981
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movieCuba
1979
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movieThat Summer!
1979
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movieHanover Street
1979
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tvJesus of Nazareth
1977
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movieJoseph Andrews
1977
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movieRobin and Marian
1976
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movieTo the Devil a Daughter
1976
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movieMahogany
1975
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movieThe Four Musketeers
1974
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movieThe Three Musketeers
1973
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movieA Delicate Balance
1973
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movieThe Homecoming
1973
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movieThe Boy Friend
1971
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movieThe Devils
1971
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movieCatch-22
1970
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movieThe Bed Sitting Room
1969
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movieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
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movieRed, White, and Zero
1968
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movieHow I Won the War
1967
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movieThe 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
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movieMademoiselle
1966
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movieHelp!
1965
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movieThe Knack... and How to Get It
1965
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movie...All That Mighty Heart...
1962
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movieThe Signal Engineers
1962
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movieThe Travolators
1961
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movieThey Take the High Road
1960
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movieBlue Pullman
1960
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Diesel Trainride
1959
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The Coasts of Clyde
1959
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movieCare of St Christopher’s
1959
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movieUnder Night Streets
1958
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movieA Desperate Case
1958
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movieLancashire Coast
1957
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Holiday
1957
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Service for Southend
1957
Camera Operator
movieThe England of Elizabeth
1957
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movieThe Long Night Haul
1956
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Men on the Mend
1956
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movieRhythm 'n' Greens
1964
Cinematography
movieThe Six-Sided Triangle
1963
Cinematography
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
1962
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movieGroundwork for Progress
1959
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