Known For
Camera
Born
Mar 23, 1925
Died
Feb 19, 2008
Place of Birth
Margate, Kent, England, UK
Credits
79 titles
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-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
Filmography
THE BEATLES in HELP!
Self
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
Self
All Forgotten
Director of Photography
One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film
Himself
Tea with Mussolini
Director of Photography
Gloria
Director of Photography
Critical Care
Director of Photography
Obsession
Director of Photography
Night Falls on Manhattan
Director of Photography
Bogus
Director of Photography
Jane Eyre
Director of Photography
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
Cinematography
Milk Money
Director of Photography
Bopha!
Director of Photography
This Boy's Life
Director of Photography
Used People
Director of Photography
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Director of Photography
The Object of Beauty
Director of Photography
Hamlet
Director of Photography
Memphis Belle
Director of Photography
Murder on the Moon
Director of Photography
Last Rites
Director of Photography
The Good Mother
Director of Photography
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Director of Photography
Masquerade
Director of Photography
Moonstruck
Director of Photography
Sky Bandits
Director of Photography
Out of Africa
Director of Photography
White Nights
Director of Photography
Return to Oz
Director of Photography
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Additional Photography
The Hotel New Hampshire
Director of Photography
Yentl
Director of Photography
Endless Love
Director of Photography
Chariots of Fire
Director of Photography
La Cenerentola
Director of Photography
Cuba
Director of Photography
That Summer!
Director of Photography
Hanover Street
Director of Photography
Jesus of Nazareth
Director of Photography
Joseph Andrews
Director of Photography
Robin and Marian
Director of Photography
To the Devil a Daughter
Director of Photography
Mahogany
Director of Photography
The Four Musketeers
Director of Photography
The Three Musketeers
Director of Photography
A Delicate Balance
Director of Photography
The Homecoming
Director of Photography
The Boy Friend
Director of Photography
The Devils
Director of Photography