Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 07, 1942
Died
Jul 22, 1992
Place of Birth
Berlin, Germany
Credits
38 titles
Christian Blackwood
Biography
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
Filmography
Conversations with Philip Guston
Director of Photography
Real Sex
Director
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
Director of Photography
Motel
Director
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
Director of Photography
Point of View
Director
Signed: Lino Brocka
Director
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Producer
Aznavour: Breaking America
Director
The Soldier's Tale
Director
Observations Under the Volcano
Director
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
Director
Philip Guston: A Life Lived
Cinematography
Edith Head
Director
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Director
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Director
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Director
Yesterday's Witness
Producer
Hollywood's Musical Moods
Director
Isamu Noguchi
Director
Larry Rivers
Cinematography
San Domingo
Cinematography
Summer in the City
Director
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
Director of Photography
David Hockney's Diaries
Director
Jim Dine: London
Director
Harlem Theater
Director of Photography
Christo: Wrapped Coast
Cinematography
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
Director
Monk
Cinematography
Monk in Europe
Director
Lockenköpfchen
Director of Photography
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
Cinematography
Not Reconciled
Cinematography
German Film Award
Self
The Murderers Are Among Us
Otto Brückner
Tapdancin'
Director
Juilliard
Director