Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010•1h 26m•6.7•Released
Documentary
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.
Director
Craig McCall
Languages
French, English
Studio
Modus Operandi Films
Cast
Jack Cardiff
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
Self – Interviewee
Lauren Bacall
Self – Interviewee
Charlton Heston
Self – Interviewee
Kim Hunter
Self – Interviewee
John Mills
Self – Interviewee
Alan Parker
Self – Interviewee
Thelma Schoonmaker
Self – Interviewee
Freddie Francis
Self – Interviewee
Raffaella De Laurentiis
Self – Interviewee
Richard Fleischer
Self – Interviewee
Peter Yates
Self – Interviewee
Kathleen Byron
Self – Interviewee
Christopher Challis
Self – Interviewee
Production
Company
Modus Operandi Films
Company
UK Film Council
Producer
Craig McCall
Recommended
7.4
For the Love of Spock
2016
6.4
Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life
2017
7.4
I Am Heath Ledger
2017
7.2
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
7.1
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.6
Hawking
2013
7.5
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
2018
6.7
Gilbert
2017
7
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
6.9
Sidney
2022
7.9
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
7.8
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7
Marvel's Behind the Mask
2021
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
6.2
Seduced and Abandoned
2013
7.3
Whitney
2018
7.4
Maria by Callas
2017
6.5
Heart of a Dog
2015
7.9
My Mom Jayne
2025
Similar Movies
6.6
Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
1985
7
Those Days in Terezín
1997
6.9
To Be Frank: Sinatra at 100
2015
Beware Haderer
1992
Milan Čorba
2014
Akademik Emil Belluš
1979
6.5
Urtain, King of the Mountains
1969
Móric Beňovský žije
2012
10
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
2007
Everybody Loves Chris Rock
2021
Adım Ələsgərdir, Göyçə mahalım...
2014
6.6
Becoming Cary Grant
2017
Adios Amor
2022
7.2
Batman & Bill
2017
8
Sisis Erben - Die Kinder der Kaiserin Elisabeth
2022
Everything You've Ever Wanted in a 16MM Projector
1962
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
7.2
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
6.4
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
2023
7.7
Hiver 54 : L'Abbé Pierre et l'insurrection de la bonté
2024