David Watkin
Known for: Camera
Born: March 23, 1925
Died: February 19, 2008
Place of birth: Margate, Kent, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
78 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.5
THE BEATLES in HELP!
2007
6.4
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils
2002
4.3
All Forgotten
2001
NR
One Continuous Take: Kay Mander's Life in Film
2001
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
5.9
Gloria
1999
6.3
Critical Care
1997
4.2
Obsession
1997
6.4
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997
5.8
Bogus
1996
6.9
Jane Eyre
1996
NR
It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice
1994
6.5
Milk Money
1994
5.4
Bopha!
1993
7.1
This Boy's Life
1993
5.8
Used People
1992
5.2
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
1991
5.3
The Object of Beauty
1991
6.6
Hamlet
1990
6.7
Memphis Belle
1990
3.8
Murder on the Moon
1989
4.7
Last Rites
1988
5.7
The Good Mother
1988
3.2
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1988
5.7
Masquerade
1988
6.8
Moonstruck
1987
5.8
Sky Bandits
1986
7.2
Out of Africa
1985
6.7
White Nights
1985
6.7
Return to Oz
1985
6.4
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
5.7
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
6.7
Yentl
1983
5.7
Endless Love
1981
6.8
Chariots of Fire
1981
7.4
La Cenerentola
1981
5.5
Cuba
1979
4.9
That Summer!
1979
5.6
Hanover Street
1979
7.8
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
5.1
Joseph Andrews
1977
6.3
Robin and Marian
1976
5.5
To the Devil a Daughter
1976
5.9
Mahogany
1975
6.5
The Four Musketeers
1974
6.7
The Three Musketeers
1973
6.2
A Delicate Balance
1973
6.2
The Homecoming
1973
6.5
The Boy Friend
1971
7.5
The Devils
1971
6.7
Catch-22
1970
5.9
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
6.2
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
5.0
Red, White, and Zero
1968
5.6
How I Won the War
1967
6.2
The 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
7.0
Mademoiselle
1966
6.9
Help!
1965
6.0
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
10.0
Rhythm 'n' Greens
1964
10.0
The Six-Sided Triangle
1963
NR
...All That Mighty Heart...
1962
NR
The Signal Engineers
1962NR
Robert Reid Reports on British Waterways
1962
NR
The Travolators
1961
NR
They Take the High Road
1960
8.3
Blue Pullman
19608.0
Diesel Trainride
1959
NR
Groundwork for Progress
1959NR
The Coasts of Clyde
1959
NR
Care of St Christopher’s
1959
NR
Under Night Streets
1958
NR
A Desperate Case
1958
7.0
Lancashire Coast
19576.7
Holiday
1957NR
Service for Southend
1957
7.0
The England of Elizabeth
1957
7.5
The Long Night Haul
1956NR
Men on the Mend
1956