David Watkin (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was an influential British 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.

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  • David Watkin (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was an influential British 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.
  • David Watkin war ein britischer Kameramann. Watkin stand seit 1956 hinter der Kamera und hat bis 2000 über 60 bekannte Filme fotografiert. 1964 war er für die Titelsequenz zum James Bond-Abenteuerfilm „Goldfinger“ verantwortlich.
  • David Watkin oli brittiläinen elokuvaaja. Hän voitti vuonna 1985 parhaan kuvauksen Oscar-palkinnon työstä elokuvassa Minun Afrikkani. Watkin julkaisi vuonna 1998 omaelämäkertateoksensa Why Is There Only One Word for Thesaurus?
  • David Watkin, angielski operator filmowy.
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  • David Watkin (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was an influential British 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.
  • David Watkin war ein britischer Kameramann. Watkin stand seit 1956 hinter der Kamera und hat bis 2000 über 60 bekannte Filme fotografiert. 1964 war er für die Titelsequenz zum James Bond-Abenteuerfilm „Goldfinger“ verantwortlich.
  • David Watkin oli brittiläinen elokuvaaja. Hän voitti vuonna 1985 parhaan kuvauksen Oscar-palkinnon työstä elokuvassa Minun Afrikkani. Watkin julkaisi vuonna 1998 omaelämäkertateoksensa Why Is There Only One Word for Thesaurus?
  • David Watkin, angielski operator filmowy.
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