David Watkin
- Known for
- Camera
- Born
- March 23, 1925
- Died
- February 19, 2008 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Margate, Kent, England, UK
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
All Forgotten
Movie · Director of Photography
Tea with Mussolini
Movie · Director of Photography
Gloria
Movie · Director of Photography
Obsession
Movie · Director of Photography
Critical Care
Movie · Director of Photography
Night Falls on Manhattan
Movie · Director of Photography
Bogus
Movie · Director of Photography
Jane Eyre
Movie · Director of Photography
Milk Money
Movie · Director of Photography
This Boy's Life
Movie · Director of Photography
Bopha!
Movie · Director of Photography
Used People
Movie · Director of Photography
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Movie · Director of Photography
The Object of Beauty
Movie · Director of Photography
Hamlet
Movie · Director of Photography
Memphis Belle
Movie · Director of Photography
Murder on the Moon
Movie · Director of Photography
Last Rites
Movie · Director of Photography
The Good Mother
Movie · Director of Photography
Masquerade
Movie · Director of Photography
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Movie · Director of Photography
Moonstruck
Movie · Director of Photography
Sky Bandits
Movie · Director of Photography
Out of Africa
Movie · Director of Photography
White Nights
Movie · Director of Photography
Return to Oz
Movie · Director of Photography
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie · Director of Photography
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Movie · Additional Photography
Yentl
Movie · Director of Photography
Chariots of Fire
Movie · Director of Photography
Endless Love
Movie · Director of Photography
La Cenerentola
Movie · Director of Photography
That Summer!
Movie · Director of Photography
Cuba
Movie · Director of Photography
Hanover Street
Movie · Director of Photography
Joseph Andrews
Movie · Director of Photography
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · Director of Photography · 4 eps
Robin and Marian
Movie · Director of Photography
To the Devil a Daughter
Movie · Director of Photography
Mahogany
Movie · Director of Photography
The Four Musketeers
Movie · Director of Photography
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Director of Photography
A Delicate Balance
Movie · Director of Photography
The Homecoming
Movie · Director of Photography
The Devils
Movie · Director of Photography
The Boy Friend
Movie · Director of Photography
Catch-22
Movie · Director of Photography
The Bed Sitting Room
Movie · Director of Photography
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie · Director of Photography
Red, White, and Zero
Movie · Director of Photography
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
Movie · Director of Photography
How I Won the War
Movie · Director of Photography
Mademoiselle
Movie · Director of Photography
Help!
Movie · Director of Photography
The Knack... and How to Get It
Movie · Director of Photography
...All That Mighty Heart...
Movie · Camera Operator
The Signal Engineers
Movie · Director of Photography
The Travolators
Movie · Director of Photography
They Take the High Road
Movie · Director of Photography
Blue Pullman
Movie · Director of Photography
Diesel Trainride
Movie · Director of Photography
The Coasts of Clyde
Movie · Director of Photography
Care of St Christopher’s
Movie · Director of Photography
Under Night Streets
Movie · Director of Photography
A Desperate Case
Movie · Director of Photography
Lancashire Coast
Movie · Director of Photography
Service for Southend
Movie · Camera Operator
Holiday
Movie · Director of Photography
The England of Elizabeth
Movie · Director of Photography
The Long Night Haul
Movie · Director of Photography
Men on the Mend
Movie · Director of Photography