Christian Blackwood
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1942
- Died
- July 22, 1992 (aged 50)
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
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
Juilliard
Movie · Director
Tapdancin'
Movie · Director
Real Sex
TV · Director · 1 ep
Motel
Movie · Director
POV
TV · Director · 1 ep
Signed: Lino Brocka
Movie · Director
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
Movie · Director
Aznavour: Breaking America
Movie · Director
The Soldier's Tale
Movie · Director
Observations Under the Volcano
Movie · Director
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
Movie · Director
Edith Head
Movie · Director
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Movie · Director
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
Movie · Director
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Movie · Director
Hollywood's Musical Moods
Movie · Director
Yesterday's Witness
Movie · Director
Isamu Noguchi
Movie · Director
Jim Dine: London
Movie · Director
Summer in the City
Movie · Director
David Hockney's Diaries
Movie · Director
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
Movie · Director
Monk
Movie · Director
Monk in Europe
Movie · Director