Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
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.
Cast
Jack Cardiff
as Self
Martin Scorsese
as Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
as Self – Interviewee
Lauren Bacall
as Self – Interviewee
Charlton Heston
as Self – Interviewee
Kim Hunter
as Self – Interviewee
John Mills
as Self – Interviewee
Alan Parker
as Self – Interviewee
Thelma Schoonmaker
as Self – Interviewee
Freddie Francis
as Self – Interviewee
Reviews
CinemaSerf
As much as this is a testament to the skilful artistry of Jack Cardiff, it also serves as quite an illustrative history of cinema in general. Initially selected by Technicolor to be their first trained operator in Britain, he proceeded to work with some of the most noted directors - Alfred Hitchcock...
