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MASTER SCORE 72.1 / 100
2010·Biography / Documentary·1h 26m

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.

Above the Line
Craig McCall·DirectorMark Sayer-Wade·MusicDan Roberts·Editor
Cast
Jack Cardiff·SelfMartin Scorsese·Self – IntervieweeKirk Douglas·Self – IntervieweeLauren Bacall·Self – IntervieweeCharlton Heston·Self – IntervieweeKim Hunter·Self – IntervieweeJohn Mills·Self – IntervieweeAlan Parker·Self – IntervieweeThelma Schoonmaker·Self – IntervieweeFreddie Francis·Self – Interviewee
Full Crew
(6 credits)
Directing· 1
Craig McCall·Director
Editing· 1
Dan Roberts·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Mark Sayer-Wade·Music
Art & Design· 1
Miles Glyn·Art Direction
Production· 2
Craig McCall·ProducerSean Broughton·Associate Producer
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72.1
OF 100
Master Score
7.6
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