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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Name: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-05-05
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Charlton Heston

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010), directed by Craig McCall, starring Jack Cardiff and Martin Scorsese.

05/05/2010 BR Documentary 1h 26m

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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.

Craig McCallDirector, Producer
Dan RobertsEditing

About the film

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff is a 2010 documentary film that explores the work of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff. It reviews his work and with the input of many of his contemporaries, examines his legacy as one of the most influential film makers in the world and details how he became master of the Technicolor process. The film includes interviews with Cardiff as well as Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Lauren Bacall, Kim Hunter, Kathleen Byron, John Mills, Alan Parker, Richard Fleischer and many others.

Among many anecdotes in the film, Jack Cardiff relates what it was like to work with Hollywood's greatest icons: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The film was released about a year after Jack Cardiff's death and was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2010, as part of the "Cannes Classics".

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The film was released about a year after Jack Cardiff's death and was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2010, as part of the "Cannes Classics".

Interviews with contributors

Jack Cardiff

Martin Scorsese

Kirk Douglas

Lauren Bacall

Charlton Heston

Kim Hunter

John Mills

Alan Parker

Thelma Schoonmaker

Freddie Francis

Raffaella De Laurentiis

Richard Fleischer

Kathleen Byron

Michel Ciment

Michael Powell (voice) (archive footage)

References

External links

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff at IMDb

Jack Cardiff: Painter's eye view at Variety

Official website for the film

Text from Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameraman:_The_Life_and_Work_of_Jack_Cardiff

Trivia

It premiered on May 5, 2010, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h26 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 7 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosModus Operandi Films, UK Film Council
CountriesUnited Kingdom
LanguagesFrench, English
StatusReleased

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Craig McCall Director
Dan Roberts Editing
Craig McCall Producer

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What is Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff about?

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. Be…

Who directed Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff?

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff was directed by Craig McCall in 2010.

Who stars in Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff?

The cast of Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff includes Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Charlton Heston.

How long is Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff?

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff runs for 86 minutes, or 1h26.