David Watkin
Camera
- Born
- March 23, 1925 · Margate, Kent, England, UK
- Died
- February 19, 2008 (age 82)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Out of Africa
December 20, 1985
Moonstruck
December 16, 1987
This Boy's Life
April 9, 1993
Return to Oz
June 21, 1985
Chariots of Fire
May 15, 1981
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
March 30, 1984
The Devils
July 16, 1971
Memphis Belle
September 7, 1990
Hamlet
December 19, 1990
The Three Musketeers
December 11, 1973
Catch-22
June 24, 1970
Help!
July 29, 1965
Behind the camera75
- 2001All Forgotten Director of Photography
- 1999Tea with Mussolini Director of Photography
- 1999Gloria Director of Photography
- 1997Critical Care Director of Photography
- 1997Obsession Director of Photography
- 1997Night Falls on Manhattan Director of Photography
- 1996Bogus Director of Photography
- 1996Jane Eyre Director of Photography
- 1994It Is Now Our Time: Peter Sellars’ The Merchant of Venice Cinematography
- 1994