Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Craig McCall
Written : Unknown
Stars : Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall Jack Cardiff Martin Scorsese
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : May 12, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : UK Film Council National Lottery Modus Operandi Films
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : May 12, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : Official site
Language : English
Production companies : UK Film Council National Lottery Modus Operandi Films
