David Watkin

Known for CameraBorn 1925-03-23Died 2008-02-19Margate, Kent, England, UK

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Watkin (cinematographer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Rhythm 'n' Greens

The Six-Sided Triangle

Blue Pullman

Diesel Trainride

Jesus of Nazareth

La Cenerentola

The Devils

This Boy's Life

The Long Night Haul

Out of Africa

Jane Eyre

Moonstruck

Mademoiselle

Memphis Belle

Chariots of Fire

White Nights

THE BEATLES in HELP!

Lancashire Coast

The England of Elizabeth

Return to Oz

Help!

Yentl

Hamlet

The Three Musketeers

Tea with Mussolini

Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils

Catch-22

Milk Money

Night Falls on Manhattan

Holiday

Critical Care

The Boy Friend

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

The Four Musketeers

Sky Bandits

Robin and Marian

A Delicate Balance

The Homecoming

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Gloria

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

Used People

Bogus

Mahogany

The Knack... and How to Get It

The Good Mother

The Bed Sitting Room

Bopha!