Jack Cardiff

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger - with Cardiff, the composer Brian Easdale and the designer Alfred Junge - took British films into an area of fantasy and romance previously dominated by European expressionism and spangled American spectaculars. ... Full Article

British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who won an Oscar for his work on "Black Narcissus" in 1947, has died in Ely, England. He was 94. The Los Angeles Times said the former child actor and some-time film director, who worked until... ... Full Article

Jack Cardiff, an Oscar-winning British cinematographer and director who drew inspiration from Rembrandt 's use of light and shadow to convey his visions and those of directors like Hitchcock, as well as the allure of actresses like Monroe, died on... ... Full Article

Cardiff has also worked with other all time greats of cinema such as Alfred Hitchcock ( Under Capricorn , 1949), John Huston ( The African Queen , 1951) and Laurence Olivier ( The Prince and the Showgirl , 1957). ... Full Article

The man who photographed The African Queen, Black Narcissus, The Vikings, The Dogs of War, Ghost Story, Crossed Swords, The Brave One, Scott of the Antarctic, Under Capricorn -- 70 or so films, great and not great, has died. ... Full Article

Powell & Pressburger as Powell, Pressburger & Cardiff, his cinematography was that oustanding in those movies. I reckon I'll give his commentary to the African Queen a listen now. ... Full Article