- Jack Hildyard
Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. (
March 17 ,1908 ,London —September 1990, London) was a Britishcinematographer who worked on more than 80 films during his career. He made several films withDavid Lean including "The Sound Barrier" (1952) and "Hobson's Choice" (1954), as well as "Bridge on the River Kwai " (1957), for which he won anAcademy Award for Best Cinematography and theBritish Society of Cinematographers Award.His first film was "Freedom of the Seas" in 1934, as a focus-puller, before working as
camera operator on films for Leslie Howard and others, including "Pygmalion", "The Divorce of Lady X " and "Pimpernel Smith ". His first film as cinematographer was Laurence Olivier's 1944 film "Henry V", an adaptation of the Shakespearean history. This gave him invaluable experience of colour cinematography, and his subsequent films made him one of the most sought after cameramen in England.His other films included "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1945), "Anastasia" (1956), "
The Sundowners " (1960), "55 Days at Peking " (1963), "Battle of the Bulge (film) " (1965), "Casino Royale" (1967) and "The Wild Geese " (1978). He photographed both of producer-directorMoustapha Akkad 's films on Islamic history, The Message andLion of the Desert .He was also nominated for
BAFTA Awards for his work on "The V.I.P.s " (1963), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce " (1964) and "Modesty Blaise" (1966).He was awarded the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.
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