A few words about...™ Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

Robert Harris said:

Among the interviewees is cinematographer Christopher Challis, working as camera operator on Cardiff films, went on to shoot some of the other extremely high quality works of the era.  After you see his comments, best to check out his CV.
RAH

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After The End of the River, Challis was camera operator under Jack Cardiff on The Red Shoes. He did not object to the demotion as he wanted to work on the film. Following this he went back to being director of photography. He was cinematographer on most of Powell and Pressburger's later films, including The Small Back Room (1949), The Elusive Pimpernel (1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955), The Battle of the River Plate (1956) and Ill Met by Moonlight (1957).
[My comments here: Tales of Hoffmann is brilliant work, even if it never achieved the popularity of The Red Shoes; Mr. Challis' contribution is, to use a Robert Harris descriptive, indeed heroic!]
He was nominated for several BAFTA Awards for Best British Cinematography, including a win in 1966 for Stanley Donen's film Arabesque.
Martin Scorcese said: "It is not possible even to begin to take the full measure of the greatness of British filmmaking without thinking of Chris Challis." and "Chris Challis brought a vibrancy to the celluloid palette that was entirely his own, and which helped make Britain a leader in that long, glorious period of classic world cinema."

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