Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

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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.

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J Jack CardiffSelf M Martin ScorseseSelf – Interviewee K Kirk DouglasSelf – Interviewee L Lauren BacallSelf – Interviewee C Charlton HestonSelf – Interviewee K Kim HunterSelf – Interviewee J John MillsSelf – Interviewee A Alan ParkerSelf – Interviewee T Thelma SchoonmakerSelf – Interviewee F Freddie FrancisSelf – Interviewee R Raffaella De LaurentiisSelf – Interviewee R Richard FleischerSelf – Interviewee

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P Peter YatesSelf – Interviewee K Kathleen ByronSelf – Interviewee C Christopher ChallisSelf – Interviewee K Kevin McClorySelf – Interviewee I Ian ChristieSelf – Interviewee M Moira ShearerSelf – Interviewee P Peter HandfordSelf G George E. TurnerSelf (archive footage) M Michel CimentSelf (archive footage) M Michael PowellSelf (voice) (archive sound) M Marlene DietrichCountess Alexandra Vladinoff (archive footage) H Henry HathawaySelf (archive footage) O Orson WellesGenghis Khan / Bayan (archive footage) J John WayneSelf (archive footage) S Sophia LorenSelf (archive footage) E Errol FlynnSelf (archive footage) L Leslie CaronFanny (archive footage) A Ava GardnerPandora Reynolds / Maria Vargas (archive footage) J John HustonSelf (archive footage) H Humphrey BogartSelf (archive footage) K Katharine HepburnSelf (archive footage) E Edmond O'BrienOscar Muldoon (archive footage) A Audrey HepburnNatasha Rostova (archive footage) M Marilyn MonroeSelf (archive footage) L Laurence OlivierSelf (archive footage) N Niki CardiffSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) T Tony CurtisEric (archive footage) (uncredited) D Dustin HoffmanSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) D Deborah KerrSister Clodagh (archive footage) (uncredited) C Craig McCallSelf - Interviewer: Jack Cardiff (uncredited)