Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

Name: Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
Director: Craig McCall
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-05-05
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall

Documentary

Director: Craig McCall

Cast: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall

Runtime86 min

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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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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff is a 2010 documentary film that explores the work of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff. It reviews his work and with the input of many of his contemporaries, examines his legacy as one of the most influential film makers in the world and details how he became master of the Technicolor process. The film includes interviews with Cardiff as well as Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Lauren Bacall, Kim Hunter, Kathleen Byron, John Mills, Alan Parker, Richard Fleischer and many others.