Douglas Slocombe

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Douglas Slocombe (February 10, 1913) is a British cinematographer who has enjoyed a long career in the British film industry. His many films as director of photography include Robbery (1967), The Italian Job (1969), Nijinsky (1980), the James Bond film Never Say Never Again in 1983, and the three Indiana Jones films between 1981 and 1989.

His early films as cinematographer included many of the most famous Ealing comedies, such as Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953).

He has been nominated for an Academy Award on three occasions, for Travels with My Aunt (1973), Julia (1977) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He also won the BAFTA Award for best cinematography for Julia, The Great Gatsby (1974) and The Servant (1963), and was nominated for Guns at Batasi (1964), The Blue Max (1966), The Lion in Winter (1968), Travels with My Aunt (1973), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Rollerball (1975), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984).

He has also won the British Society of Cinematographers Award 5 times, as well as its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995.

[edit] Selected filmography

• The Big Blockade (1942)
• Dead of Night (1945)
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• Hue and Cry (1947)
• Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
• It Always Rains on Sunday (1948)
• Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
• The Man in the White Suit (1951)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Mandy (1952)
• The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
• The Man in the Sky (1957)
• Taste of Fear (1961)
• The Young Ones (1961)
• Freud (1962)
• The L-Shaped Room (1962)
• The Servant (1963)
• Guns at Batasi (1964)
• A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
• The Blue Max (1966)
• Robbery (1967)
• The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
• The Lion in Winter (1968)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• The Music Lovers (1970)
• Murphy's War (1971)
• Travels with My Aunt (1972)
• Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• The Maids (1974)
• Rollerball (1975)
• Nasty Habits (1977)
• Julia (1977)
• Caravans (1978)
• The Lady Vanishes (1979)
• Nijinsky (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Lady Jane (1986)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

[edit] External links

• Douglas Slocombe at the Internet Movie Database