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Christian Blackwood (7 July 1942—22 July 1992) was an American film director and cinematographer.
He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of 40 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlondorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992.
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