Jack Cardiff

Jack Cardiff

Cinematographer and director. Born 18 September 1914 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK. Died 22 April 2009.

8

Titles on Fi1m1 directing · 7 crew

83

Average Fi1m score

2

Oscars2 won · 3 nominated

Born

18 September 1914, Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Died

22 April 2009

Active

1946–1985

Frequently works with

Emeric Pressburger, Marius Goring, Michael Powell, Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, John Woolf

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7 High Street, Saffron Walden, October 2023. The blue plaque marks the house as the residence of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff from 1993 to 2000. This is a p — 7 High Street, Saffron Walden, October 2023. The blue plaque marks the house as the residence of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff from 1993 to 2000. This is a pNo Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

7 High Street, Saffron Walden, October 2023. The blue plaque marks the house as the residence of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff from 1993 to 2000. This is a p — 7 High Street, Saffron Walden, October 2023. The blue plaque marks the house as the residence of the cinematographer Jack Cardiff from 1993 to 2000. This is a pNo Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Roger Wielgus dans le désert de Mojave en compagnie de Richard Fleischer et Jack Cardiff sur le tournage de Call From Space (2022) — Roger Wielgus dans le désert de Mojave en compagnie de Richard Fleischer et Jack Cardiff sur le tournage de Call From Space (2022)Rbwiel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Picture of cinematographer Jack Cardiff behind a camera smoking a pipe. — Picture of cinematographer Jack Cardiff behind a camera smoking a pipe.Not known. Cardiff family have given permission for it be used on Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Title: Jack Cardiff Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1910) — Title: Jack Cardiff Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1910)Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Theatre advertisement for the film, The Girl on a Motorcycle, 26 November, 1968. — Theatre advertisement for the film, The Girl on a Motorcycle, 26 November, 1968.Claridge Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Rbwiel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Not known. Cardiff family have given permission for it be used on Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence); Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain; Claridge Pictures, Public domain. Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.