Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

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

Genres - Biography, Documentary  |   Release Date - May 5, 2010  |   Run Time - 86 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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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 of his generation 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.

Among many anecdotes in the film, Jack Cardiff relates what it was like to work with Hollywood’s greatest icons: Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Alfred Hitchcock, Marlene Dietrich and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The film was released about a year after Jack Cardiff's death and was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2010, as part of the "Cannes Classics".

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Box Office

$20,840

Tags

Academy Award, Black Narcissus, Cardiff, Cinematography, Red Shoes, Vikings

Attributes

Subject: cinematography

Alternate Titles

Az operatőr - Jack Cardiff élete és művei
HU
Cámara: La vida y obra de Jack Cardiff
VE
Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
AU, US
Kamerzysta: Życie i twórczość Jacka Cardiffa
PL
O homem-câmera: A vida e a obra de Jack Cardiff
BR
Persistence of Vision
, GB
Джек Кардифф: Жизнь по ту сторону кинокамеры
RU