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.
Directed byCraig McCall
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- May 5, 2010
Modus Operandi FilmsFeaturing
Cast & crew
Jack Cardiff
Self
Martin Scorsese
Self – Interviewee
Kirk Douglas
Self – Interviewee
Lauren Bacall
Self – Interviewee
Charlton Heston
Self – Interviewee
Kim Hunter
Self – Interviewee
John Mills
Self – Interviewee
Alan Parker
Self – Interviewee
Thelma Schoonmaker
Self – Interviewee
Freddie Francis
Self – Interviewee
- Directed by
- Craig McCall
- Produced by
- Craig McCall
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