FILM DIRECTOR

Jack Cardiff

1914 - 2009

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Jack Cardiff (18 September 1914 – 22 April 2009) was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to filmmaking more than half a century later. He is best known for his influential colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, and The Red Shoes), John Huston (The African Queen) and Alfred Hitchcock (Under Capricorn). He is also known for his work as a director – in particular, his critically acclaimed film Sons and Lovers (1960) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Cardiff is the 813th most popular film director (up from 893rd in 2019), the 3,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,055th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jack Cardiff ranks 813 out of 2,041. Before him are Roman Karmen, Jonathan Glazer, Ruy Guerra, Gordon Douglas, Paul Morrissey, and Richard Marquand. After him are Želimir Žilnik, Todd Phillips, Michael Verhoeven, Jack Clayton, Herbert Brenon, and Johan Renck.

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Among people born in 1914, Jack Cardiff ranks 238. Before him are Jersey Joe Walcott, Paul Rand, Terence O'Neill, Norman Holter, Jo Cals, and Wilhelm Hahnemann. After him are Jan Kott, Ralph Ellison, Igor M. Diakonoff, Oscar Casanovas, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Ehrenfried Patzel. Among people deceased in 2009, Jack Cardiff ranks 186. Before him are Alain Bashung, Fritz Darges, Dom DeLuise, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Joan Martí i Alanis, and Charlie Mariano. After him are Elisabeth Söderström, Giacomo Bulgarelli, Michel Leblond, Monica Bleibtreu, Dušan Džamonja, and Olja Ivanjicki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Cardiff ranks 3,153 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Bream (1933), Jonathan Glazer (1965), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), Gwendoline Christie (1978), Nick Hornby (1957), and Richard Marquand (1937). After him are Dawn Addams (1930), William Burnside (1852), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Freddie Highmore (1992), John Sims (1749), and Sam Claflin (1986).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Jack Cardiff ranks 64. Before him are Paul Greengrass (1955), Gareth Edwards (1975), Laura Mulvey (1941), Edmund Goulding (1891), Jonathan Glazer (1965), and Richard Marquand (1937). After him are Jack Clayton (1921), Stephen Daldry (1960), Mick Jackson (1943), Ronald Neame (1911), Andrea Arnold (1961), and Joe Wright (1972).

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