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

[wilder]

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 by Craig McCall
Trailer - http://tinyurl.com/3tgjqre
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626811/

Blu-ray and DVD release on August 9th.

[Mr. Merrill Lehrl]

  It's an awesome rental.

[ElPandaRoyal]

Wow, this was weird. I just saw this last week. It's pretty interesting considering it's mostly a first person look at his career and it was great to listen to this very talented man talking about what inspired him, telling a few stories about Hollywood actors. And he seemed to be such a nice guy too.