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Sep 15, 1940 (84)
Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
Chris Menges
As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant editor and camera operator and even worked as a sound recordist several times, before working his way up to director of photography. Menges had his first real break as a documentary cameraperson and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, traveling wherever there was war and insurrection - Burma, Angola, Vietnam and Tibet - while working with filmmaker Adrian Cowell. Once he made the permanent jump to feature films in the 1980s, Menges developed a style as a cinematographer that never overwhelmed audiences with gaudy colors or outlandish camera moves In fact, Menges understood the oft-accepted theory that color could be less realistic than black and white, because it focused the audience away from emotion to an object. Menges' work was defined by a low-key naturalism, plain composition, and a mix of lenses to tug at the audience at the appropriate moments, which helped him craft memorable images in several award-winning films, including "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Michael Collins" (1996) and "The Reader" (2008). IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach | Self - Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter | Self |
| 2010 | Making Kes | Self |
| 1985 | Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman | Self |
| 1983 | The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero' | Self |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge Awards | Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Waiting for the Barbarians | Director of Photography |
| 2015 | Ex Machina | Thanks |
| 2013 | Hummingbird | Director of Photography |
| 2013 | Hummingbird | "A" Camera Operator |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Director of Photography |
| 2011 | Route Irish | Director of Photography |
| 2010 | London Boulevard | Director of Photography |
| 2009 | The Yellow Handkerchief | Director of Photography |
| 2008 | The Reader | Director of Photography |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Director of Photography |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Director of Photography |
| 2005 | North Country | Director of Photography |
| 2005 | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada | Director of Photography |
| 2005 | Tickets | Director of Photography |
| 2004 | Criminal | Director of Photography |
| 2003 | The Good Thief | Director of Photography |
| 2003 | Concert for George | Director of Photography |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Director of Photography |
| 2002 | Dirty Pretty Things | Camera Operator |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Director of Photography |
| 1999 | The Lost Son | Director |
| 1997 | The Boxer | Director of Photography |
| 1996 | Michael Collins | Director of Photography |
| 1996 | The Heroin Wars | Camera Operator |
| 1994 | Second Best | Director |
| 1992 | CrissCross | Director |
| 1988 | A World Apart | Director |
| 1987 | Shy People | Director of Photography |
| 1987 | High Season | Director of Photography |
| 1986 | The Mission | Director of Photography |
| 1986 | Fatherland | Director of Photography |
| 1985 | Marie | Director of Photography |
| 1985 | Which Side Are You On? | Director of Photography |
| 1984 | The Killing Fields | Director of Photography |
| 1984 | Comfort and Joy | Director of Photography |
| 1984 | Winter Flight | Director of Photography |
| 1983 | Local Hero | Director of Photography |
| 1983 | R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only | Director of Photography |
| 1983 | Walter and June | Director of Photography |
| 1983 | The Red and the Blue | Director of Photography |
| 1982 | Made in Britain | Director of Photography |
| 1982 | Warlords of the 21st Century | Director of Photography |
| 1982 | Angel | Director of Photography |
| 1982 | Walter | Director of Photography |
| 1981 | Looks and Smiles | Director of Photography |
| 1981 | A Question of Leadership | Director of Photography |
| 1980 | Babylon | Director of Photography |
| 1980 | Bloody Kids | Director of Photography |
| 1980 | The Gamekeeper | Director of Photography |
| 1980 | Auditions | Director of Photography |
| 1979 | Black Jack | Director of Photography |
| 1979 | A Sense of Freedom | Director of Photography |
| 1977 | Last Summer | Director of Photography |
| 1977 | Dummy | Director of Photography |
| 1975 | It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | Director of Photography |
| 1974 | Israel: After the Earthquake | Director of Photography |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | Director of Photography |
| 1971 | Black Beauty | Director of Photography |
| 1971 | The Save the Children Fund Film | Director of Photography |
| 1971 | After a Lifetime | Director of Photography |
| 1970 | Kes | Director of Photography |
| 1970 | Loving Memory | Director of Photography |
| 1970 | The Tribe That Hides from Man | Director of Photography |
| 1968 | if.... | Camera Operator |
| 1968 | Solo | Director of Photography |
| 1967 | Poor Cow | Camera Operator |
| 1966 | Raid Into Tibet | Director of Photography |
| 1966 | A Boy Called Donovan | Director of Photography |
| 1963 | The War Game | Director of Photography |