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.
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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Cast
Name |
Character |
Martin Scorsese
He was 68, now 82 years old
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as Himself |
Charlton Heston
He was 87, 84 years old when he died
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as Himself - Interviewee |
Lauren Bacall
She was 86, 89 years old when she died
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as Himself - Interviewee |
Marilyn Monroe
She was 83, 36 years old when she died
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as Herself (archive footage) |
Kirk Douglas
He was 94, 103 years old when he died
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as Himself - Interviewee |
Jack Cardiff
He was 96, 94 years old when he died
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as Himself |
Moira Shearer
She was 85, 80 years old when she died
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as Herself - Interviewee |
Kevin McClory
He was 84, 80 years old when he died
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as Himself - Interviewee |
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Crew