{"id":9504,"date":"2009-04-24T06:29:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-24T04:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/camernew.klienci.052b.com\/odchodzi-historia-kina\/"},"modified":"2009-04-24T06:29:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T04:29:35","slug":"odchodzi-historia-kina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/odchodzi-historia-kina\/","title":{"rendered":"JACK CARDIFF B.S.C DIED"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jack Cardiff<\/p>\n

It is with great grief that we inform about the death of one of the most famous and recognized cinematographers Jack Cardiff B.S.C.<\/b> This outstanding filmmaker was also a director and a photographer and started his adventure with film already as a child actor. His career spanned the history of the cinema from the development of the silent film through the introduction of Technicolor to the filmmaking in the 21st century. Aged 94, he died of natural causes on April 22nd 2009. <\/p>\n

Jack Cardiff, B.S.C.<\/b> was born in Great Yarmouth, in England. When he was 15 he started working as a camera assistant and a clapper. After graduation he worked as a camera operator and cinematographer on both documentaries and features. In 1947 together with Michael Powell<\/b> and Emeric Pressburger<\/b> he shot Black Narcissus<\/b><\/i><\/span> which won him an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best cinematography. This film also brought him a recognition in the industry and an opportunity to work on the greatest productions of that time. <\/p>\n

Jack Cardiff<\/p>\n

For his extraordinary work Jack Cardiff<\/b> won many awards and nominations including three Academy Award nominations. In 1957 he was nominated to an Oscar for his photography on War and Peace<\/b><\/i><\/span> and in 1962 for Fanny<\/b><\/i><\/span>. He was also nominated to an Oscar as a director for his Sons and Lovers<\/b><\/i><\/span>, which didn\u2019t win an Oscar but got the Golden Globe for best picture. In 1956 he was awarded by the British Society of Cinematographers for his cinematography on War and Peace<\/b><\/i><\/span> and in 1994 he received the society\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001 he received a Honorary Oscar as Academy\u2019s recognition of his career. <\/p>\n

Selected filmography as a cinematographer:<\/b><\/p>\n