Alex Thomson (cinematographer)
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Born | (1929-01-12)12 January 1929 London, England, United Kingdom |
Died | 14 June 2007(2007-06-14) (aged 78) Chertsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Alexander Thomson BSC (12 January 1929 – 14 June 2007) was a British cinematographer.
Biography
Born in London, England, he was first offered a job by Bert Easey (1901-1973), who was head of cameras at Denham and Pinewood Studios. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Excalibur (1981).
His other films included Year of the Dragon (1985), Legend (1985),[1] Labyrinth (1986), The Krays (1990), Alien 3 (1992), Cliffhanger (1993), Demolition Man (1993), Executive Decision (1996) and two of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptations, Hamlet (1996) and Love's Labour's Lost (2000).
After beginning his film career in the late 1940s, he went on to serve as a camera operator under cinematographer Nicolas Roeg on twelve films between 1961 and 1966. In 1998 he shot the Royal Premiered CinemaScope short "The Troop" (dir: Marcus Dillistone) An interview with Alex Thomson appears in a new book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis, published by Scarecrow Press. Thompson was an avid user of Joe Dunton's custom-built Xtal Xpress lenses, shooting many of his more high-profile projects such as Labyrinth, Legend, The Keep, Year of the Dragon and The Sicilian with them.
He was married to the sculptor Diana Thomson, and they had a daughter.[2] Thomson died on 14 June 2007, at the age of 78, in Chertsey, Surrey.
Filmography
References
- ^ Canby, Vincent (18 April 1986). "THE SCREEN: RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'LEGEND'". The New York Times.
- ^ "Diana Thomson" Silver Wood Books. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
External links
- Alex Thomson at IMDb
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