Arthur Lavis

Arthur Lavis (born June 14, 1924 in Plymouth , United Kingdom , † January 15, 1999 in Ely ) was a British cameraman .

Life

Lavis joined the film industry in 1940, just 16 years old, and learned his trade from scratch. He initially worked for many years as a camera assistant , and in the late 1950s as a cameraman for documentaries and for television commercials. Since 1961 he has been the head cameraman of feature films, mostly B-Pictures of minor importance. Lavis received the first response in 1967/68 when he was behind the camera in two tight, no-frills productions (“ The Penthouse ”, “ London Junction ”) by Peter Collinson . Then, at the beginning of 1971, Lavis achieved considerable public success with a few episodes of the television series about a scruffy and odd time traveler, Catweazle . Lavis' later work is completely meaningless.

Filmography

• 1959: Port of London (short documentary)
• 1961: Four Winds Island
• 1961: Autumn in London N 16 ( The Barber of Stamford Hill )
• 1962: Private Potter
• 1963: Catacombs - In the web of darkness ( Catacombs )
• 1963: Ring of Spies
• 1963: Witchcraft
• 1964: Night Train to Paris
• 1964: The Earth Dies Screaming
• 1965: Joey Boy
• 1967: The Penthouse ( The Penthouse )
• 1967: London Junction ( Up the Junction )
• 1968: European Eye (documentary)
• 1968: Journey to the Unknown (TV series)
• 1970: Catweazle (TV series)
• 1971: Deviation
• 1972: The Man From Heaven (TV series)
• 1974: The Man Who Couldn't Get Enough
• 1975: Design for Love
• 1978: The Losers (TV series)
• 1983: The Eerie Power ( The Keep , second-unit camera only)
• 1989: Ten Little Indians ( Ten Little Indians / Death on Safari )

literature

• David Jones: Film Fanatics Guide . Merlin Books, Braunton (Devon) 1988. p. 299.

Web links

• Arthur Lavis in the Internet Movie Database (English)