Bernard Knowles

Bernard Knowles (born February 20, 1900 in Manchester , † February 12, 1975 in Taplow , Buckinghamshire ) was a British cameraman and film director .

Life

Bernard Knowles worked as a press photographer in the USA after the First World War . After returning to his home country, he worked his way up through the positions of camera assistant and cameraman to the position of chief cameraman and photographed for directors such as Herbert Wilcox , Victor Saville and Berthold Viertel , but above all for Alfred Hitchcock , for his most famous films still made in Europe he was responsible as a cameraman. From the mid-1940s, Knowles was also active as a director, although his usually undemanding entertainment films were much more popular with audiences than with film critics. From the early 1950s, Knowles was mainly active in television and only occasionally worked for the cinema.

Filmography (selection)

as a cameraman

1935: The 39 Steps (The 39 Steps)
1935: King of the Damned
1936: Rhodes of Africa
1936: Secret Agent (Secret Agent)
1936: sabotage
1937: Young and Innocent (Young and Innocent)
1939: Reef Pirates (Jamaica Inn)
1940: Quiet Wedding
1940: Gaslight (Gaslight)
1944: Cornwall Rhapsody (Love Story)

as a director

1944: Something was left behind (A Place of one's own)
1946: Paganini (The magic Bow)
1947: Pirate Love (The Man within)
1947: Symbol of luck (The white Unicorn)
1947: Gypsy blood (Jassy)
1948: Toto-Glück (Easy Money)
1949: Made-to-measure lovers (Perfect Woman) - also screenplay
1953: The blonde spy (Park Plaza 605) - also screenplay
1964: Case X 701
1967: Hell Is Empty
1967: Magical Mystery Tour

Web links

Bernard Knowles in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 420.

personal data
SURNAME	Knowles, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British cameraman and film director
DATE OF BIRTH	February 20, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manchester
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 1975
Place of death	Taplow , Buckinghamshire

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 420.