Billy Williams (cinematographer)
Billy Williams , OBE (born June 3, 1929 in Walthamstow ) is a British cinematographer .
Life
Williams learned the profession of cameraman from his father, who was also called Billy and was a cameraman. During his military service in the Royal Air Force , he worked as a photographer. After completing his military service, he worked as a cameraman for industrial films, including in Iraq for the Iraq Petroleum Company . In the 1960s he worked as a commercial filmmaker and met Ken Russell and John Schlesinger . He made his first feature film as a cameraman in 1965 and directed The Billion Dollar Brain with Ken Russell in 1967 . In 1971, he received his first Oscar nomination for another Ken Russell film Loving Women . A second followed in 1982 for Mark Rydells At Golden Lake . This film was Henry Fonda's last film . He finally received an Oscar in 1983 for Richard Attenborough's biographical epic Gandhi . From 1975 to 1977 he was the President of the British Society of Cinematographers .
Williams ended his active career as a cameraman in 1996. In total, he had been involved in more than 40 productions. In 2000, Camerimage was honored for his life's work at the Festival for Camera Art . In 2001 he received the International Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers . In 2009 he was appointed Officer of the British Empire (OBE).
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: Help, tourists! (San Ferry Ann)
- 1967: The Billion Dollar Brain
- 1968: Don't Trust Anyone Over 30 (30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia)
- 1968: Devilish Games (The Magus)
- 1969: Women in Love (Women in Love)
- 1970: Tam-Lin
- 1971: Sunday, Bloody Sunday (Sunday Bloody Sunday)
- 1972: X, Y and Zee (Zee and Co.)
- 1972: Pope Joan (Pope Joan)
- 1973: The Night of a Thousand Eyes (Night Watch)
- 1973: The Glass Menagerie (The Glass Menagerie)
- 1973: The Exorcist (The Exorcist)
- 1975: The Wind and the Lion (The Wind and the Lion)
- 1976: Voyage of the Damned (Voyage of the Damned)
- 1977: The devil's advocate
- 1978: Your partner is death (The Silent Partner)
- 1979: Eagle Wings (Eagle's Wing)
- 1979: The Pensioner Gang (Going in Style)
- 1980: Saturn City (Saturn 3)
- 1981: On Golden Pond (On Golden Pond)
- 1982: Gandhi
- 1983: The Survivors (The Survivors)
- 1985: The Real Life of Alice in Wonderland (Dreamchild)
- 1985: Eleni
- 1987 Suspect - Suspect (Suspect)
- 1989: The Rainbow (The Rainbow)
- 1990: Stella
- 1992: Shadow of the Wolf (Agaguk)
Web links
- Billy Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait and interview (Engl.) At kodak.com ( Memento of 18 May 2007 at the Internet Archive )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Williams, Billy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Walthamstow |