Bob Huke
Bob Huke , also Robert Huke (born May 31, 1920 as Nigel Cedric Huke in London , † December 2002 in Surrey ) was a British cameraman .
Life
Nigel Cedric "Bob" Huke began his film career in 1937 as the third camera assistant, and in the following year he rose to the position of second camera assistant. In the last two years of peace he was involved in this role under the direction of Anthony Asquith in his productions The novel of a flower girl (1938) and French Without Tears (1939). When war broke out in 1939 , Huke was drafted into the Royal Navy and stayed there for four years when he was dismissed from service due to invalidity. In the same year (1943) Huke returned to film as the first assistant camera. In 1945 he moved up to become a simple cameraman and in this position photographed a number of ambitious literary adaptations, including Mysterious Inheritance (1946 under the photographic direction of Guy Green ) and Uncle Silas (1947 under that of Robert Krasker ). From 1950 to 1957 Robert Huke stayed in Brazil , where he photographed a dozen films (including documentaries) as head cameraman for the Vera Cruz film company, sometimes as Bob Huke, sometimes as Nigel Huke. One of them, A estrada , won a camera award .
After a trip to Finland at the end of the same decade, Huke returned to England. From 1961 he began working there regularly as chief cameraman, mainly for less important entertainment films. In ambitious large-scale productions such as the James Bond adventure You Only Live Twice , the war film The Battle of Britain or David Lean's epic Irish drama Ryan's daughter , Huke was only allowed to lead the second-unit camera team. In the times when the supply was poor, Huke also shot a large number of commercials (from 1970 to 1974).
In 1980 Bob Huke went to Hong Kong and worked from then on for the Consultant Cinematographers Company of the Shaw Brothers . In 1986, he again worked as a second-unit cameraman for the Madonna film Shanghai Surprise , which was made in Hong Kong, among others . Towards the end of the decade, he largely ceased his professional activities. His last verifiable activity was in 1992 as a second-unit director and simple cameraman for the internationally produced television film ... and reached for the stars .
Huke was first and second Vice President of the British Society of Cinematographers in 1976 and 1979, respectively . From 1979 to 1980 he was president of this professional organization for British cameramen.
Filmography
as chief cameraman for feature films, unless otherwise stated
- 1952: Sai da frente
- 1952: Nadanda em dinheiro
- 1953: Luz apagada (also actor)
- 1954: São Paulo em Festa (documentary film)
- 1956: A estrada
- 1959: Virtaset yes Lahtiset
- 1961: Reach for the Sky
- 1962: A dead man seeks his killer (The Brain)
- 1962: We're All Damned (The War Lover)
- 1962: The Very Edge
- 1963: The drums of death by the great river
- 1964: Keep the Keys Hot (Ballad in Blue)
- 1966: James Bond 007 You Only Live Twice (second unit camera)
- 1968: Battle of Britain (Battle of Britain) (second unit director of photography)
- 1969: The Virgin and the Gypsy
- 1970: Ryan's Daughter (Ryan's Daughter) (second unit director of photography)
- 1971: Under Milk Wood
- 1973: The Lovers! (also actor)
- 1975: The Shame of the Regiment (Conduct Unbecoming)
- 1979: porridge
- 1979: Saturn City (second unit camera)
- 1982: Shen tan guang tou mei
- 1983: Nam yi nui
- 1986 Shanghai Surprise (second unit camera)
- 1986: Guo fu Sun Zhong Shan yu kai guo ying xiong
- 1988: Ai qing mi yu
literature
- David Jones: Film Fanatics' Guide, Merlin Boks Ltd., Braunton (Devon) 1988, p. 277. ISBN 086303334-2
Web links
- Bob Huke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huke, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huke, Robert; Huke, Nigel Cedric (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 31, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2002 |
| Place of death | Surrey |