Chris Menges

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Chris Menges (born September 15, 1940 in Kington , Herefordshire , England ) is a British cameraman and film director and a member of the British Society of Cinematographers .

Life

Menges made his first films as a cameraman in England in the early 1970s. Since the early 1980s he has been considered one of the most renowned cameramen in Europe. The 1983 film Local Hero by Bill Forsyth opened the doors to him in Hollywood .

His first Oscar he won in 1985 for The Killing Fields of Roland Joffé . He was able to repeat this success together with Joffé in 1987 with the film Mission . These successes also encouraged him to work as a director. In 1988 he had great success with the film Zwei Welten , a drama about the South African journalist Ruth First (played by Barbara Hershey ). The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988 .

In 1997 he was nominated again for an Oscar for his camera work in Neil Jordan's film Michael Collins about the Irish freedom fighter. For his work on Tommy Lee Jones ' western Three Burials , he was nominated at the Independent Spirit Awards 2006 , but was nominated for Best Cinematography in George Clooney ’s drama Good Night, and Good Luck. had to give up and Robert Elswit received the award.

In 2009, together with Roger Deakins, another Oscar nomination followed for Stephen Daldry's literary film adaptation The Reader (2008).

Chris Menges lives in Wales.

Filmography

camera

Director

  • 1988: Two Worlds ( A World Apart )
  • 1990: Crisscross - Survival in Key West ( Criss Cross )
  • 1994: probationary period ( second best )
  • 1999: The Lost Son

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personal data
SURNAME Menges, Chris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cameraman and film director
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Kington , Herefordshire , England