Gerry Turpin
Gerald “Gerry” Leslie Turpin (born September 1, 1925 in Wandsworth , London , † September 16, 1997 in North Cotswold , Gloucestershire ) was an English cameraman.
Life
Turpin began his career at Ealing Studios in 1945 as assistant camera to Douglas Slocombe and Stanley Pavey . Since 1953 he has worked as a camera operator, among others for Pavey, Gordon Dines , Desmond Dickinson , Otto Heller , Gilbert Taylor , Reginald Wyer and Harry Waxman . In 1961 he made his first film with director Michael Powell as Director of Photography .
His first collaboration with Bryan Forbes , which was shot in 1964, On a Dull Afternoon , earned him a 1965 nomination for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA Award). For his next film with Forbes, Whispering Walls (shot in 1966), he received the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography in 1968. For his camera work on Richard Attenborough's first film director Oh! What a Lovely War , Turpin received the BSC Best Cinematography Award in 1969 and his second British Academy Film Award in 1970.
For his second collaboration with Attenborough, the film The Young Lion about Winston Churchill's youth , Turpin developed a device called Colorflex that was mounted in front of the camera lens and represented an alternative to the traditional flashing of the negative film in the copier. Pre-exposure of the film material generally flattens the contrast and thus brightens dark areas. With the Colorflex , Turpin was able to selectively pre-expose parts of the image with colored flash light while rotating and thus on the one hand control the flattening of contrast more precisely and on the other hand influence color tones more specifically than by using filters .
From 1973 onwards, Turpin developed its Colorflex system into a comprehensive system called Lightflex , which was subsequently used by cameramen such as Ossie Morris (1978 with The Wiz ), Freddie Francis (1984 with Dune ), Sven Nykvist (1984 with Eine Liebe von Swann ), Adam Greenberg (1987 at La Bamba ) and Jost Vacano (1990 at Total Recall ). At the 56th Academy Awards (1984), Turpin received a Scientific and Engineering Award for Lightflex . In 1985 the system was bought by Arriflex and later developed into the leaner VariCon system.
Filmography
- 1959: Radiant sky - radiant happiness (Luna de Miel / Honeymoon) [associate photographer] - Director: Michael Powell
- 1961: The Queen's Guards - Director: Michael Powell
- 1964: The Human Jungle [TV series]
- 1964: On a gloomy afternoon (Seance on a Wet Afternoon) - Director: Bryan Forbes
- 1965: With Umbrella, Charm and Bowler Hat (The Avengers) [TV series] - Directed by Peter Graham Scott , Roy Ward Baker , Don Leaver , Charles Crichton
- 1966: Dutchman - Director: Anthony Harvey
- 1966: Protest (Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment) (with Larry Pizer ) - Director: Karel Reisz
- 1966: Last Greetings from Uncle Joe (The Wrong Box) - Director: Bryan Forbes
- 1967: The Whisperers (The Whisperers) - Director: Bryan Forbes
- 1967: Bobo is the Great (The Bobo) - Director: Robert Parrish
- 1968: The Deadfall - Director: Bryan Forbes
- 1968 Diamonds for Breakfast - Director: Christopher Morahan
- 1969: Oh! What a Lovely War - Director: Richard Attenborough
- 1970: Hoffman - Director: Alvin Rakoff
- 1970: The Man Who Had Power Over Women - Director: John Krish
- 1971: I Want What I Want - Director: John Dexter
- 1971: What Became of Jack and Jill? - Directed by Bill Bain
- 1972: The young lion (Young Winston) - Director: Richard Attenborough
- 1973: Sheila (The Last of Sheila) - Director: Herbert Ross
- 1985: The Doctor and the Devils (with Norman Warwick ) - Director: Freddie Francis
Individual evidence
Web links
- Gerry Turpin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turpin, Gerry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turpin, Gerald Leslie (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wandsworth , London |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1997 |
| Place of death | North Cotswold , Gloucestershire |