Gilbert Taylor

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Gilbert "Gil" Taylor (born April 12, 1914 in Bushey Heath , Hertfordshire , England , † August 23, 2013 on the Isle of Wight ) was a British cameraman .

Life

After six years as an officer in the Royal Air Force , he became a cameraman in the British Lancaster bombers and documented the damage caused by the British bombings. In the 1930s and 1940s he also worked in the film business as a camera assistant. From 1947 he was active as an independent cameraman.

Taylor later became known for his camera work, especially for films like Dr. Strange, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb (1963), A Hard Day's Night (1964), and Star Wars (1977). One director with whom he collaborated on several films was J. Lee Thompson , another Roman Polanski . In 1994 he worked for the last time in the film sector, after which he worked for longer as a cameraman for commercials.

He received a Special Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for his work on Star Wars . The British Society of Cinematographers presented him with the 2001 BSC Lifetime Achievement Award. The American Society of Cinematographers honored him with the 2006 International Award.

Gilbert Taylor died on August 23, 2013 at the age of 99.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Gilbert Taylor on BBC
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Gilbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Gil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Bushey Heath , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2013
Place of death Isle of Wight , UK