Jack Cox (cameraman)
Jack Cox (also: Jack E. Cox, John Cox, John J. Cox ; born July 26, 1890 in London - Fulham ; † July 29, 1960 in the county of Surrey ) was a British cameraman who was primarily responsible for his work Alfred Hitchcock's early works became known.
Life
Cox came to film in 1910 as an errand boy for the production company Gaumont British . At the beginning of the 1920s he became the chief cameraman of the Stoll Co. and initially worked on some productions (comedies, adventure stories, romantic melodramas) for the director Maurice Elvey .
Cox met Hitchcock in 1927 and photographed his films consistently until 1932. After a few rather weak entertainment products in the most varied of genres, Hitchcock brought him in for the last time in 1937: for the secret agent thriller " A Lady Disappears " .
Towards the end of the war, various challenging camerawork and immensely popular film novels and adventure stories followed, which he photographed in the 1940s for the then extremely successful Gainsborough Pictures . Cox ended his career with six comedies by director John Paddy Carstairs between 1954 and 1958.
Filmography (selection)
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literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 187.
Web links
- Jack Cox in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Cox, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cox, John; Cox, Jack E .; Cox, John J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London - Fulham |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1960 |
| Place of death | Surrey |