Norman Warwick

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Norman Warwick (born July 14, 1920 in London , United Kingdom , † August 26, 1994 in Surrey ) was a British cameraman .

Live and act

Warwick left school at the age of 14 and went to British International Pictures in Elstree, where he was hired as a second camera assistant . In 1943 the Londoner moved up to become a simple cameraman (so-called camera operator ). In this capacity, Norman Warwick worked on a number of well-known entertainment film productions until 1957, including The Way Ahead, Private Angelo, Das tanzende Wien, Glücklich undlieblieb, With kitchen use, Treffpunkt Moscow, The royal rebel, Duel im Dschungel, May 1943 - The destruction of the dams , I am a Camera, Fledermaus 1955 and Tarzan and the lost safari . In between, Warwick had made his debut as head cameraman in two cheapest productions in 1955.

Since the early 1960s, Warwick worked frequently as head cameraman, almost continuously for B-films . In this position, he was mainly responsible for horror films and science fiction stories with a scary touch until the end of his career in 1985. He often worked with the genre specialist Freddie Francis . Norman Warwick also led the Second Unit camera teams several times in lavish A-productions such as Moby Dick , Yangtze Incident , Eiskalt in Alexandria , My Friend, the Diamond Joe, The Catcher , Crossbow , Charlie Dusts Millions and The Forgotten Valley . His television work was mainly limited to two series of the season 1958/59 ( Sea Hawk and Flying Doctor ). In 1984 Warwick created the special optical effects for the Orwell remake in 1984 .

Filmography

  • 1955: You Can't Escape
  • 1955: Tons of Trouble
  • 1957: Small Hotel
  • 1957: The Young and the Guilty
  • 1958: A Lady Mislaid
  • 1960: Follow That Horse!
  • 1960: The Trunk
  • 1961: During One Night
  • 1961: The Long Shadow
  • 1961: Stork Talk
  • 1966: The torture garden of Dr. Diabolo (Torture Garden)
  • 1967: They Came From Beyond the Space
  • 1969: Herring in Port Wine (Spring and Port Wine)
  • 1970: The Last Valley (The Last Valley)
  • 1971: The cabinet of horrors of Dr. Phibes (The Abominable Dr. Phibes)
  • 1971: Tales from the Crypt (Tales From the Crypt)
  • 1971: Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde)
  • 1972: At Night When the Skeleton Wakes (The Creeping Flesh)
  • 1973: Crazy and Dangerous (The Final Program)
  • 1973: Tales That Witness Madness
  • 1973: A hamburger for ten million (Take Me High)
  • 1974: No shirt and no panties - Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  • 1979: The Kids Are Alright (The Kids Are Alright) (documentary)
  • 1979: Horror Baby (The Godsend)
  • 1985: The Doctor and the Devils

literature

  • David Jones (Ed.): Film Fanatics Guide. Merlin Books Ltd., Braunton (Devon) 1988, p. 367 f.
  • 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 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 271.

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personal data
SURNAME Warwick, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1994
Place of death Surrey