Sue Gibson

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Susan "Sue" Gibson (born 1952 in Derby , Derbyshire , England ; † July 27, 2016 ) was a British camerawoman .

Life

After a bachelor's degree in fine art photography from Newport College of Art, Sue Gibson attended the National Film School in London , where she graduated in 1981. She then worked as a camerawoman for commercials, which earned her considerations at the British Television Advertising Awards and at the Cannes Film Festival . Her camerawork for Hear My Song , directed by Peter Chelsom in 1990 and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival , was her first role in a feature film. For Hear My Song and her second feature film Secret Friends , which was released before Chelsom's film, Gibson received the 1993 Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement . In 1997, she collaborated with the Dutch filmmaker Marleen Gorris on the Virginia Woolf film adaptation of Mrs. Dalloway , in which Vanessa Redgrave played the title role. In addition, Gibson was behind the camera several times for British and Irish television, for example in the multi-part television production The Forsyte Saga (2002) and the BBC series Spooks - In the sights of MI5 (2002-2003).

In films like Grasgeflüster (2000), Resident Evil (2002), Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Love Needs No Holidays (2006) she was employed over the years as a camerawoman in the second unit .

Gibson was a member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) from 1992 , of which she was the first woman and of which she was President from 2008 to 2010.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1991: Secret Friends
  • 1991: Hear My Song
  • 1997: Mrs. Dalloway
  • 1997: Bright Hair (TV movie)
  • 1998: Amongst Women (TV miniseries)
  • 1999: Tube Tales
  • 2001: Love Affairs - Take What You Get ( Londinium )
  • 2001: The Search for John Gissing
  • 2002: Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
  • 2002: The Forsyte Saga (TV miniseries)
  • 2002–2003: Spooks - In the sights of MI5 ( Spooks ) (TV series, six episodes)
  • 2005: 55 Degrees North (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2005: Riot at the Rite (TV movie)
  • 2005–2007: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, two episodes)
  • 2006: Agatha Christie's Poirot - The vortex of death (TV series, an episode)
  • 2007: Confessions of a Diary Secretary (TV movie)
  • 2009: Diamonds (TV movie)
  • 2009: 31 North 62 East
  • 2011: The Mapmaker (short film)
  • 2012: Lewis - Der Oxford Krimi ( Lewis ) (TV series, episode)
  • 2014: Agatha Raisin (TV series, one episode)
  • 2016: Death in Paradise (TV series, four episodes)

Awards

  • 1992: Women in Film Craft Award
  • 1993: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Technical or Artistic Achievement for Hear My Song and Secret Friends
  • 1999: Irish Film and Television Award for Best Technical Achievement - Television for Amongst Women
  • 2006: Women in Film Award for services to the film
  • 2010: The WIFTS Foundation International Visionary Award for her camera work

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. cinematographers.nl
  2. ↑ a b c cf. bscine.com
personal data
SURNAME Gibson, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibson, Susan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British camerawoman
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Derby , Derbyshire , England
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2016