Tony Spratling
Anthony "Tony" E. Spratling (* 1930 in Portsmouth or Sussex , United Kingdom ) is a British cameraman .
Live and act
Spratling received his practical training as a cameraman immediately after the end of the Second World War and, as a camera assistant, was also involved in the official Olympic film during the Games in London (1948) at the age of 18 . It was not until late in 1966 (in the horror flick The Revenge of Dr. Fu Man Chu ) that Spratling rose to become a simple cameraman, and shortly afterwards he received his first assignments as head cameraman. Spratling photographed movies as well as television productions, of which the comedic crime series Die 2 with Tony Curtis and Roger Moore achieved great popularity, especially in Germany. In 1974, Spratling also took over the second-unit direction of the comedy Alfie, the maddening ladyboy .
Spratling was rarely employed as the head cameraman, who supervised him photographically. In 1982, filmic soft sex erotica Fanny Hill was characterized above all by continuous soft focus photography. In these later years, Tony Spratling was usually only left with the chief camera of the second film team (so-called second unit photography). After working on the detective novel Verleckendefallen with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones , Tony Spratling, who also headed the British Society of Cinematographers from 1988 to 1990, retired into private life shortly before the turn of the millennium.
Filmography
as head cameraman or second unit head cameraman
- 1968: London Junction ( Up the Junction ) (anonymous)
- 1970: The Man Who Haunted Himself ( The Man Who Haunted Himself )
- 1971–72: The 2 ( The Persuaders )
- 1972: A matter of command bare bottom ( Up the Front )
- 1973: What are They Doing at College? (Short documentary film)
- 1983: Fanny Hill ( Fanny Hill )
- 1988: he? Want! You not? ( The Rachel Papers )
- 1989: Split - Edge of Sanity (Edge of Sanity)
- 1991: Alien 3 ( Alien 3 )
- 1992: Swing Kids ( Swing Kids )
- 1993: Black Beauty ( Black Beauty )
- 1994: Space Cops - Tatort Demeter City ( Space Precinct ) (TV series)
- 1995: Muppets - Treasure Island ( Muppet Treasure Iceland )
- 1996: The Saint - The Saint ( The Saint )
- 1998: Entrapment ( Entrapment )
Web links
- Tony Spratling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Spratling on findmypast.co.uk
- ↑ Tony Spratling on ancestry.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spratling, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spratling, Anthony E .; Spratling, Tony E. (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portsmouth or Sussex , United Kingdom |