Chris Menges
Born: September 15, 1940
in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant editor and camera operator and even worked as a sound recordist several times, before working his way up to director of photography. Menges had his first real break as a documentary cameraperson and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, traveling wherever there was war and insurrection - Burma, Angola, Vietnam and Tibet - while working with filmmaker Adrian Cowell. Once he made the permanent jump to feature films in the 1980s, Menges developed a style as a cinematographer that never overwhelmed audiences with gaudy colors or outlandish camera moves In fact, Menges understood the oft-accepted theory that color could be less realistic than black and white, because it focused the audience away from emotion to an object. Menges' work was defined by a low-key naturalism, plain composition, and a mix of lenses to tug at the audience at the appropriate moments, which helped him craft memorable images in several award-winning films, including "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Michael Collins" (1996) and "The Reader" (2008).
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Movies for Chris Menges...
Title: Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Character: Himself
Released: June 30, 2016
Type: Movie
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepares to release his final major film I, Daniel Blake.
Title: Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Character: Self
Released: March 27, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary shot on the set of "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Cedric Brelet von Sydow.
Title: Making Kes
Character: Himself
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.
Title: Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Released: December 31, 1985
Type: Movie
A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in television and film. Featuring interviews with Bill Forsyth, Bill Paterson, Ken Loach, Neil Jordan, and Jeremy Isaacs.
Title: The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
Character: Self
Released: February 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."
Title: The Guldbagge Awards
Character: Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: TV
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards.
The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.
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