Gilbert Taylor(1914-2013)

Cinematographer
Camera and Electrical Department
Director

A documentary on the making of Stanley Kubrick's classic film 'Dr. Strangelove'.

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The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove (2000)

Gilbert Taylor was born on 21 April 1914 in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for La Guerre des étoiles (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and La Malédiction (1976). He was married to Dee Vaughan and Eileen Donnelly. He died on 23 August 2013 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK.

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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Known for

La Guerre des étoiles

8.6

Cinematographer

1977

Flash Gordon

6.5

Cinematographer(as Gil Taylor)

1980

La Malédiction

7.5

Cinematographer

1976

Répulsion

7.6

Cinematographer

1965

Credits

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Cinematographer

Monopoly Star Wars
6.7
Video Game
- Cinematographer
- 1997
Don't Get Me Started
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1994
Faux témoin
6.4
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1987
Rock Aliens
5.2
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1984
Signé: Lassiter
5.8
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1984
Duran Duran: The Chauffeur
7.6
Music Video
- Cinematographer
- 1982
American Teenagers
5.0
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1982
Venin
5.8
- director of photography
- 1981
Opération Green Ice
5.5
- director of photography
- 1981
Flash Gordon
6.5
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1980
Dracula
6.5
- director of photography
- 1979
Rencontres avec des hommes remarquables
7.2
- Cinematographer
- 1979
Bons baisers d'Athènes
5.7
- director of photography (as Gil Taylor)
- 1979
Breaking Up
6.6
TV Movie
- Cinematographer (as Gil Taylor)
- 1978
La Guerre des étoiles
8.6
- director of photography
- 1977

Camera and Electrical Department

Conan le Barbare
6.9
- additional photography (uncredited)
- 1982
Damien : La Malédiction II
6.2
- photographer: Israel (as Gil Taylor)
- 1978
2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace
8.3
- additional photographer (uncredited)
- 1968
Commando sur Saint-Nazaire
6.3
- second unit cameraman
- 1952
L'enquête est close
6.5
- additional photography
- 1951
My Brother Jonathan
7.1
- camera operator (uncredited)
- 1948
Le gang des tueurs
7.3
- camera operator
- 1948
Fame Is the Spur
6.7
- camera operator
- 1947
School for Secrets
6.5
- camera operator
- 1946
La grande aventure
6.5
- associate director of photography
- 1945
Lambeth walk ou ma gosse et moi
6.9
- assistant camera
- 1939
Turn of the Tide
6.6
- assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
- 1935
Escape Me Never
5.3
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1935
Favorite
6.2
- assistant camera (uncredited)
- 1934
Numéro 17
5.6
- clapper loader (uncredited)
- 1932

Director

Trivia
He served in the RAF for six years during WWII, filming the results of night-time raids over Germany at the request of Winston Churchill.

Quotes
[re shooting Dr. Strangelove (1964) with Stanley Kubrick] Stanley could handle a camera, so I told him, 'For all this war stuff, we'll both put on battle dresses and take Arriflexes into the action. We'll film it just like combat cameramen.'