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Jack Hildyard(1908-1990)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Jack Hildyard was a British cinematographer. He made several films with David Lean including The Sound Barrier (1952), Hobson's Choice (1954), and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

He also work in Another Time, Another Place (1958), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), Topaz (1969) and Lion of the Desert (1981).

Hildyard died in 1990 at the age of 82.
BornMarch 17, 1908
DiedSeptember 5, 1990(82)
BornMarch 17, 1908
DiedSeptember 5, 1990(82)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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Known for

Alec Guinness, William Holden, and Sessue Hayakawa in Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï (1957)
Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï
8.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 1957
Terence Stamp and Monica Vitti in Modesty Blaise (1966)
Modesty Blaise
5.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1966
Casino Royale (1967)
Casino Royale
5.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1967
Le message (1976)
Le message
8.1
  • Cinematographer
  • 1976

Credits

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Cinematographer



  • Jaclyn Smith and Timothy Dalton in Florence Nightingale (1985)
    Florence Nightingale
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1985
  • Ellis Island, les portes de l'espoir (1984)
    Ellis Island, les portes de l'espoir
    7.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    • 1984
  • Morgan Fairchild, Roddy McDowall, George Segal, and Janet Suzman in Les folles aventures de Robin des Bois (1984)
    Les folles aventures de Robin des Bois
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1984
  • Oliver Reed and Ghazi Al-Takritee in La grande question (1983)
    La grande question
    7.0
    • director of photography
    • 1983
  • Le Lion du désert (1980)
    Le Lion du désert
    8.2
    • photographed by
    • 1980
  • Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger in Les oies sauvages (1978)
    Les oies sauvages
    6.8
    • photographed by
    • 1978
  • Mona Wassef and Abdallah Gheith in Al-risâlah (1976)
    Al-risâlah
    8.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 1976
  • Beauty and the Beast (1976)
    Beauty and the Beast
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1976
  • Koo Stark in L'éveil d'Emily (1976)
    L'éveil d'Emily
    4.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1976
  • Not Now, Comrade (1976)
    Not Now, Comrade
    5.0
    • photographed by
    • 1976
  • Le message (1976)
    Le message
    8.1
    • photographed by
    • 1976
  • Peter Cushing, Michael Gambon, Tom Chadbon, Marlene Clark, Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Calvin Lockhart, and Ciaran Madden in Le mystère de la bête humaine (1974)
    Le mystère de la bête humaine
    5.6
    • director of photography
    • 1974
  • Pris au piège (1974)
    Pris au piège
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Cinematographer
    • 1974
  • The Last Chapter (1974)
    The Last Chapter
    6.5
    Short
    • director of photography
    • 1974
  • Piège pour un tueur (1973)
    Piège pour un tueur
    6.1
    • director of photography
    • 1973

Camera and Electrical Department



  • Le chemin des étoiles (1945)
    Le chemin des étoiles
    7.3
    • second unit cameraman
    • 1945
  • Walter Bjorne in Henry V (1944)
    Henry V
    7.0
    • the operating cameraman
    • 1944
  • Combat éternel (1943)
    Combat éternel
    6.2
    • camera operator
    • 1943
  • Ann Dvorak and Eric Portman in Escape to Danger (1943)
    Escape to Danger
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Jane Baxter and Clifford Evans in The Flemish Farm (1943)
    The Flemish Farm
    5.9
    • cameraman
    • 1943
  • Le rocher du tonnerre (1942)
    Le rocher du tonnerre
    6.6
    • camera operator
    • 1942
  • David Niven, Leslie Howard, and Rosamund John in Spitfire (1942)
    Spitfire
    7.0
    • camera operator
    • 1942
  • M. Smith agent secret (1941)
    M. Smith agent secret
    7.2
    • camera operator
    • 1941
  • Wendy Hiller in Major Barbara (1941)
    Major Barbara
    6.8
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Ray Milland, Ellen Drew, and David Tree in En français... Messieurs! (1940)
    En français... Messieurs!
    6.1
    • camera operator
    • 1940
  • Spy for a Day (1940)
    Spy for a Day
    7.0
    • camera operator
    • 1940
  • Merle Oberon in Mademoiselle Crésus (1939)
    Mademoiselle Crésus
    5.5
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • The Mikado (1939)
    The Mikado
    6.3
    • camera operator
    • 1939
  • Leslie Howard in Pygmalion (1938)
    Pygmalion
    7.7
    • camera
    • 1938
  • Le Divorce de Lady X (1938)
    Le Divorce de Lady X
    6.6
    • camera operator (as J. Hildyard)
    • 1938

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • J. Hildyard
  • Born
    • March 17, 1908
    • London, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 5, 1990
    • Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Relatives
    • David Hildyard(Sibling)

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    Distinguished British cinematographer, in films from 1932 as a clapper boy at Elstree. One of the founding members of the BSC and recipient of the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. Worked several times with David Lean, winning an Oscar and a BSC Award for Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï (1957).

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