Christian Blackwood(1942-1992)

Cinematographer
Director
Producer

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Christian Blackwood was born on 7 July 1942 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Signed: Lino Brocka (1987), Motel (1989) and Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978). He was married to Carolyn Marks Blackwood. He died on 22 July 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Known for

Signed: Lino Brocka (1987)

Signed: Lino Brocka

7.9

Cinematographer

1987

Motel (1989)

7.7

Cinematographer

1989

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

6.9

Cinematographer

1978

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel (1976)

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel

Director

1976

Credits

Cinematographer

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center
7.8
- Cinematographer
- 1997
Art in an Age of Mass Culture
Short
- Cinematographer
- 1991
Mind Over Matter: 6 Conceptual Artists at the Whitney Museum
- Cinematographer
- 1991
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
7.5
- Cinematographer
- 1990
Motel
7.7
- Cinematographer
- 1989
Frank Gehry: The Formative Years
- Cinematographer
- 1988
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
7.5
- Cinematographer
- 1988
Zwei Hotels, Nachbarn in Nahost
- Cinematographer
- 1988
Signed: Lino Brocka
7.9
- Cinematographer
- 1987
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis
- Cinematographer
- 1986
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- Cinematographer
- 1985–1986
My Life for Zarah Leander
6.9
- Cinematographer
- 1986
Observations Under the Volcano
6.8
- Cinematographer
- 1984
All by Myself
7.5
- Cinematographer
- 1982
Philip Guston: A Life Lived
8.3
- Cinematographer
- 1981

Director

Stephanie and the Madame
Short
- Director
- 1991
Motel
7.7
- Director
- 1989
Zwei Hotels, Nachbarn in Nahost
- Director
- 1988
Signed: Lino Brocka
7.9
- Director
- 1987
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis
- Director
- 1986
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- Director
- 1985–1986
My Life for Zarah Leander
6.9
- Director
- 1986
Aznavour in America
TV Movie
- Director
- 1985
L'histoire du soldat
7.0
- Director (live-action sequence)
- 1984
Observations Under the Volcano
6.8
- Director
- 1984
All by Myself
7.5
- Director
- 1982
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Short
- Director
- 1981
Edith Head
7.8
TV Movie
- co-director
- 1981
Tapdancin'
- Director
- 1980
Wir sind der Durchschnitt...
TV Movie
- co-director
- 1980

Producer

Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter
7.1
- producer
- 1993
Real Sex
6.8
TV Series
- segment producer (segment "Mister Madam")
- 1992
Motel
7.7
- producer
- 1989
Signed: Lino Brocka
7.9
- producer
- 1987
Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis
- producer
- 1986
American Masters
8.2
TV Series
- producer
- 1985
Observations Under the Volcano
6.8
- producer
- 1984
All by Myself
7.5
- producer
- 1982
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Short
- producer
- 1981
Edith Head
7.8
TV Movie
- producer
- 1981
Tapdancin'
- producer
- 1980
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
- producer
- 1980
Skyline
TV Series
- producer
- 1979
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
6.9
- producer
- 1978
Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel
- producer
- 1976

Personal details

Alternative name
- Christian Schwarzwald
Born
- July 7, 1942
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- July 22, 1992
- New York City, New York, USA
Spouse
- Carolyn Marks BlackwoodMay 27, 1992 - July 22, 1992 (his death)

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