Alex Thomson

Director Of Photography

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Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

January 12, 1929

Died

June 14, 2007

Biography

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Former assistant to Nicolas Roeg who has shot such first-rate, visually challenging films as John Boorman's "Excalibur" (1981) and Roeg's "Eureka" (1983)....

Filmography

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A Shot at Glory (2000)

Director Of Photography

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Director Of Photography

Executive Decision (1996)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Director Of Photography

Black Beauty (1994)

Director Of Photography

Photos & Videos

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Alfred The Great - (Original Trailer)

Fahrenheit 451 - (Original Trailer)

Biography

Former assistant to Nicolas Roeg who has shot such first-rate, visually challenging films as John Boorman's "Excalibur" (1981) and Roeg's "Eureka" (1983).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

A Shot at Glory (2000)

Director Of Photography

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Director Of Photography

Executive Decision (1996)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Director Of Photography

Black Beauty (1994)

Director Of Photography

Cliffhanger (1993)

Director Of Photography

Demolition Man (1993)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Mr. Destiny (1990)

Camera Operator

Mr. Destiny (1990)

Director Of Photography

The Krays (1990)

Director Of Photography

The Krays (1990)

Camera Operator

Wings of Fame (1990)

Director Of Photography

The Rachel Papers (1989)

Director Of Photography

Leviathan (1989)

Director Of Photography

Track 29 (1988)

Director Of Photography

High Spirits (1988)

Director Of Photography

The Sicilian (Director's Cut) (1987)

Director Of Photography

The Sicilian (1987)

Director Of Photography

The Sicilian (1987)

Camera Operator

The Sicilian (Director's Cut) (1987)

Camera Operator

Date With An Angel (1987)

Director Of Photography

Raw Deal (1986)

Director Of Photography

Duet For One (1986)

Director Of Photography

Labyrinth (1986)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Year Of The Dragon (1985)

Director Of Photography

Electric Dreams (1984)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Bullshot (1983)

Director Of Photography

The Keep (1983)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Excalibur (1981)

Director Of Photography

Game For Vultures (1979)

Director Of Photography

The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978)

Director Of Photography

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Camera Operator

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Director Of Photography 2nd Unit (2nd Unit)

Fear Is the Key (1973)

Cinematographer

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)

Director of Photography

The Night Digger (1971)

Director of Photography

The Best House in London (1969)

Director of Photography

Alfred the Great (1969)

Director of Photography

I Start Counting (1969)

Director Of Photography

The Strange Affair (1968)

Director of Photography

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush (1968)

Director of Photography

Camera Operator

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)

Camera Operator

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Camera Operator

You Must Be Joking! (1965)

Camera Operator

Code 7, Victim 5! (1965)

Camera Operator

Dr. Crippen (1964)

Camera Operator

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Camera Operator

Just for Fun (1963)

Camera Operator

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Cat and the Canary (1979)

Superman:The Movie (1978)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

Executive Decision (1996)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Scarlet Letter (1995)

Dp/Cinematographer

Black Beauty (1994)

Dp/Cinematographer

Mr. Destiny (1990)

Dp/Cinematographer

High Spirits (1988)

Dp/Cinematographer

The Sicilian (1987)

Dp/Cinematographer

Raw Deal (1986)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

Year Of The Dragon (1985)

Dp/Cinematographer

Life Events

1946

Began career as clapper boy at Alexander Korda's Denham Studios in England

1965

First film credit, "Code 7, Victim 5" (camera operator)

1968

First credit as director of photography, "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"

Videos

Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat) -- (Movie Clip) History Richardson (Clive Swift) is pleased to fill in Calhoun (Donald Pleasence) and Rogers (Norman Rossington) on the history of the Russell Square tube station in Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat), 1973.

Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat) -- (Movie Clip) Chowing Down "The Man" (Hugh Armstrong) shows us how the subterranean sub-humans dine in Deathline (a.k.a. "Raw Meat"), 1973.

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush -- (Movie Clip) Spike Jamie (Barry Evans) happens upon Spike (Christoper Timothy), his counselor in his quest for sexual initiation, in director Clive Donner's Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush, 1968.

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush -- (Movie Clip) Mary Gloucester Jamie (Barry Evans) in his non-stop narration, comes upon the peerless Mary (Judy Geeson) as he bicycles about in director Clive Donner's Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush, 1968.

Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush -- (Movie Clip) A Bit About Wine... Maurice (Denholm Elliott) treats his guest Jamie, (Barry Evans) his daughter Caroline, (Angela Scoular) his wife (Maxine Audley) and housekeeper (Erika Raffael) to some insights about wine in Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush, 1968.

Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat) -- (Movie Clip) Victims Only part of a remarkable single take surveying the food supplies of the subterranean cannibals in director Gary Sherman's Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat), 1973.

Deathline (a.k.a. Raw Meat) -- (Movie Clip) Manfred James Manfred, O.B.E. (James Cossins) has no proper business on the tube but he solicits a prostitute then sees something scary in Deathline, (a.k.a. Raw Meat) 1973.

Alfred The Great - (Original Trailer) David Hemmings plays the 9th Century king Alfred The Great (1969) co-starring Michael York and Ian McKellan.

Fahrenheit 451 - (Original Trailer) A look behind-the-scenes of Ray Bradbury's science fiction thriller Fahrenheit 451 (1966), directed by Francois Truffaut and starring Julie Christie.

Road Builder, The - (Original Trailer) Patricia Neal stars in a thriller adapted by her husband Roald Dahl, The Road Builder (1971) seen here under its U.S. title The Night Digger.

Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The - (Original Trailer) Sherlock Holmes encounters Sigmund Freud and the two become involved in a case in the imaginative pastiche The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976).

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A -- (Original Trailer) A madcap musical set in ancient Rome starring Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Michael Crawford and silent era comic Buster Keaton in a cameo appearance.

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