Gerry Fisher

Director Of Photography

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Gerald Fisher

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

June 23, 1926

Died

December 02, 2014

Biography

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Made his debut as a cinematographer in 1967 with Joseph Losey's "Accident" and shot most of the director's subsequent films as well as as Sidney Lumet's "The Sea Gull" (1968), "The Offence" (1973) and "Running On Empty" (1988) and John Huston's "Wise Blood" (1979)....

Filmography

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Director Of Photography

When Saturday Comes (1997)

Director Of Photography

Cops And Robbersons (1994)

Director Of Photography

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)

Director Of Photography

Diggstown (1992)

Director Of Photography

Company Business (1991)

Director Of Photography

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Night Must Fall (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Danny, Olivia

Night Must Fall (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Have A Look At The Police

Biography

Made his debut as a cinematographer in 1967 with Joseph Losey's "Accident" and shot most of the director's subsequent films as well as as Sidney Lumet's "The Sea Gull" (1968), "The Offence" (1973) and "Running On Empty" (1988) and John Huston's "Wise Blood" (1979).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Director Of Photography

When Saturday Comes (1997)

Director Of Photography

Cops And Robbersons (1994)

Director Of Photography

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)

Director Of Photography

Diggstown (1992)

Director Of Photography

Company Business (1991)

Director Of Photography

The Fourth War (1990)

Director Of Photography

Dead Bang (1989)

Director Of Photography

Black Rainbow (1989)

Director Of Photography

The Exorcist III (1989)

Director Of Photography

Running on Empty (1988)

Director Of Photography

Man On Fire (1987)

Director Of Photography

Highlander (1986)

Director Of Photography

The Holcroft Covenant (1985)

Director Of Photography

Samson and Delilah (1984)

Director Of Photography

Lovesick (1983)

Director Of Photography

Les Mots pour le dire (1983)

Director Of Photography

Yellowbeard (1983)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Wise Blood (1979)

Director Of Photography

Don Giovanni (1979)

Director Of Photography

Roads to the South (1978)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Once Upon a Time... Is Now (1977)

Director Of Photography

The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)

Director Of Photography

The Island Of Dr. Moreau (1977)

Director Of Photography

Aces High (1977)

Director Of Photography

Comme Un Boomerang (1976)

Director Of Photography

Mr. Klein (1976)

Director Of Photography

The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Director Of Photography

The Romantic Englishwoman (1975)

Director Of Photography

Brannigan (1975)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

Dogpound Shuffle (1974)

Director Of Photography

Juggernaut (1974)

Director Of Photography

Director Of Photography

The Offense (1973)

Director Of Photography

A Doll's House (1973)

Director Of Photography

Catholics (1973)

Director Of Photography

The Nelson Affair (1973)

Director Of Photography

Malpertuis: Histoire d'une maison Maudite (1972)

Director Of Photography

The Man and the Snake (1972)

Director Of Photography

The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972)

Director Of Photography

Man in the Wilderness (1971)

Director of Photography

All the Right Noises (1971)

The Go-Between (1971)

Director of Photography

See No Evil (1971)

Director of Photography

Ned Kelly (1970)

Director of Photography

Macho Callahan (1970)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Interlude (1968)

Director of Photography

Sebastian (1968)

Director of Photography

The Sea Gull (1968)

Director of Photography

Secret Ceremony (1968)

Director of Photography

Accident (1967)

Director of Photography

The Mikado (1967)

Director of Photography

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Camera Operator

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1965)

Camera Operator

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

Camera Operator

Night Must Fall (1964)

Camera Operator

Guns at Batasi (1964)

Camera Operator

The V.I.P.s (1963)

Camera Operator

What a Carve Up! (1962)

Camera Operator

Guns of Darkness (1962)

Camera Operator

The Road to Hong Kong (1962)

Camera Operator

The Millionairess (1961)

Camera Operator

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Camera Operator

Sailor Beware! (1956)

Camera Assistant

My Teenage Daughter (1956)

Camera Assistant

The Intruder (1955)

Camera Assistant

The Constant Husband (1955)

Camera Assistant

An Inspector Calls (1954)

Camera Assistant

The Heart of the Matter (1954)

Camera Assistant

Appointment In London (1953)

Camera Assistant

Captain's Paradise (1953)

Camera Assistant

Cry, the Beloved Country (1952)

Camera Assistant

Home at Seven (1952)

Camera Assistant

Who Goes There! (1952)

Camera Assistant

The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

Camera Assistant

Tall Headlines (1952)

Camera Assistant

The Ringer (1952)

Camera Assistant

Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)

Camera Assistant

Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)

Camera Assistant

Outcast of the Islands (1951)

Camera Assistant

The Wooden Horse (1950)

Camera Assistant

Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1950)

Camera Assistant

State Secret (1950)

Camera Assistant

The Naked Heart (1949)

Camera Assistant

Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)

Camera Assistant

The Brass Monkey (1948)

Camera Assistant

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Better Late Than Never (1983)

Additional Photography

Comme Un Boomerang (1976)

Technical Advisor

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)

Black Rainbow (1989)

Dp/Cinematographer

Man On Fire (1987)

Dp/Cinematographer

Highlander (1986)

Yellowbeard (1983)

Dp/Cinematographer

Dp/Cinematographer

Mr. Klein (1976)

The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Dp/Cinematographer

A Doll's House (1973)

Dp/Cinematographer

Cinematography (Special)

Dandelion Dead (1994)

Director Of Photography

Life Events

1947

First film as technician and camera assistant, "The Brass Monkey"

1955

First film as camera operator, "The March Hare" (camera operator for one day only)

1957

Rose from assistant cameraman at British Lion Studios in Shepperton to camera-operator on "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

1967

First film as director of photograpahy, "Accident"

Videos

Night Must Fall (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Danny, Olivia Opening from director Karel Reisz, screenplay by Clive Exton from the sensational Emlyn Williams play, first filmed with Robert Montgomery in 1937, introduces Susan Hampshire whom we’ll learn is Olivia, and co-producer Albert Finney as Danny, hiding a body, Ron Grainer’s score doing much of the lifting, in Night Must Fall, 1964, from MGM-British studios.

Night Must Fall (1964) -- (Movie Clip) Have A Look At The Police Danny (Albert Finney), whom we know is responsible for the body the police are now searching for in the nearby pond, has just begun working as a handyman for Mrs. Branson, employer of his pregnant maid girlfriend, and mother of not-charmed Olivia (Susan Hampshire), in Night Must Fall, 1964, directed by Karel Reisz.

Man In The Wilderness (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Zach Fought Against Life John Huston as Captain Henry, leader of the hunting expedition, instructs Lowrie (Dennis Waterman), being left behind to monitor the presumed death of bear-attack victim Zach (Richard Harris, experiencing a flashback), along with the less patient Fogerty (Percy Herbert), in Man In The Wilderness, 1971, based on the same story asThe Revenant, 2015.

Man In The Wilderness (1971) -- (Movie Clip) Sorrow Never Helped Anyone Precisely the scene made famous with Leonardo DiCaprio in Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu’s Academy Award-winner The Revenant, 2015, based roughly on the same uncorroborated story, of trapper Hugh Glass, Richard Harris in the lead role, attacked by a bear near the Upper Missouri, ca. 1820, in Man In The Wilderness, 1971.

Man In The Wilderness (1971) -- (Movie Clip) I Should've Been There Finally regaining consciousness, left for dead by his hunting expedition companions along the Upper Missouri, Richard Harris as Zach Glass recalls his wife Grace (Prunella Ransome), and tries to improve his condition, in Man In The Wilderness, 1971, directed by Richard C. Sarafian.

Wise Blood (1979) -- (Movie Clip) That Makes Me A Bastard We know that Sabbath Lily (AmyWright), daughter of a phony street preacher, is determined to seduce novice anti-Jesus Christian preacher Hazel (Brad Dourif),in director John Huston's Wise Blood, 1979, from the Flannery O'Connor novel.

Wise Blood (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Before I Met The Prophet The relatively normal scam-artist preacher Hoover Shoates (Ned Beatty) extends professional courtesy to firebrand Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif), who isn't having any, in Wise Blood, 1979, directed by John Huston from the Flannery O'Connor novel.

Wise Blood (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Gone To Become An Angle Discharged veteran Hazel Motes (Brad Dourif) finds the grave of his grandfather (played by director John Huston), at the family farm, then decides to go to town, early in Wise Blood, 1979, from the Flannery O'Connor novel.

Brannigan (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Smaller Than The Statue Of Liberty Chicago cop John Wayne (title character) arrives at Heathrow for an extradition, a hit-man (Daniel Pilon) maybe on the same plane, greeted by Scotland Yard's Ms. Thatcher (Judy Geeson), plus a brief bit with villain Larkin (John Vernon) and lawyer (Mel Ferrer), in Brannigan, 1975.

Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) The Place Is Full Of Hounds First scene for Michael Caine as novelist Lewis, with a filmmaker friend (Rene Koldehoff), before we rejoin his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson, title character) at the casino at Baden Baden, where she’s observing mysterious Thomas (Helmut Berger), in Joseph Losey’s The Romantic Englishwoman, 1975.

Romantic Englishwoman, The (1975) -- (Movie Clip) By The Way I'm A Poet At home in England, cynical writer Lewis (Michael Caine), with his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson, title character), raising the possibility of using her recent trip to a German spa as material for his novel, in Joseph Losey’s The Romantic Englishwoman, 1975, co-written by Tom Stoppard.

Brannigan (1975) -- (Movie Clip) Knock Knock Modern enough opening, interrupting the credits, Ralph Meeker as the Chicago captain supervising cop John Wayne, title character, about to turn 70, who casually thumps a counterfeiter (Arthur Batanides), in the fairly profitable, mostly London-based police drama Brannigan, 1975.

Secret Ceremony - (Original Trailer) A tormented rich girl (Mia Farrow) hires a prostitute (Elizabeth Taylor) to act as her mother in Joseph Losey's Secret Ceremony (1968).

Captain's Paradise, The - (Original Trailer) Alec Guinness runs a ferryboat between Gibraltar and Tangiers, with a wife in each port. It's The Captain's Paradise (1953).

Bunny Lake Is Missing - (Original Trailer) A distraught mother searches for her semmingly non-existant daughter, bringing her sanity into question in Otto Preminger's Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965).

Night Must Fall (1964) - (Original Trailer) Albert Finney takes on the role of the psychotic caretaker in director Karel Reisz's update of the stage shocker Night Must Fall (1964).

V.I.P.s, The - (Original Trailer) Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport experience a series of personal trials in The V.I.P.s (1963) starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton.

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