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Christopher Challis (born 18 March 1919) is a British cinematographer who has worked on more than 70 feature films since starting in the industry in the 1940s.

After working as camera operator on a number of films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, he made his debut as director of photography on The End of the River After filming The End of the River he decided to take a step back to operator, so he could work with Jack Cardiff on The Red Shoes. He then went back to director of photography. in 1947, one of their projects as producers. He went on to photograph most of their 1950s films, including The Small Back Room, The Elusive Pimpernel, The Tales of Hoffmann, Oh... Rosalinda!!, Ill Met by Moonlight and The Battle of the River Plate.

His expertise in colour cinematography made him a popular choice for British films of the 1950s, and he made a number of successful comedies, including Genevieve (1953), The Captain's Table (1958) and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965), and later worked on a variety of projects such as the 1960 war classic Sink the Bismarck!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes in 1970.

He was nominated for several BAFTA Awards for Best British Cinematography, including a win in 1966 for Stanley Donen's film Arabesque. His autobiography "Are they really so awful?"was published by Janus Publishing Company (ISBN 1-85756-193-7)in March 1995.

External links

Christopher Challis at IMDb

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 '''Christopher Challis''' (born [[18 March]] [[1919]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[cinematographer]] who has worked on more than 70 feature films since starting in the industry in the 1940s.
-After working as [[camera operator]] on a number of films for [[Powell and Pressburger|Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger]], he made his debut as director of photography on ''[[The End of the River]]''After  filming The End of the River he decided to take a step back to operator, so he could work with Jack Cardiff on The Red Shoes.He then went back to director of photography. in [[1947 in film|1947]], one of their projects as producers. He went on to photograph most of their [[1950s]] films, including ''[[The Small Back Room]]'', ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel]]'', ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann (film)|The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', ''[[Oh... Rosalinda!!]]'', ''[[Ill Met by Moonlight]]'' and ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''.
+After working as [[camera operator]] on a number of films for [[Powell and Pressburger|Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger]], he made his debut as director of photography on ''[[The End of the River]]'' After  filming The End of the River he decided to take a step back to operator, so he could work with Jack Cardiff on The Red Shoes. He then went back to director of photography. in [[1947 in film|1947]], one of their projects as producers. He went on to photograph most of their [[1950s]] films, including ''[[The Small Back Room]]'', ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel]]'', ''[[The Tales of Hoffmann (film)|The Tales of Hoffmann]]'', ''[[Oh... Rosalinda!!]]'', ''[[Ill Met by Moonlight]]'' and ''[[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|The Battle of the River Plate]]''.
 His expertise in colour cinematography made him a popular choice for British films of the [[1950s]], and he made a number of successful comedies, including ''[[Genevieve]]'' ([[1953]]), ''[[The Captain's Table]]'' ([[1958]]) and ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'' ([[1965]]), and later worked on a variety of projects such as the [[1960 in film|1960]] war classic ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'', ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' ([[1968]]), and [[Billy Wilder|Billy Wilder's]] ''[[The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes]]'' in [[1970]].