Edward Scaife
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Edward Scaife | |
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Died | November 1994 (aged 81–82) Chichester, West Sussex, England |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Edward Scaife BSC (23 May 1912 – November 1994) was an English cinematographer, who worked five times with the director John Huston.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Sometimes credited as Ted Scaife, he worked originally in the sound department of a London film company.[8] From 1940 onwards, he was a member of the camera crew in productions such as Michael Powell's Black Narcissus (1947) and Huston's African Queen.[9] From 1951 he was first employed as a chief camera man, and photographed films of all genres, including Night of the Demon (1957) and The Dirty Dozen (1967), before retiring from the industry in 1979.[1]
Selected filmography
- 1947: Black Narcissus (Camera operator)
- 1949: The Third Man (Camera operator)
- 1951: Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (2nd Unit Photographer)
- 1951: Outcast of the Islands
- 1951: The African Queen (Second Unit photography)
- 1954: An Inspector Calls
- 1956: Smiley
- 1957: Night of the Demon
- 1959: The House of the Seven Hawks
- 1960: Carry on Constable
- 1962: The List of Adrian Messenger (European Unit Director of Photography)
- 1963: Tarzan's Three Challenges
- 1964: 633 Squadron
- 1965: Young Cassidy
- 1966: Khartoum
- 1967: The Dirty Dozen
- 1969: A Walk with Love and Death
- 1969: Sinful Davey
- 1970: The Kremlin Letter
- 1971: Catlow
- 1978: The Water Babies (Scaife won Best Cinematography award at Fantafestival, 1981)[10]
References
- ^ a b "Ted Scaife".
- ^ "BSC Members - British Society of Cinematographers".
- ^ "The African Queen (1951) - Overview - TCM.com".
- ^ "The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) - Overview - TCM.com".
- ^ "Sinful Davey".
- ^ "TCM Diary: Outcast of the Islands - Film Comment". 12 August 2016.
- ^ "A Walk with Love and Death (1969) - Overview - TCM.com".
- ^ "Edward Scaife - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie".
- ^ "Edward Scaife - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie".
- ^ "Festivales - Cinefania Online".