As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant editor and camera operator and even worked as a sound recordist several times, before working his way up to director of photography. Menges had his first real break as a documentary cameraperson and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, traveling wherever there was war and insurrection - Burma, Angola, Vietnam and Tibet - while working with filmmaker Adrian Cowell. Once he made the permanent jump to feature films in the 1980s, Menges developed a style as a cinematographer that never overwhelmed audiences with gaudy colors or outlandish camera moves In fact, Menges understood the oft-accepted theory that color could be less realistic than black and white, because it focused the audience away from emotion to an object. Menges' work was defined by a low-key naturalism, plain composition, and a mix of lenses to tug at the audience at the appropriate moments, which helped him craft memorable images in several award-winning films, including "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Michael Collins" (1996) and "The Reader" (2008). IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin
Born: September 15, 1940 (Age 84) in Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
Streaming Sources for all Chris Menges Movies & TV ShowsTitle | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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Movie | Actor | Self - Cinematographer | 2016 | |
Short Film | Actor | Self | 2012 | |
Movie | Actor | Self | 1983 | |
TV Show | Actor | Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner 1 Episode | 1981 | |
TV Show | Actor | Self 1 Episode | 1974-1997 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1979 | |
Movie | Directing | Director | 1988 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1982 | |
Movie | Directing | Cinematography, Director of Photography | 1980 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1982 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1971 | |
Movie | Directing | Cinematography, Director of Photography | 1979 | |
Movie | Directing | Cinematography, Director of Photography | 1984 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2004 | |
Movie | Directing | Director | 1992 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography, Camera Operator | 2002 | |
Movie | Crew | Thanks | 2015 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2011 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1971 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1987 | |
Movie | Camera | Camera Operator | 1968 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1969 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography, Lighting Camera | 1983 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2010 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1981 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1970 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1985 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1996 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2005 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2006 | |
Movie | Camera | Camera Operator | 1967 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator | 2013 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2011 | |
Movie | Directing | Director | 1994 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1987 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1986 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2008 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1997 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1980 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2003 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1984 | |
Movie | Directing | Director | 1999 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1986 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2001 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2008 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2005 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2009 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2005 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1985 | |
Movie | Directing | Cinematography, Director of Photography | 1984 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2019 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1971 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1971 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 2003 | |
Movie | Directing | Cinematography, Director of Photography | ||
Short Film | Directing | Director of Photography | 1963 | |
Short Film | Directing | Director of Photography | 1966 | |
Short Film | Directing | Director of Photography | 1968 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1980 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1983 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1982 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1983 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1983 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1983 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1980 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1981 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1966 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1977 | |
Movie | Directing | Director of Photography | 1975 | |
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