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Chris Menges

Chris Menges

Cinematographer

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

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Chris Menges  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7
ActorSelf - Cinematographer2016
Short Film
7
ActorSelf2012
Movie
6.4
ActorSelf1983
Movie
ActorSelf2010
TV Show
ActorSelf - Best Foreign Language Film winner
1 Episode
1981
TV Show
5.7
ActorSelf
1 Episode
1974-1997
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1979
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector1988
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1982
Movie
7.4
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography1980
Movie
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1982
Movie
5.2
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
6.5
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography1979
Movie
6.5
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography1984
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2004
Movie
6
DirectingDirector1992
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography, Camera Operator2002
Movie
7.8
CrewThanks2015
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
5.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1987
Movie
7.5
CameraCamera Operator1968
Movie
8
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography, Lighting Camera1983
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography2010
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1981
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1970
Movie
6.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1985
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1996
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2005
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2006
Movie
6.9
CameraCamera Operator1967
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography, "A" Camera Operator2013
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2011
Movie
7
DirectingDirector1994
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1987
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1986
Movie
6.2
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1997
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector of Photography2003
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1984
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector1999
Movie
7.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1986
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2001
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2008
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2005
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography2009
Movie
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography2005
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector of Photography1985
Movie
7.4
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography1984
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography2019
Movie
5.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
4.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1971
Movie
8.4
DirectingDirector of Photography2003
Movie
DirectingCinematography, Director of Photography
Short Film
6.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1963
Short Film
9.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Short Film
DirectingDirector of Photography1968
Movie
6
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1982
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
6.5
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
5.6
DirectingDirector of Photography1983
Movie
2.4
DirectingDirector of Photography1980
Movie
3.1
DirectingDirector of Photography1981
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1966
Movie
7.8
DirectingDirector of Photography1977
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector of Photography1975
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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