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David Watkin – 1925-2008
by Marc Salomon, AFC consultant member

In memory of

He was associated with the renewal of British cinematography in the 1960’s, along with his colleagues Walter Lassaly, Billy Williams and Chris Menges - all of whom had done their apprenticeship outside the traditional path of assisting and operating – when he started working with Richard Lester and Tony Richardson for Woodfall Film Productions *. Watkin quickly imposed a new way of lighting, favoring indirect light, broad and diffuse sources, and backlighting, which would quickly become his trademark.

Gilbert Taylor, BSC
Par Marc Salomon

Gilbert Taylor

Nous annoncions, il y a quelques semaines, le décès du directeur de la photographie britannique Gilbert Taylor, BSC, à l’âge de 99 ans. Marc Salomon, membre consultant de l’AFC, retrace ici la biofilmographie de cet opérateur dont la carrière débuta en 1929 et dont l’ombre du talent plane encore sur la plupart des quelque soixante longs métrages de fiction qu’il a photographiés.