Jack Hildyard

Jack Hildyard

Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. (March 17, 1908, London—September 1990, London) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 80 films during his career. He made several films with David Lean including "The Sound Barrier" (1952) and "Hobson's Choice" (1954), as well as "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the British Society of Cinematographers Award.

His first film was "Freedom of the Seas" in 1934, as a focus-puller, before working as camera operator on films for Leslie Howard and others, including "Pygmalion", "The Divorce of Lady X" and "Pimpernel Smith". His first film as cinematographer was Laurence Olivier's 1944 film "Henry V", an adaptation of the Shakespearean history. This gave him invaluable experience of colour cinematography, and his subsequent films made him one of the most sought after cameramen in England.

His other films included "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1945), "Anastasia" (1956), "The Sundowners" (1960), "55 Days at Peking" (1963), "Battle of the Bulge (film)" (1965), "Casino Royale" (1967) and "The Wild Geese" (1978). He photographed both of producer-director Moustapha Akkad's films on Islamic history, The Message and Lion of the Desert.

He was also nominated for BAFTA Awards for his work on "The V.I.P.s" (1963), "The Yellow Rolls-Royce" (1964) and "Modesty Blaise" (1966).

He was awarded the British Society of Cinematographers Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

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