Ted Moore

Ted Moore, B.S.C. (August 7, 1914 - 1987) was a cinematographer and camera operator on nearly fifty films, and is probably most famous for his work on seven of the James Bond films in the 1960s and early 1970s.

Biography

Born in South Africa, Moore moved to Great Britain at the age of sixteen, where he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. During the war he joined the film unit and began honing his craft.

After serving as a camera operator on such films as "The African Queen", "The Red Beret", "Hell Below Zero", and "The Black Knight (1954 film)", he was given the cinematography job for 1956's "High Flight", set among a familiar scene for Moore, the Royal Air Force.

He worked on a number of films for Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films, including "Cockleshell Heroes", "Zarak", "Johnny Nobody" and "No Time to Die", as well as their more high-minded 1960 production "The Trials of Oscar Wilde".

In 1962 Broccoli and director Terence Young chose him as the cinematographer for an adaptation of Ian Fleming's "Dr. No". Moore would go on to make another six Bond films; "From Russia with Love" (for which he won a BAFTA award), "Goldfinger", "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever", "Live and Let Die", and portions of "The Man with the Golden Gun", on which he was replaced due to illness by Oswald Morris.

In addition, Moore won a BAFTA and an Oscar for his camerawork for 1967's Best Picture, "A Man for All Seasons", becoming the first South African to win an Academy Award. He also worked on the 1962 cult classic "The Day of the Triffids", "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad", "Orca", and "Clash of the Titans".

Moore died in 1987.