Der grosse britische Kameramann Gilbert Taylor ist gestorben

Der 1914 in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England geborene britische Kameramann Gilbert Taylor ist am 23. August 2013 auf der Isle of Wight gestorben.

Beim ersten «Star Wars»-Film führte er die Kamera, er fand legendäre Bilder für die Beatles und setzte mit «Das Omen» auch im Horrorgenre Maßstäbe.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/kameramann-gilbert-taylor-tot-filmte-star-wars-frenzy-das-omen-a-918921.html

His many credits include Ice Cold in Alex, the Beatles‘ film A Hard Day’s Night and Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy.

He also worked with Roman Polanski on such films as Repulsion and Cul-de-Sac, for which he received back-to-back Bafta nominations in consecutive years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23808854

Mr. Taylor brought a cinéma vérité sensibility to black-and-white pictures like the 1964 Beatles comedy «A Hard Day’s Night» and Stanley Kubrick’s cold war satire «Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.» He ensured that the battle footage in «Dr. Strangelove» was disturbingly realistic by shooting it like a documentary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/27/arts/gilbert-taylor-celebrated-hollywood-cinematographer-dies-at-99.html?_r=0

Mehr:

http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2013/08/23/r-i-p-gilbert-taylor-star-wars-cinematographer/

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852405/

http://www.theasc.com/magazine/feb06/taylor/page1.html