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Christopher Challis

Known for: Camera

Biography: 1919-03-18

Deathday: 2012-05-31 (93 years old)

Biography

Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS (18 March 1919 – 31 May 2012) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 70 feature films from the 1940s onwards. His autobiography, Are They Really So Awful?: A Cameraman's Chronicle, was published by Janus Publishing Company (ISBN 1-85756-193-7) in March 1995.

Challis also features in the book Conversations with Cinematographers (Scarecrow Press) by David A. Ellis (2012).

Filmography

all 73

Movies 72

self 3

Director 1

TV Shows 1

Self – Interviewee

Christopher Challis

Biography

Filmography

all 73

Movies 72

self 3

Director 1

TV Shows 1

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)

A Profile of 'The Red Shoes' (2000)

The Making of an Englishman (1995)

Steaming (1985)

Top Secret! (1984)

Secrets (1983)

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)

The Nightingale (1981)

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

The Riddle of the Sands (1979)

Force 10 from Navarone (1978)

The Deep (1977)

The Incredible Sarah (1976)

The Old Curiosity Shop (1975)

In This House of Brede (1975)

The Little Prince (1974)

A War of Children (1972)

The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972)

Follow Me! (1972)

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Catch Me a Spy (1971)

Villain (1971)

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Staircase (1969)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

A Dandy in Aspic (1968)

Two for the Road (1967)

Kaleidoscope (1966)

Arabesque (1966)

Return from the Ashes (1965)

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965)

A Shot in the Dark (1964)

The Long Ships (1964)

An Evening With The Royal Ballet (1963)

The Victors (1963)

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)

Flame in the Streets (1961)

Five Golden Hours (1961)

The Grass Is Greener (1960)

Surprise Package (1960)

Never Let Go (1960)

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

Blind Date (1959)

The Captain's Table (1959)

Floods of Fear (1958)

Rooney (1958)

Windom's Way (1957)

Miracle in Soho (1957)

Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

The Spanish Gardener (1956)

The Battle of the River Plate (1956)

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Quentin Durward (1955)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955)

Raising a Riot (1955)

Malaga (1954)

Flame and the Flesh (1954)

Saadia (1953)

Twice Upon a Time (1953)

Genevieve (1953)

The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)

24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)

Angels One Five (1952)

The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)

The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)

Gone to Earth (1950)

The Small Back Room (1949)

The End of the River (1947)

Rome, Sweet Home

Known For
Camera

Gender
Male

Birthday
1919-03-18

Deathday
2012-05-31 (93 years old)

Birth Place
London, England, UK

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Christopher George Joseph Challis, Christopher G. Challis, Chris Challis

Awards
20th British Academy Film Awards