Biography
As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant editor and camera operator and even worked as a sound recordist several times, before working his way up to director of photography. Menges had his first real break as a documentary cameraperson and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, traveling wherever there was war and insurrection - Burma, Angola, Vietnam and Tibet - while working with filmmaker Adrian Cowell. Once he made the permanent jump to feature films in the 1980s, Menges developed a style as a cinematographer that never overwhelmed audiences with gaudy colors or outlandish camera moves In fact, Menges understood the oft-accepted theory that color could be less realistic than black and white, because it focused the audience away from emotion to an object. Menges' work was defined by a low-key naturalism, plain composition, and a mix of lenses to tug at the audience at the appropriate moments, which helped him craft memorable images in several award-winning films, including "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Michael Collins" (1996) and "The Reader" (2008).
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Filmography
all 81
Movies 77
Director 9
self 7
TV Shows 4
Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
Hummingbird (2013)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Route Irish (2011)
London Boulevard (2010)
The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)
The Reader (2008)
Stop-Loss (2008)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Tickets (2005)
North Country (2005)
Criminal (2004)
Concert for George (2003)
The Good Thief (2003)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
The Pledge (2001)
The Lost Son (1999)
The Boxer (1997)
Michael Collins (1996)
The Heroin Wars (1996)
Second Best (1994)
CrissCross (1992)
A World Apart (1988)
High Season (1987)
Warlords of the Golden Triangle (1987)
Shy People (1987)
The Mission (1986)
Fatherland (1986)
Marie (1985)
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
Winter Flight (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Comfort and Joy (1984)
The Red and the Blue (1983)
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983)
Walter and June (1983)
Local Hero (1983)
Walter (1982)
Angel (1982)
Made in Britain (1982)
Warlords of the 21st Century (1982)
The Guldbagge Awards (1981)
Couples and Robbers (1981)
Looks and Smiles (1981)
A Question of Leadership (1981)
Auditions (1980)
Babylon (1980)
The Gamekeeper (1980)
Bloody Kids (1980)
A Sense of Freedom (1979)
Black Jack (1979)
Cold Harbour (1978)
Dummy (1977)
Last Summer (1977)
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (1975)
Israel: After the Earthquake (1974)
Talk About Work (1971)
Gumshoe (1971)
After a Lifetime (1971)
Black Beauty (1971)
The Save the Children Fund Film (1971)
Loving Memory (1970)
Kes (1970)
The Tribe That Hides from Man (1970)
if.... (1968)
Solo (1968)
Abel Gance: The Charm of Dynamite (1968)
Poor Cow (1967)
Raid Into Tibet (1966)
A Boy Called Donovan (1966)
The War Game (1963)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1940-09-15 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceKington, Herefordshire, England, UK
FatherHerbert Menges
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsChristopher J. Menges, Christopher Menges
AwardsNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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