Chris Menges

Chris Menges

Known for: Camera
Biography: 1940-09-15 (84 years old)

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

Director of Photography
Hummingbird

Hummingbird (2013)

Movie
5.25
Cinematographer
Tickets

Tickets (2005)

Movie
Director of Photography
North Country

North Country (2005)

Movie
Cinematographer
Criminal

Criminal (2004)

Movie
Cinematographer
The Boxer

The Boxer (1997)

Movie
4
Director of Photography
Michael Collins

Michael Collins (1996)

Movie
4
Cinematographer
Shy People

Shy People (1987)

Movie
Cinematographer
Fatherland

Fatherland (1986)

Movie
Cinematographer
Marie

Marie (1985)

Movie
Cinematographer
Walter

Walter (1982)

Movie
Cinematographer
Angel

Angel (1982)

Movie
Director of Photography
Made in Britain

Made in Britain (1982)

Movie
2
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
The Guldbagge Awards

The Guldbagge Awards (1981)

TV
Cinematographer
Auditions

Auditions (1980)

Movie
Cinematographer
Babylon

Babylon (1980)

Movie
Cinematographer
Black Jack

Black Jack (1979)

Movie
Cinematographer
Dummy

Dummy (1977)

Movie
Cinematographer
Gumshoe

Gumshoe (1971)

Movie
6
Cinematographer
Kes

Kes (1970)

Movie
6
Camera Operator
if....

if.... (1968)

Movie
6
Cinematographer
Solo

Solo (1968)

Movie
Camera Operator
Poor Cow

Poor Cow (1967)

Movie
Cinematographer
Made in Britain

Made in Britain

TV

Information

Known For
Camera

Gender
Male

Birthday
1940-09-15 (84 years old)

Birth Place
Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK

Father
Herbert Menges

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Christopher J. Menges, Christopher Menges

Awards
National 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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