Chris Menges

Birthday:

09/15/1940

Place of birth:

Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK:

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). IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin



Credits

Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
Director of Photography
Ex Machina (2015)
Thanks
Hummingbird (2013)
Director of Photography
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Director of Photography
Route Irish (2011)
Director of Photography
London Boulevard (2010)
Director of Photography
The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)
Director of Photography
The Reader (2008)
Director of Photography
Stop-Loss (2008)
Director of Photography
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Director of Photography
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Director of Photography
Tickets (2005)
Director of Photography
North Country (2005)
Director of Photography
Criminal (2004)
Director of Photography
Concert for George (2003)
Director of Photography
The Good Thief (2003)
Director of Photography
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Director of Photography
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Camera Operator
The Pledge (2001)
Director of Photography
The Lost Son (1999)
Director
The Boxer (1997)
Director of Photography
Michael Collins (1996)
Director of Photography
Second Best (1994)
Director
CrissCross (1992)
Director
A World Apart (1988)
Director
High Season (1987)
Director of Photography
Shy People (1987)
Director of Photography
The Mission (1986)
Director of Photography
Fatherland (1986)
Director of Photography
Marie (1985)
Director of Photography
Which Side Are You On? (1985)
Director of Photography
Winter Flight (1984)
Cinematography
The Killing Fields (1984)
Director of Photography
Comfort and Joy (1984)
Cinematography
The Red and the Blue (1983)
Director of Photography
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983)
Director of Photography
Local Hero (1983)
Director of Photography
Local Hero (1983)
Lighting Camera
Angel (1982)
Director of Photography
Made in Britain (1982)
Director of Photography
Warlords of the 21st Century (1982)
Director of Photography
Looks and Smiles (1981)
Director of Photography
A Question of Leadership (1981)
Director of Photography
Auditions (1980)
Director of Photography
Babylon (1980)
Cinematography
The Gamekeeper (1980)
Director of Photography
Bloody Kids (1980)
Director of Photography
A Sense of Freedom (1979)
Director of Photography
Black Jack (1979)
Cinematography
Dummy (1977)
Cinematography
Last Summer (1977)
Cinematography
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (1975)
Cinematography
Israel: After the Earthquake (1974)
Cinematography
Gumshoe (1971)
Director of Photography
After a Lifetime (1971)
Director of Photography
The Save The Children Fund Film (1971)
Director of Photography
Black Beauty (1971)
Director of Photography
Loving Memory (1970)
Director of Photography
Kes (1970)
Director of Photography
if.... (1968)
Camera Operator
Solo (1968)
Cinematography
Poor Cow (1967)
Camera Operator
A Boy Called Donovan (1966)
Cinematography
Raid Into Tibet (1966)
Cinematography
The War Game (1963)
Director of Photography