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Chris Menges

Personal Informations

Known for Department
Camera
Known appearances
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
Sep 15, 1940 (83 old)
Place of Birth
Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
Also known as
Christopher J. Menges
Christopher Menges
Chris Menges

Chris Menges

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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Known for

Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
Ex Machina
Ex Machina
Hummingbird
Hummingbird
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Route Irish
Route Irish
London Boulevard
London Boulevard
Making Kes
Making Kes
The Yellow Handkerchief
The Yellow Handkerchief
The Reader
The Reader
Stop-Loss
Stop-Loss
Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tickets
Tickets
North Country
North Country
Criminal
Criminal
Concert for George
Concert for George
The Good Thief
The Good Thief
Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things
The Pledge
The Pledge
The Lost Son
The Lost Son
The Boxer
The Boxer
Michael Collins
Michael Collins
The Heroin Wars
The Heroin Wars
Second Best
Second Best
CrissCross
CrissCross
A World Apart
A World Apart
High Season
High Season
Shy People
Shy People
The Mission
The Mission
Fatherland
Fatherland
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
Marie
Marie
Which Side Are You On?
Which Side Are You On?
Winter Flight
Winter Flight
The Killing Fields
The Killing Fields
Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only
Walter and June
Walter and June
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
Local Hero
Local Hero
Walter
Walter
Angel
Angel
Made in Britain
Made in Britain
Warlords of the 21st Century
Warlords of the 21st Century
Looks and Smiles
Looks and Smiles
A Question of Leadership
A Question of Leadership
Babylon
Babylon
The Gamekeeper
The Gamekeeper
Bloody Kids
Bloody Kids
A Sense of Freedom
A Sense of Freedom
Black Jack
Black Jack
Dummy
Dummy
Last Summer
Last Summer
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Spécial cinéma
Spécial cinéma
Israel: After the Earthquake
Israel: After the Earthquake
Gumshoe
Gumshoe
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
The Save the Children Fund Film
The Save the Children Fund Film
Loving Memory
Loving Memory
Kes
Kes
The Tribe That Hides from Man
The Tribe That Hides from Man
if....
if....
Poor Cow
Poor Cow
Raid Into Tibet
Raid Into Tibet
A Boy Called Donovan
A Boy Called Donovan
The War Game
The War Game

Acting

2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
  —
Self - Cinematographer
2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
  —
Self
2010
Making Kes
  —
Self
1985
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
  —
Self
1983
The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'
  —
Self
1981
The Guldbagge Awards
  —
Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
1974
Spécial cinéma
  —
Self

Camera

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

Directing

1999
The Lost Son
as.job job.Director.he
1994
Second Best
as.job job.Director.he
1992
CrissCross
as.job job.Director.he
1988
A World Apart
as.job job.Director.he

Crew

2015
Ex Machina
as.job job.Thanks.he
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