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Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is a British cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers . Life and career. Menges was born in Kington, Herefordshire, the son of the composer and conductor Herbert Menges. [1] .
Chris Menges (I) Cinematographer. Camera and Electrical Department. Director. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career.
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Nov 29, 2020 · Watch on. I recently had the chance to speak with Chris Menges about his newest project, " Waiting for the Barbarians ." Menges’ insights into the art (and underlying politics) of filmmaking...
Apr 15, 2018 · Fifty years after it was first released, cameraman Chris Menges reflects on the shooting and lasting legacy of Lindsay Anderson's If…. “I remember going on a scout with Miroslav [Ondříček] and Lindsay [Anderson]," Chris Menges recalls, “to Cheltenham College, to the chapel.
Dec 2, 2020 · Dec 02, 2020. If anyone on this planet is a natural-born cinematographer, it might just be Chris Menges. His earthiness and pragmatism combined with his uncanny, innate sensibility for the moving image are what make his films special: Kes, The Killing Fields, and The Mission, to name just a few.
Chris Menges. 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.
Equally comfortable in drama and documentary, big-budget cinema features and low-budget television, cinematographer-director Chris Menges has amassed one of the most impressive British filmmaking CVs of the last half-century. A double Oscar winner for Roland Joffé 's films The Killing Fields (1984) and The Mission (1986), he is just as ...
