Oswald Morris
Highest Rated: 95% Our Man in Havana (1960)
Lowest Rated: 8% A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Birthday: Nov 22, 1915
Birthplace: Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
One of Britain's leading directors of photography, Oswald Morris eschewed formal training to work his way from clapper boy to cinematographer. His lifelong interest in films began as a child when he found work as a projectionist during school vacations. Dropping out of school at age 16, Morris found work as an unpaid assistant/apprentice to the chief engineer at London's Wembley Studio. When the studio closed briefly in 1934-35, he moved to BIP Studios where he worked as a clapper boy on films like "The Third Clue" and "Mr. Cinders" (both 1934). Returning to reopened Wembley Studios, Morris was promoted first to camera assistant, then camera operator. During WWII, he served in the Royal Air Force (receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross).
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | 81% | The Dark Crystal | Cinematographer | - | 1982 |
| 41% | 65% | The Wiz | Cinematographer | - | 1978 |
| 60% | 42% | Dracula | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 64% | 64% | The Odessa File | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 42% | 55% | The Man With the Golden Gun | Cinematographer | - | 1974 |
| 75% | 83% | Scrooge | Cinematographer | - | 1970 |
| 90% | 81% | Oliver! | Cinematographer | - | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Winter's Tale | Cinematographer | - | 1968 |
| 83% | 73% | The Taming of the Shrew | Cinematographer | - | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita | Cinematographer | - | 1965 |
| 89% | 81% | The Spy Who Came in From the Cold | Cinematographer | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Of Human Bondage | Cinematographer | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ceremony | Cinematographer | - | 1963 |
| 91% | 84% | Lolita | Cinematographer | - | 1962 |
| 92% | 86% | The Guns of Navarone | Cinematographer | - | 1961 |
| 95% | 77% | Our Man in Havana | Cinematographer | - | 1960 |
| 79% | 74% | The Entertainer | Cinematographer | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Roots of Heaven | Cinematographer | - | 1958 |
| 92% | 76% | Look Back in Anger | Cinematographer | - | 1958 |
| 82% | 82% | Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| 8% | 36% | A Farewell to Arms | Cinematographer | - | 1957 |
| 84% | 73% | Moby Dick | Cinematographer | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | Beau Brummell | Cinematographer | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovers, Happy Lovers! | Cinematographer | - | 1954 |
| 72% | 53% | Beat the Devil | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Golden Mask | Cinematographer | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Island of Desire | Cinematographer | - | 1952 |
| 73% | 90% | Moulin Rouge | Cinematographer | - | 1952 |