 Along with his Academy Award for "Barry Lyndon", the film is considered to be one of the greatest and most beautiful movies made in terms of its visuals.Three films Alcott worked on were ranked between 1950–1997 in the top 20 of “Best Shot”, voted by the American Society of Cinematographers.Not only was Alcott a highly regarded cinematographer, in the 80s when he immigrated into the United States of America he directed and shot commercials for television at the well known Paisley Productions, based in Hollywood.