British cinematographer David Watkin BSC worked with which American film director known for his work on the "Superman" film series in the 1980s?
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David Watkin (cinematographer) David Watkin BSC (23 March 1925 – 19 February 2008) was a British cinematographer, an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source. He worked with such film directors as Richard Lester, Peter Brook, Tony Richardson, Mike Nichols, Ken Russell, Franco Zeffirelli, Sidney Lumet and Sydney Pollack.
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Richard Lester Richard Lester (born Richard Lester Liebman; January 19, 1932) is an American film director based in Britain. Lester is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the "Superman" film series in the 1980s.
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Takao Saito (cinematographer) Takao Saito (斎藤 孝雄 , Saitō Takao , March 5, 1929 – December 6, 2014) was a Japanese cinematographer who frequently collaborated with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in the film "Ran" (1985).
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Michael W. Watkins Michael W. Watkins (often credited as Michael Watkins) is an American cinematographer, television director and television producer. He has worked on "Smallville", "Boomtown" "The X-Files", and "", "Monk", "Law & Order", "No Ordinary Family", "Warehouse 13" and several other film and television series. he also directed the made for TV movies "Deadlocked" (2000), "The Rockford Files" (2010), as well as the 2004 TV miniseries "5ive Days to Midnight".
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David Hickman (producer) David Hickman has been writing, producing and directing single documentaries and series for broadcast television in the United Kingdom and internationally for the last twenty years. He is also a cinematographer, having worked on 16 and 35mm film, as well as a variety of video and HD formats – shooting drama and non-fiction.
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Last Son (comics) "Last Son" is a five-issue comic book story arc featuring Superman in the monthly "Action Comics". It is written by Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, the director of the well-known 1978 film "Superman: The Movie" and a portion of "", with pencils by Adam Kubert. This story introduces the original character, Christopher Kent and adapts the classic Superman film villains, General Zod, Ursa and Non into the regular DC Universe continuity.
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Kan Mukai Kan Mukai (向井寛 , "Mukai Kan" ) a.k.a. Hiroshi Mukai and Patrick Kan (カン・パトリック , Kan Patorikku ) was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the "pink film" genre. In the realm of "pink" cinema, Japanese critics have estimated that Mukai is "the only serious rival of Kōji Wakamatsu." As a producer, Mukai helped the early careers of many prominent directors, including Hisayasu Satō and Academy-Award winner Yōjirō Takita. In his career, he directed nearly 200 films and produced approximately 500.
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Superman II Superman II is a 1980 British-American superhero film directed by Richard Lester, based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is a sequel to the 1978 film "Superman" and stars Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, and Jack O'Halloran. The film was released in Australia and mainland Europe on December 4, 1980, and in other countries throughout 1981. Selected premiere engagements of "Superman II" were presented in Megasound, a high-impact surround sound system similar to Sensurround.
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Inside Moves Inside Moves is a 1980 American drama film directed by Richard Donner. The film is based on the book of the same name by Todd Walton, with a script by then writing duo Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson.
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Robert Asher Robert Asher (1915 – 1979) was a British film and television director, the brother of British cinematographer Jack Asher.
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Janusz Kamiński Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński, A.S.C. (] ; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and film director who started his career in the United States. He rose to fame in the 1990s with his innovative work on "Schindler's List" (1993). He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). In recent years, Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing, first with the horror film "Lost Souls", and later television series like "The Event" and "The Divide".
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The Adventures of Seinfeld &amp; Superman The Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman was a pair of advertisement films promoting American Express, featuring Jerry Seinfeld as himself and Patrick Warburton (who appeared with Seinfeld on "Seinfeld", as David Puddy) as the voice of Superman. The two films, "A Uniform Used to Mean Something..." and "Hindsight is 20/20", each about five minutes in length, were directed by Barry Levinson. In addition to being on the Internet, they aired on television during 2004 and once on TBS in 2003. In addition to promoting American Express, the premise of the films were to show Seinfeld and Superman as friends, and much of the humor originated from the various situations the two found themselves in. For example, Superman is anticipating hooking up Seinfeld's TV to surround sound, despite the fact that he has super-hearing as Jerry points out.
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Moonraker (film) Moonraker (1979) is the eleventh spy film in the "James Bond" series, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The third and final film in the series to be directed by Lewis Gilbert, it co-stars Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Cléry, and Richard Kiel. Bond investigates the theft of a space shuttle, leading him to Hugo Drax, the owner of the shuttle's manufacturing firm. Along with space scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond follows the trail from California to Venice, Rio de Janeiro, and the Amazon rainforest, and finally into outer space to prevent a plot to wipe out the world population and to re-create humanity with a master race.
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Kevin Rafferty Kevin Rafferty is an American documentary film cinematographer, director, and producer, best known for his 1982 documentary "The Atomic Cafe".
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Superman Returns (video game) Superman Returns is a video game based on the movie of the same name, It was developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts in conjunction with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics. It features a story arc from the movie, which was released on June 28, 2006, and more than 60 years of comic book content. EA Tiburon, known for its "" game series, has claimed that the game combines strong creative vision and compelling new technology to deliver a powerful and emotional gaming experience to their consumers, and they will experience a real sense of flying while mastering Superman's superhero powers to save Metropolis.
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Michael Kahn (film editor) Michael Kahn (born December 8, 1935) is an American film editor. His credits range from TV's "Hogan's Heroes" to feature films directed by George C. Scott ("The Savage is Loose") and Steven Spielberg, with whom he has had an extended, notable collaboration for over forty years.
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David Watkin (historian) David John Watkin, MA PhD LittD Hon FRIBA FSA (born 1941) is a British architectural historian. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, and Professor Emeritus of History of Architecture in the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge. He has also taught at the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture.
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Henry Braham Henry Braham (born October 30, 1965 in England) is a British cinematographer, best known for his work on "Nanny McPhee", "The Legend of Tarzan" and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2".
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Harrison Ellenshaw Harrison Ellenshaw (born Peter Ellenshaw, July 20, 1945 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American matte painter, following his British-born father Peter Ellenshaw. He started his career at Walt Disney Studios. He later joined George Lucas's effects studio Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), where he produced many of the matte visual effects backgrounds for the films "Star Wars" (1977) and "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980). He then returned to Disney to work on the film "Dick Tracy" (1990), and eventually headed Disney Studio's effects department, Buena Vista Visual Effects (BVVE). He was also visual effects supervisor for "Tron" (1982), where he had the distinction of being the first person to have that credit in a film.
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Philip H. Lathrop Philip H. Lathrop, A.S.C. (October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995) was an American cinematographer noted for his skills with wide screen technology and detailed approach to lighting and camera placement. He spent most of his life in movie studios. Lathrop was known for such films as "Touch of Evil" (1958), "Lonely Are the Brave" (1962), "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), "The Cincinnati Kid" (1965), "Point Blank" (1967), "Finian's Rainbow" (1968), "The Traveling Executioner" (1970), "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972), "Earthquake" (1974), "Swashbuckler (1976)", "The Driver" (1978), "Moment by Moment" (1978), "A Change of Seasons" (1980), "Foolin' Around" (1980), "Loving Couples" (1980), and "Deadly Friend" (1986).
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Matt Reeves Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the films "" (1995) and "The Pallbearer" (1996), the latter of which marked his feature-length directorial debut. He then transitioned into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series "Felicity" (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the found-footage horror film "Cloverfield" (2008), the romantic horror film "Let Me In" (2010), and the science fiction sequels "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014) and "War for the Planet of the Apes" (2017). In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct "The Batman", to be set in the DC Extended Universe starring Ben Affleck as the titular character.
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John Frankenheimer John Michael Frankenheimer (February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002) was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films. Among his credits were "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962), "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), "Seven Days in May" (1964), "The Train" (1964), "Seconds" (1966), "Grand Prix" (1966), "French Connection II" (1975), "Black Sunday" (1977), and "Ronin" (1998).