JOHN COQUILLON

Born: 29 July 1930, The Hague, Netherlands, as Albert Louis [Bert/John] Coquillon, son of Marcel Eugène Coquillon (1904, Montréal, Canada-1950, Utrecht, Netherlands) and Cornelia Lelie. [Other sources: 29 July 1933, Montréal, Canada, as Albert Louis Coquillon.]

Died: 1987, Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.

Career: Started as a clapper-loader at Pinewood Studios. At the beginning of his career, he was seen as a specialist in ph in Africa.

Ph commercials dir by Karel Reisz, Kevin Billington, Tom Bussmann, a.o.

Was a member of the BSC since 1969.

Awards: 'Genie' Award [1980] for 'The Changeling'.

FILMS
1955	Zanzabuku/Dangerous Safari [Lewis Cotlow] c; doc/64m; cph: L. Cotlow, Frederick Ford & David Mason; filmed in East Africa and the Belgian Congo
1956	Toto and the Poachers [Brian Salt] c; 50m; cph: Geoffrey Hermges; + co-scrpl; prod Children's Film Foundation (CFF); filmed in Kenya
1958	Fraser's River/Un fleuve, le Fraser [Gordon Sparling] c; doc/15m; ep series 'Canada Carries On'; prod NFB of Canada
1959	Radiation/La radiation [Hugh O'Connor] c; doc/26m; as A.L. Coquillon; cph: Robert Humble & Reginald H. Morris; prod NFB of Canada
1960	Life and Radiation [Hugh O'Connor] c; doc/30m; as A.L. Coquillon; cph: Robert Humble & Eugene Boyko; revised version of 'Radiation'; prod NFB of Canada
1960	The Tiny Terrors/Le fléau ailé [Joseph Koenig] c; doc/9m; as A.L. Coquillon; cph: Patrick Carey, George Fenyon & Charles Beddoe; prod NFB of Canada
1960	Ali and the Camel [Henry Geddes] c; 8-part serial/135m; prod CFF
1960	The Impersonator [Alfred Shaughnessy] b&w; 64m
1960	The Last Rhino [Henry Geddes] c; 56m; + co-prod; prod CFF; filmed in Kenya
1961	Boy Meets Band/Fanfan la fanfare [David Bennett] b&w-c; doc/12m; as Johnnie Coquillon; prod NFB of Canada
1961	Girl on Approval/For Love of Sheila [Charles Frend] b&w
1962	Call Me Bwana [Gordon Douglas] c; co-2uc; ph: Ted Moore; filmed partly in East Africa

1963	Go Kart Go [Jan Darnley-Smith] b&w; 55m; prod CFF
1963	Syd for Tana River/South of Tana River [Bent Christensen, Sven Methling & Henry Geddes] c; ph adv; ph: Erik Jensen & Henrik Fog-Møller; filmed in East Africa
1964	Eagle Rock [Henry Geddes] c; 62m; cph: Geoffrey Hermges; prod CFF
1965	Cup Fever [David Bracknell] b&w; 63m; prod CFF
1965	Runaway Railway [Jan Darnley-Smith] b&w; 55m; prod CFF
1965	The Vanishing Busker [Ian Brims] b&w; doc/26m
1966	Danny the Dragon [C.M. Pennington-Richards] b&w; 10-part (x 16-19m) film serial/173m; ep #1 'The Invisible Space Bubble', #2 'Stranger from Dragonara', #3 'Dannicaforilithermidor', #4 'Tent with Four Legs', #5 'Dragon Hunt', #6 'Danny Gets Jet-Propelled', #7 'Runaway Bubble', #8 'Potter in Pursuit',# 9 'In Search of Zoomite' & #10 'Dragon Trap'; prod CFF
1966	Thunder of the Gods [Ann Todd] ts/c; travelogue/32m; cph: Fotis Mestheneos; + co-asst dir & scrpl
1967	The Last Safari [Henry Hathaway] c; 2uc; ph: Ted Moore; filmed in Kenya
1967	The Sky Bike [Charles Frend] c; 62m; prod CFF
1967	Albert Carter, Q.O.S.O. [Ian Brims] c; short/27m

1967	Witchfinder General/The Conqueror Worm [Michael Reeves] c
1968	The Green Shoes [Ian Brims] c; short/27m
1968	Nothing Cushier [Robert Fuest] c; comm short/10m; for Uniroyal
1968	Curse of the Crimson Altar/Spirit of the Dead/The Crimson Cult/The Reincarnation/Witch House [Vernon Sewell] c
1969	The Oblong Box [Gordon Hessler (took over from Michael Reeves who died during pre-production)] c
1969	The Body Stealers/Out of Thin Air/Thin Air [Gerry Levy] c
1969	Scream and Scream Again/Screamer [Gordon Hessler] c
1969	[Benny Hill's] The Waiters [Jan Darnley-Smith] c; short/30m
1969	Island Unknown [David Newman] b&w; doc/24m; cph: Stephen Dade & Jimmy Massey-Collier
1969	Uncle Sam's Secret Army [David Newman] c; doc/29m
1969	The Bearded Ones [David Newman] c; doc/28m
1969	Futtocks End [Bob Kellett] c; short/49m
1970	Egghead's Robot [Milo Lewis] c; 56m; prod CFF
1970	Wuthering Heights [Robert Fuest] c
1970	Cry of the Banshee [Gordon Hessler] c
1971	Straw Dogs [Sam Peckinpah] c
1971	Rentadick [Jim Clark] c
1971	Big Truck and Poor Clare/Big Truck and Sister Clare [Robert Ellis Miller] c
1972	The Triple Echo/Soldier in Skirts [Michael Apted] c
1972	...Of Apples and Cider [Richard Taylor] c; comm doc/14m; cph: Charles French & Peter Jessop; for cider making company H.P. Bulmer
1972	The National Health [Jack Gold] c
1972	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid [Sam Peckinpah] p/c; 106m, 115m & 122m; 2uc: Gabriel Torres
1974	The Wilby Conspiracy/The Wind of Violence [Ralph Nelson & (action seq) Rod Amateau] c; 2uc: Robin Browne; process ph: Charles Staffell
1974	Echoes of a Summer/The Last Castle [Don Taylor] c
1975	Inside Out/Hitler's Gold/The Golden Heist [Peter Duffell] c

1976	Cross of Iron/Steiner - Das eiserne Kreuz [Sam Peckinpah] c + b&w (archive)
1978	The Thirty Nine Steps [Don Sharp] c; addph: Harry Waxman & Jimmy Bawden
1978	Absolution/Murder by Confession [Anthony Page] c
1978	The Changeling/L'enfant du diable [Peter Medak] c; 2uc: Ted Voightlander
1979	A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square/The Biggest Bank Robbery/The Big Scam [Ralph Thomas] c

Key grip Michel Chohin - 2u c.op Alain Dostie - 1st c.asst Daniel Jobin -

c.op Herbie Smith - John Coquillon - "Final Assignment"

1979	Final Assignment/Moscow Chronicle [Paul Almond (replaced Silvio Narizzano after 1 week into the shooting)] c
1979	Mr. Patman/Crossover [John Guillermin] c
1980	Best Revenge/Misdeal [John Trent] c
1981	The Amateur [Charles Jarrott] c
1981	The Wars [Robin Phillips] c
1982	The Osterman Weekend [Sam Peckinpah] c; 103m & 116m; 2uc: Jacques Haitkin; spph: Arthur Mele
1983	Ill Fares the Land [Bill Bryden] 16mm-35bu/c
1984	It's Electric [Anthony Wilkinson] c; comm doc/29m; for the Electricity Board
1984	Yellow Pages/Going Undercover [James Kenelm Clarke] c; addph: Phil Méheux; 2uc: Björn Blixt; released 1988
1985	Clockwise [Christopher Morahan] c
1986	Hyper Sapien - People from Another Star [Peter Hunt (replaced Michael Wadleigh)] c; 2uc: Alan Hall

TELEVISION
1975	The Story of David [David Lowell Rich & Alex Segal (fell ill during filming)] 2-part tvm
1977	The Four Feathers [Don Sharp] tvm; addph: Freddie Cooper
1978	Amahl and the Night Visitors [Arvin Brown] opera/51m
1979	All Quiet on the Western Front [Delbert Mann] tvm; ep #248 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series; also released theatrically
1981	Ivanhoe [Douglas Camfield] tvm; 2uc: James Devis
1982	Praying Mantis [Jack Gold] 2-part tvm
1983	Hart to Hart [ep #89 'Two Harts Are Better Than One' dir by Kevin Connor (KC) & #93 'Harts and Hounds' dir by KC] pilot + 110-part series, 1979-84 (+ 8 tvm's, 1993-96); 5th season, 1983-84
1983	Master of the Game [Kevin Connor (part 1 & 2) & Harvey Hart (part 2 & 3)] 3-part miniseries; ph parts 2 & 3; ph part 1: Ronnie Taylor; loc ph Africa: Arthur Ibbetson

1984	Lace II [William Hale] 2-part tvm
1984	The Last Place on Earth [Ferdinand Fairfax] 7-part miniseries; addph: Terry Cole
1985	Magnum, P.I. [2-part ep (#107/108) 'Deja Vu' dir by Russ Mayberry] 162-part series, 1980-88; 6th season, 1985-86
1986	Hold That Dream/Hold the Dream [Don Sharp] 2-part tvm
1986	The Ted Kennedy Jr. Story [Delbert Mann] tvm
1986	The Christmas Gift [Michael Pressman] tvm; cph: Larry Lindsey
1986	Independence [John Patterson] tvm
1987	Mandela [Philip Saville] tvm

MISCELLANEOUS
1946	Fame Is the Spur [Roy Boulting] clapper-loader; ph: Günther Krampf & (uncred) Stanley Pavey
1946	Hungry Hill [Brian Desmond Hurst] clapper-loader; ph: Desmond Dickinson
1950	The Pennywhistle Blues/The Magic Garden [Donald Swanson; 63m] c.op; ph: C.M. Pennington-Richards