IEC
From interview [for the BSC]
BEN DAVIS BSC
Born: 1961, London, UK, as Benjamin V. Davis.
Career: Started as a camera trainee in the US and then in the UK on the movie 'Insignificance'. Went on to work on the camera floor at Samuelsons. On obtaining his union card he became a clapper-loader, then a focus puller working with doph Billy Williams, Douglas Slocombe, Roger Deakins, Harvey Harrison, a.o. Was c.op working with doph Simon Chaudoir [on music videos]. He started ph short films and then moved into commercials for several years shooting high profile campaigns for BMW, Adidas, a.o.
Ph commercials dir by Danny Kleinman [for Levi's], Malcolm Venville [for MasterCard, Nikon, a.o.], Guy Grundy [for Sony], Steve Reeves [for British Telecom], Paul Shearer [for Volvo], a.o. Ph music videos.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
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1997 |
Sleeping with the Fishes [Justin Chadwick] c; short/13m |
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1998 |
Words from My Father [Gary Amer] c; short/12m |
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1998 |
A Little Faith [Tom Tyrwhitt] c; short/16m; 2uc: Jasper Fforde |
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1998 |
That Certain Something [Malcolm Venville] ?; short/?m |
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2001 |
Miranda [Marc Munden] s35/c; 2uc: Steve Parker |
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2003 |
Layer Cake/L4yer Cake [Matthew Vaughn] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc: Steve Parker; aph: John Marzano; uwph: Mark Silk |
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2004 |
Imagine Me & You [Ol Parker] s35/c |
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2004 |
All the Invisible Children [seg (16m) 'Jonathan' dir by Jordan & Ridley Scott] c; 7 seg; cph: James Whitaker; other ph: Philippe Brelot (seg dir by Mehdi Charef), Milorad Glusica (seg dir by Emir Kusturica), Cliff Charles (seg dir by Spike Lee), Vittorio Storaro (seg dir by Stefano Veneruso), Toca Seabra (seg dir by Kátia Lund) & Zeng Nianping (seg dir by John Woo); filmed August 2004-May 2005 |
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2005 |
Feeder [Camille Griffin] s16/c; short/10m |
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2005 |
Virgin Territory [David Leland] c |
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2005 |
Hannibal Rising [Peter Webber] s35/c; 2uc: Shaun O'Dell |
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2006 |
Stardust [Matthew Vaughn] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: John Marzano |
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2007 |
Incendiary/Blown Apart [Sharon Maguire] p/b&w (archive)-c; add unit ph: Howard Atherton |
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2007 |
The Tonto Woman [Daniel Barber] c; short/35m |
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2007 |
Franklyn [Gerald McMorrow] s35/c; addph: Rob Hardy |
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2008 |
Thor/The Mighty Thor [Matthew Vaughn] scheduled as ph during pre-production; dir by Kenneth Branagh and ph by Haris Zambarloukos in 2010 |
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2008 |
Kick-Ass [Matthew Vaughn] p+s35-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Tim Maurice-Jones; aph: Mark Hryma |
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2009 |
The Debt [John Madden] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; remake of film (2007; dir: Assaf Bernstein; ph: Giora Bejach) |
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2009 |
Tamara Drewe [Stephen Frears] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2010 |
The Rite [Mikael Håfström] p (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc (Hungary): Tim Wooster; ph Chicago: Jonathan Freeman |
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2010 |
X-Men: First Class [Matthew Vaughn] scheduled as ph, but replaced by Ben Seresin, who was replaced by John Mathieson |
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2010 |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [John Madden] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; London ph: Mike Eley |
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2011 |
Wrath of the Titans [Jonathan Liebesman] s35+RED Epic-to-35mm (+ IMAX-70bu [also 3-D version] & D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; addph (reshoots): Oliver Wood; 2uc: Harvey Harrison; aph: John Marzano (Wales), Adam Dale & Hans Bjerno (Patagonia) |
[Cap] with Martin McDonagh [right] - "Seven Psychopaths"
Photo by Chuck Zlotnick
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2011 |
Seven Psychopaths [Martin McDonagh] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Karl Walter Lindenlaub; filmed 2011-12 |
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2012 |
I Give It a Year [Dan Mazer] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Julian Morson |
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2012 |
A Long Way Down [Pascal Chaumeil] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c |
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2013 |
Before I Go to Sleep [Rowan Joffe] s35+HD (Phantom HD)/c; aph: John Marzano |
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2013 |
Guardians of the Galaxy [James Gunn] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; addph (reshoots in March 2014): Gabriel Beristáin; 2uc: Jonathan Taylor (+ 2ud) & Mike Brewster; aph: John Marzano |
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2014 |
Avengers: Age of Ultron [Joss Whedon] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT + Blackmagic Cinema Camera + GoPro HD Hero3)+RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema [also 3-D version])/c; uncred 2uc (+ 2ud): John Mahaffie; 2uc: John Gamble; aph: Jeremy Braben; edge ph South Korea (+ c.op 'b' cam): Greg Baldi |
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2014 |
Genius [Michael Grandage] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p)/c |
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2015 |
Doctor Strange [Scott Derrickson] HD (ARRI ALEXA 65, XT Plus & Mini + Phantom Flex 4K)+s35-to-D-Cinema (scope [also 3-D version])/c; 2uc: Fraser Taggart; ph New York tiling unit: Jack Donnelly (array) & Jim McMillan; aph: Phil Pastuhov (New York), Brian Heller (New York tiling unit) & John Marzano (Nepal); filmed 2015-16 |
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2016 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [Martin McDonagh] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c |
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2017 |
Dumbo [Tim Burton] HD (ARRI ALEXA 65)/c; aph: Jeremy Braben |
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2018 |
Captain Marvel [Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck] pre-production |
| TELEVISION | |
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2003 |
To Kill the King - Playing Macbeth/Macbeth - The King Is Dead [Justin Chadwick] dram doc/20m; ep #7 of 9-part series 'Shakespeare Shorts' |
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2012 |
Masters of Sex/Masters & Johnson [pilot dir by John Madden] 12-part series/HD, 2013; for Showtime-tv |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1984 |
Insignificance [Nicolas Roeg] camera trainee; ph: Peter Hannan |
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1986 |
Hero [: The Official Film of the 1986 FIFA World Cup] [Tony Maylam; doc] co-c.asst; ph: Michael Davis, Alan Hewison, a.o. |
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1987 |
Cyndi Lauper in Paris [Andy Morahan; concert film] co-clapper/loader; ph: Daniel Pearl |
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1987 |
Eat the Rich [Peter Richardson] 2nd c.asst; ph: Witold Stok |
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1987 |
Paperhouse [Bernard Rose] co-clapper/loader; ph: Mike Southon |
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1988 |
The Lair of the White Worm [Ken Russell] c.asst; ph: Dick Bush |
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1988 |
Rush Live/Rush: A Show of Hands [Larry Jordan; concert film] co-clapper/loader; ph: Crescenzo Notarile |
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1988 |
The Rainbow [Ken Russell] co-c.asst; ph: Billy Williams |
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1988 |
Mountains of the Moon [Bob Rafelson] co-clapper/loader; ph: Roger Deakins |
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1989 |
Lenny Live and Unleashed [Andy Harries; perf film] clapper/loader; ph: Peter Sinclair |
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1989 |
Air America [Roger Spottiswoode] co-clapper/loader; ph: Roger Deakins |
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1990 |
Rolling Stones - At the Max [loc dir: Roman Kroitor, Julien Temple, a.o.; concert film/IMAX] co-2nd c.asst (as Ben Davies); ph: David Douglas & Andrew Kitzanuk |
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1991 |
London Kills Me [Hanif Kureishi] clapper/loader; ph: Ed Lachman |
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1996 |
Hard Men [J.K. Amalou] c.op; ph: Nick Sawyer |
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1996 |
Wilde [Brian Gilbert] co-add c.op; ph: Martin Fuhrer |
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1998 |
Diana: A Tribute to the People's Princess/Diana: The People's Princess [Gabrielle Beaumont; tvm] co-c.op; ph: Michael J. Davis |
