ARTHUR IBBETSON

#1: 1983

#2: [Right] with dir Ronald Neame [1963]

ARTHUR IBBETSON

Born: 8 September 1922, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, UK, as Arthur Francis Ibbetson.

Died: 19 October 1997, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.

Career: Started in the business as a clapper boy in the 1930s, then spent a long apprenticeship as c.asst and c.op. Graduated to director of photography in the late 50s and became noted for his creativeness on a variety of different types of film, from the stark realism of 'Tunes of Glory' to the colorful pageantry of 'Anne of the Thousand Days'.

Was a member of the BSC.

His sister Alicia Mary Bernadette [1929-77], a hair stylist, was married to doph Kenneth Talbot [1920-93]; his brother Tom [1920-2005] was a property man. His son Paul is a producer.

Awards: BAFTA 'British Cinematography (Colour) Award' nom [1963] for 'Nine Hours to Rama'; BAFTA 'British Cinematography (Colour) Award' nom [1964] for 'The Chalk Garden'; 'Oscar' AA nom [1969] for 'Anne of the Thousand Days'; 'Emmy' Award [1981] for 'Little Lord Fauntleroy'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1983] for 'Witness for the Prosecution'; BSC 'Best Cinematography Award' nom [1984] for 'The Bounty'.

FILMS
1948	XIV Olympiad - The Glory of Sport/The Olympic Games of 1948 [ Castleton Knight] c; doc/130m; superv cameraman (Greece/St. Moritz): Stanley Sayer; cameramen: Norman Warwick, Ernest Stewart, Gerald Moss, Maurice Ford, Frank Ellis, Peter Cannon, F. Vinten, Kenneth Higgins, E. Candy, Hal Britten, Lovat Cave-Chinn, Jack Whitehead, Arthur Ibbetson & Stanley Sayer; cameramen (Empire Pool Unit): Douglas Hill & Arthur Graham
1957	The Horse's Mouth [Ronald Neame] c
1959	The Bridal Path [Frank Launder] c
1959	The Blue Angel [Edward Dmytryk] cs/c; 2uc; ph: Leon Shamroy
1959	The Angry Silence [Guy Green] b&w
1959	The League of Gentlemen [Basil Dearden] b&w
1960	Tunes of Glory [Ronald Neame] c
1960	A Story of David [: The Hunted]/David the Outlaw [Bob McNaught] c; shot as a 2-part tvm for ABC-tv, but released theatrically
1960	There Was a Crooked Man [Stuart Burge] b&w
1960	The Canadians [Burt Kennedy] cs/c
1961	Whistle Down the Wind [Bryan Forbes] b&w
1961	The Inspector/Lisa [Philip Dunne] cs/c
1962	Nine Hours to Rama/Nine Hours to Live [Mark Robson] cs/c; 2uc: Ted Moore
1962	I Could Go on Singing/The Lonely Stage [Ronald Neame] p/c
1963	Murder at the Gallop [George Pollock] b&w
1963	The Wild Affair [John Krish] b&w

[Right] with dir Ronald Neame, Deborah Kerr & Hayley Mills - "The Chalk Garden"

1963	The Chalk Garden [Ronald Neame] c
1963	Of Human Bondage [Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (started film, but was replaced) & Bryan Forbes (fill-in for 1 week)] b&w; uncred co-addph; ph: Oswald Morris
1964	Fanatic/Die! Die! My Darling! [Silvio Narizzano] c
1965	Sky West and Crooked/Gypsy Girl [John Mills] c
1965	The Fighting Prince of Donegal [Michael O'Herlihy] c; spec pfx: Peter Ellenshaw

[Right] with Charles Chaplin - "A Countess from Hong Kong"

1966	A Countess from Hong Kong [Charles Chaplin] c
*1966*	The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling [David Miller] abandoned after 5 weeks of filming (with Gregory Peck & Ian McKellen); 2uc: Skeets Kelly
1967	Pretty Polly/A Matter of Innocence [Guy Green] ts/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson

1967	Inspector Clouseau [Bud Yorkin] p/c; 2uc: Skeets Kelly
1968	Where Eagles Dare [Brian G. Hutton] p (+ 70bu)/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson; pfx: Tom Howard
1969	The Walking Stick [Eric Till] p/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days [Charles Jarrott] p (+ 70bu)/c
1969	When Eight Bells Toll [Étienne Périer] p/c; 2uc: Jack Atcheler; uwph: Egil Woxholt
1970	The Railway Children [Lionel Jeffries] c
1970	Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [Mel Stuart] c
1971	All Coppers Are... [Sidney Hayers] c
1972	A Doll's House [Patrick Garland] c
1973	Mistress Pamela [Jim O'Connolly] c
1973	11 Harrowhouse/Anything for Love [Aram Avakian] p/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson
1974	Out of Season [Alan Bridges] c
1975	It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet/All Things Bright and Beautiful [Eric Till] c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson
1975	The Sell Out/The Sell-Out [Peter Collinson] c; 2uc: Yehiel Ne'eman
1976	A Little Night Music [Harold Prince] c
1977	The Medusa Touch [Jack Gold] c
1978	The Prisoner of Zenda [Richard Quine] c; addph: Harry Wolf; spec vfx: Albert Whitlock
1979	Nothing Personal [George Bloomfield] c; cph: Laszlo George
1979	Hopscotch [Ronald Neame] p/c; 2uc: Brian W. Roy
1983	The Bounty [Roger Donaldson] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc: Doug Milsome; model ph: Leslie Dear; filmed 1983-84
1984	Santa Claus [: The Movie] [Jeannot Szwarc] J-D-C Scope (+ 70bu)/c; addph: Paul Beeson; vfx ph: Paul Wilson; model ph: Mark Gardiner
1985	Morgan Stewart's Coming Home [Alan Smithee (= Paul Aaron, who replaced Terry Winsor)] c; uncred ph with dir T. Winsor; ph: Richard E. Brooks

TELEVISION
1963	Espionage [ep #3 'The Incurable One' dir by Stuart Rosenberg] 25-part series/b&w, 1963-64; other ph: Geoffrey Faithfull, Ken Hodges, a.o.
1973	Frankenstein: The True Story [Jack Smight] 2-part tvm; theatrical version (123m)
1974	Brief Encounter [Alan Bridges] tvm; ep #227 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series; also released theatrically outside the USA
1977	Spectre [Clive Donner] tvm; made for theatrical release, but sold to tv
1980	Little Lord Fauntleroy [Jack Gold] tvm
1982	Witness for the Prosecution [Alan Gibson] tvm; ep #256 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series
1983	Master of the Game [Kevin Connor (part #1-2) & Harvey Hart (part #2-3)] 3-part miniseries; loc ph Africa; ph: Ronnie Taylor (part 1) & John Coquillon (part 2 & 3)
1986	Babes in Toyland [Clive Donner] tvm

FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR
1940	Major Barbara [Gabriel Pascal; (uncred) Harold French & David Lean] co-c.asst; ph: Ronald Neame
1942	The First of the Few/Spitfire [Leslie Howard] c.op model ph; model ph: Eric Cross; ph (as lighting expert): Georges Périnal
1943	Hotel Reserve/Epitaph for a Spy [Lance Comfort, Victor Hanbury & Max Greene] uncred ph: Max Greene
1944	Great Day [Lance Comfort] ph: Erwin Hillier
1945	Brief Encounter [David Lean] focus puller; ph: Robert Krasker
1945	Great Expectations [David Lean] c.op 2u; 2uc: Ernest Steward; ph: Guy Green (replaced Robert Krasker)
1947	Captain Boycott [Frank Launder] 2nd c.op; ph: Wilkie Cooper
1947	Fame Is the Spur [Roy Boulting] co-2nd c.op; ph: Günther Krampf
1947	Vice Versa [Peter Ustinov] ph: Jack Hildyard
1948	The Blue Lagoon [Frank Launder] ph: Geoffrey Unsworth
1948	Warning to Wantons [Donald Wilson] co-c.op; ph: George Stretton
1948	Floodtide [Frederick Wilson] co-c.op; ph: George Stretton
1949	Stop Press Girl [Michael Barry] ph: Cyril Bristow
1949	Poet's Pub [Frederick Wilson] ph: George Stretton
1949	The Spider and the Fly [Robert Hamer] ph: Geoffrey Unsworth
1949	Treasure Island [Byron Haskin] c.op 3u; 3uc: Stanley Sayer; ph: Freddie Young
1950	Cairo Road [David MacDonald] ph: Oswald Morris
1950	The Adventurers/The Great Adventure/Fortune in Diamonds/South African Story [David MacDonald] ph: Oswald Morris
1950	Circle of Danger [Jacques Tourneur] ph: Oswald Morris
1951	Life in Her Hands [Philip Leacock; 58m] ph: Fred Gamage
1951	Saturday Island/Island of Desire [Stuart Heisler] ph: Oswald Morris
1951	The Magic Box [John Boulting] assoc c.op; ph: Jack Cardiff
1952	Decameron Nights [Hugo Fregonese] ph: Guy Green
1952	South of Algiers/The Golden Mask [Jack Lee] ph: Oswald Morris
1952	Melba [Lewis Milestone] ph: Ted Scaife
1953	The Beggar's Opera [Peter Brook] co-c.op; ph: Guy Green
1953	Saadia [Albert Lewin] ph: Christopher Challis
1953	Malaga/Fire Over Africa [Richard Sale] ph: Christopher Challis
1954	The Belles of St. Trinian's [Frank Launder] ph: Stanley Pavey
1954	Moby Dick [John Huston] ph: Oswald Morris
1955	Quentin Durward/The Adventures of Quentin Durward [Richard Thorpe] ph: Christopher Challis
1955	The Man Who Never Was [Ronald Neame] ph: Oswald Morris
1956	A Hill in Korea/Hell in Korea [Julian Amyes] ph: Freddie Francis
1956	Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [John Huston] ph: Oswald Morris
1957	Time Without Pity [Joseph Losey] ph: Freddie Francis
1957	A Farewell to Arms [Charles Vidor] ph: Oswald Morris
1957	The Key/Stella [Carol Reed] ph: Oswald Morris