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#1: From interview [by the BSC]
DOUGLAS MILSOME BSC/ASC
Born: 1939, Hammersmith, London, UK. Also credited as Doug Milsome.
Career: Was c.asst working with doph John Alcott for 15 years.
Member of the BSC [now honorary accredited] and ASC [since February 2001].
His son Mark [1963-2017 (during filming)] was a c.op.
Appeared in the doc 'Stanley Kubrick - A Life in Pictures -' [2000, Jan Harlan; ph: Manuel Harlan; 141m].
Awards: NYFCC Award nom [1987] & British Critics Circle Award [1989] for 'Full Metal Jacket'; 'Emmy' Award nom [1989] for 'Lonesome Dove' [part IV]; DVD Exclusive Award nom [2003] for 'Dracula II: Ascension'.
'Full Metal Jacket' [1985]: 'The many takes are not just repetitions of the same thing; they are often building upon a theme or idea that can mature and develop into something quite extraordinary. The whole structure of the scene can actually change during the operation of filming it... The large number of takes is used mainly to get something out of the actors that they're not willing to provide right away... There were occasions on 'Full Metal Jacket' where we went a few more than 25 or 30 takes, but we usually didn't average more than 10 to 15 takes.'
| FILMS | |
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1978 |
The Shining [Stanley Kubrick] c; 2uc (+ focus puller); ph: John Alcott |
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1980 |
Race for the Yankee Zephyr/Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr [David Hemmings] p/c; 2uc; ph: Vincent Monton |
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1981 |
Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] p/c; uncred co-addph; ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
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1982 |
Yentl [Barbra Streisand] c; co-2uc; ph: David Watkin |
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1982 |
Better Late Than Never/Whose Little Girl Are You? [Bryan Forbes] c; 2uc; ph: Claude Lecomte |
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1982 |
Wild Horses [Derek Morton] c |
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1983 |
The Bounty [Roger Donaldson] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc; ph: Arthur Ibbetson |
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1984 |
A View to a Kill [John Glen] p/c; co-aph; ph: Alan Hume |
With Stanley Kubrick [right] - "Full Metal Jacket"
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1985 |
Full Metal Jacket [Stanley Kubrick] c; aph: Ken Arlidge; ph John Alcott opted not to ph this film; see above |
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1987 |
The Beast of War/The Beast [Kevin Reynolds] c |
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1987 |
Hawks [Robert Ellis Miller] c; 2uc: John Harris |
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1989 |
Desperate Hours [Michael Cimino] c; aph: Enrique Bravo |
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1990 |
If Looks Could Kill/Teen Agent [William Dear] c; 2uc: John Stephens; vfx ph: John P. Mesa |
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1990 |
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves [Kevin Reynolds] c; 2uc: Egil Woxholt |
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1991 |
The Last of the Mohicans [Michael Mann] p/c; addph (was replaced as 1st unit ph by Dante Spinotti after 4 weeks); ph: Dante Spinotti |
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1992 |
Sunset Grill [Kevin Connor] c; addph: Ron Vargas |
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1992 |
Body of Evidence/Deadly Evidence [Uli Edel] c; 2uc: David Rudd |
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1992 |
Nowhere to Run [Robert Harmon] c; co-2uc; ph: David Gribble |
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1994 |
Rumpelstiltskin [Mark Jones] p/c |
[Behind camera] with Michael Cimino [left] - "The Sunchaser"
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1995 |
The Sunchaser [Michael Cimino] p/c; 2uc: Francis Grumman; aph: David Butler |
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1996 |
Breakdown [Jonathan Mostow] s35/c; 2uc: Ray Stella; hph: Frank M. Holgate |
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1996 |
Eyes Wide Shut [Stanley Kubrick] c; uncred focus advisor; ph: Larry Smith; filmed November 1996-January 1998 |
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1997 |
Legionnaire [Peter MacDonald] s35/c |
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1998 |
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights [Alan Mehrez] c; cph: Mark Woods; 2uc: James Devis |
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1999 |
Dungeons & Dragons [: The Movie] [Courtney Solomon] c; 2uc: Martin Grosup |
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1999 |
Highlander: Endgame [Douglas Aarniokoski] s35/c; 2uc: James Devis |
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2000 |
Ritual/Tales from the Crypt Presents [: Revelation] [: Voodoo] [Avi Nesher] c; ph crypt keeper seq: David A. Armstrong |
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2001 |
Standing in the Shadows of Motown [: The Story of the Funk Brothers] [Paul Justman] b&w-c; doc/108m; cph: Lon Stratton |
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2001 |
Dracula II: Ascension [Patrick Lussier] s35/c; 2uc: Antonio Scaramuzza |
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2002 |
Dracula III: Legacy [Patrick Lussier] s35/c |
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2003 |
The Legend of Simon Conjurer [Q. Mark (= Stuart Paul)] c; cph: Howard Atherton; addph: Wedigo von Schultzendorff |
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2005 |
Second in Command [Simon Fellows] c/V |
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2005 |
The Hard Corps [Sheldon Lettich] c/V; 2uc: Tim Wooster |
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2005 |
When Did You Leave Heaven!? [Nicolas Aleman] status unknown |
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2006 |
Kumite [Jean-Claude Van Damme] announced; prod cancelled |
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2006 |
Until Death [Simon Fellows] s35/c/V; 2uc (New Orleans): Robert Foster; 2uc (Bulgaria): Tim Wooster |
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2007 |
The Shepherd: Border Patrol [Isaac Florentine] s35-to-35mm/c/V |
With dir Jean-Claude Van Damme - "The Eagle Path"
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2008 |
The Eagle Path [Jean-Claude Van Damme] s35/c; see 2012 ('Full Love') |
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2009 |
1066 [Robin Jacob] pre-production; announced in 2005; still in development in 2014; 2uc: Peter Hannan; 3uc (+ uwph): Tim Wooster |
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2010 |
Crossmaglen/Shamrock Boy [Kevin Connor] scheduled to start filming in September 2010, later in 2013 and now in August 2015 |
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2012 |
Full Love [Jean-Claude Van Damme] s35/c; re-edited version of 'The Eagle Path' + add footage shot in 2012 |
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2012 |
Requiem for the Night [Harvey Lowry] announced |
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2013 |
Kickback/Shoot the Breeze [Raza Mallal] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in August; status unknown |
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2013 |
Bitter Harvest/The Devil's Harvest [George Mendeluk] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-digital (scope)/c; addph: Judd Lewin; 2uc: Neil Cervin |
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2015 |
Refugee: Eye of the Beautiful [Kevin Connor] pre-production |
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2016 |
Eve/Host [Rory Kindersley] HD/c; 2uc: Alvilde Horjen Naterstad |
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2017 |
House Red [Coz Greenop] c |
| TELEVISION | |
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1987 |
Dirty Dozen: The Series [pilot 'Danko's Dozen' dir by Kevin Connor] 9-part series, 1988 |
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1988 |
Lonesome Dove [Simon Wincer] 4-part miniseries; 2uc (+ 2ud): Dean Semler |
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1988 |
Great Expectations [Kevin Connor] 3-part miniseries |
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1989 |
Family of Spies [: The Walker Spy Ring] [Stephen Gyllenhaal] 2-part tvm; addph: Chuck Colwell |
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1989 |
The Hollywood Detective [Kevin Connor] tvm |
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1991 |
Spies [Kevin Connor] tvm |
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1992 |
Diana - Her True Story [Kevin Connor] 2-part tvm |
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1993 |
Return to Lonesome Dove [Mike Robe] 3-part miniseries; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: Kees van Oostrum |
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1993 |
Seasons of the Heart [Lee Grant] tvm |
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1994 |
The Old Curiosity Shop [Kevin Connor] 2-part tvm |
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1994 |
Following Her Heart [Lee Grant] tvm |
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1994 |
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart [Kevin Connor] tvm |
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1994 |
Buffalo Girls [Rod Hardy] 2-part tvm; 2uc (+2ud); ph: David Connell |
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1995 |
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story [Kevin Connor] 2-part tvm |
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1996 |
An Unfinished Affair [Rod Hardy] tvm; 2uc; ph: David Connell |
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1997 |
Glory & Honor [Kevin Hooks] tvm; 2uc: Harvey Harrison |
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2001 |
Johnson County War [David S. Cass Sr.] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Dean Bennett |
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2002 |
Santa, Jr. [Kevin Connor] tvm |
| FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR | |
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1956 |
High Tide at Noon [Philip Leacock] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Eric Cross |
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1956 |
Hell Drivers/Hard Drivers [C. Raker Endfield] uncred co-clapper-loader; ph: Geoffrey Unsworth |
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1958 |
The Doctor's Dilemma [Anthony Asquith] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Robert Krasker |
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1959 |
Expresso Bongo/A Singing Idol [Val Guest] uncred clapper-loader; ph: John Wilcox |
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1960 |
The Guns of Navarone [J. Lee Thompson] uncred clapper-loader 2u; ph: Oswald Morris |
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1960 |
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's [Frank Launder] uncred clapper-loader 2u; 2uc: Frederick Ford; ph: Gerald Gibbs |
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1962 |
55 Days at Peking [Nicholas Ray; (uncred; finished film) Guy Green & Andrew Marton] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Jack Hildyard |
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1962 |
The List of Adrian Messenger [John Huston] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Joe MacDonald |
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1963 |
A Place to Go [Basil Dearden] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Reginald Wyer |
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1963 |
Never Put It in Writing [Andrew L. Stone] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Martin Curtis & (uncred) Davis Boulton |
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1963 |
Woman of Straw [Basil Dearden] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Otto Heller |
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1963 |
Circus World/The Magnificent Showman [Henry Hathaway] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Jack Hildyard |
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1964 |
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb [Michael Carreras] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Otto Heller |
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1964 |
The Yellow Rolls Royce [Anthony Asquith] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Jack Hildyard |
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1965 |
Sands of the Kalahari [Cy Endfield] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Erwin Hillier |
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1965 |
Modesty Blaise [Joseph Losey] uncred clapper-loader; ph: Jack Hildyard & Dave Boulton |
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1969 |
When Eight Bells Toll [Etienne Perier] uncred focus puller; ph: Arthur Ibbetson |
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1971 |
A Clockwork Orange [Stanley Kubrick] uncred focus puller; ph: John Alcott |
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1971 |
Running Scared [David Hemmings] c.asst; ph: Ernest Day |
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1973 |
Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs/Little Malcolm [Stuart Cooper] 1st c.asst; ph: John Alcott |
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1973 |
Barry Lyndon [Stanley Kubrick] focus puller; ph: John Alcott |
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1974 |
Visit to a Chief's Son [Lamont Johnson] c.asst; ph: Ernie Day |
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1976 |
Seven Nights in Japan [Lewis Gilbert] c.asst; ph: Henri Decaë |
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1978 |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?/Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe/Too Many Chefs [Ted Kotcheff] c.asst; ph: John Alcott |
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1978 |
The Shining [Stanley Kubrick] focus puller (+ 2uc); ph: John Alcott |
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1980 |
Take This Job and Shove It [Gus Trikonis] c.op; ph: James Devis |
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1980 |
Ragtime [Milos Forman] c.asst UK; ph: Miroslav Ondrícek |
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1982 |
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes [Hugh Hudson] c.op; ph: John Alcott |
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1983 |
Space Riders [Joe Massot] co-c.op; ph: Alec Mills |
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1984 |
King David [Bruce Beresford] c.op; ph: Donald McAlpine |
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1985 |
Plenty [Fred Schepisi] c.op; ph: Ian Baker |
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1985 |
Highlander [Russell Mulcahy] co-c.op; ph: Gerry Fisher |
