Born: 17 March 1908, London, UK.

Died: September 1990, London, UK.

Career: Entered film industry in 1932 as clapper boy at Elstree Studios. Became c.op in 1937. Was one of the founding members of the BSC. His brother David is a sound recordist and mixer.

Awards: 'Oscar' AA [1957] & BSC Award [1958] for 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1964] for 'The V.I.P.s'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1965] for 'The Yellow Rolls-Royce'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1967] for 'Modesty Blaise'; BSC Lifetime Achievement Award [1990].

'Jack Hildyard's filmography proves two adages - that a cameraman in usually no better than his director, and that most cameramen will accept any weird assignment so long as it's set in some exotic location. Thus, the fascinatingly mixed bunch of films below, a tribute to Hildyard's stamina, both physical and aesthetic. It would be in character if he celebrates his 70th birthday with an on-the-spot reconstruction of warfare in the Sumatra jungles.' [Bob Baker in 'Film Dope', #24, March 1982.]

1944        Caesar and Cleopatra [Gabriel Pascal] c; cph: Jack Cardiff (ext ph Egypt), Robert Krasker & Freddie Young

1945        The Way to the Stars/Johnny in the Clouds [Anthony Asquith] b&w; co-2uc; ph: Derick Williams

1946        School for Secrets/Secret Flight [Peter Ustinov] b&w; sfx ph: Harry Waxman & John Howell

1947        While the Sun Shines [Anthony Asquith] b&w

1947        The First Gentleman/Affairs of a Rogue [Alberto Cavalcanti] b&w

1947        Vice Versa [Peter Ustinov] b&w

1948        Sleeping Car to Trieste [John Paddy Carstairs] b&w

1948        Cardboard Cavalier [Walter Forde] b&w

1949        The Perfect Woman [Bernard Knowles] b&w

1949        The Chiltern Hundreds/The Amazing Mr. Beecham [John Paddy Carstairs] b&w

1949        The Reluctant Widow/The Inheritance [Bernard Knowles] b&w

1950        Tony Draws a Horse [John Paddy Carstairs] b&w

1950        The Dancing Fleece [Frederick Wilson] 16mm/c; comm short/20m; prod Crown Film Unit

1951        Talk of a Million/You Can't Beat the Irish [John Paddy Carstairs] b&w

1951        Hotel Sahara [Ken Annakin] b&w

1951        Home at Seven/Murder on Monday [Ralph Richardson] b&w; cph: Ted Scaife

1952        Edinburgh [David Eady] c; doc/18m; cph: Stanley Grant

1952        The Sound Barrier/Breaking the Sound Barrier [David Lean] b&w; aph: John Wilcox, Jo Jago & Peter Newbrook

1952        Folly to Be Wise [Frank Launder] b&w

1953        The Heart of the Matter [George More O'Ferrall] b&w

1953        Hobson's Choice [David Lean] b&w

1954        The Green Scarf [George More O'Ferrall] b&w

1954        The Teckman Mystery [Wendy Toye] b&w

1954        Summer Madness/Summertime [David Lean] c

1955        The Deep Blue Sea [Anatole Litvak] cs/c

1955        The March Hare [George More O'Ferrall] cs/c

1955        Charley Moon [Guy Hamilton] c

1956        Anastasia [Anatole Litvak] cs/c

1956        The Living Idol [Albert Lewin & René Cardona] cs/c

1956        The Bridge on the River Kwai [David Lean] cs/c

1957        The Gypsy and the Gentleman [Joseph Losey] c

1957        Another Time, Another Place [Lewis Allen] vv/b&w

1958        The Journey [Anatole Litvak] c; 2uc: John von Kotze

1958        The Devil's Disciple [Guy Hamilton] b&w

1959        Jet Storm/Killing Urge [Cy Endfield] b&w

1959        Suddenly, Last Summer [Joseph L. Mankiewicz] b&w; spec pfx: Tom Howard

1959        The Sundowners [Fred Zinnemann] c; 2uc: Skeets Kelly

1960        The Millionairess [Anthony Asquith] cs/c

1960        Cleopatra [Rouben Mamoulian] abandoned; some footage used in final version (1963; ph: Leon Shamroy)

1961        The Road to Hong Kong [Norman Panama] b&w

1962        55 Days at Peking [Nicholas Ray; Guy Green & Andrew Marton (uncred; finished film)] str/c; 2uc: Manuel Berenguer

1962        Live Now - Pay Later [Jay Lewis] b&w

1962        Valley of the Fallen [Andrew Marton] ?; short/?m

1963        The V.I.P.s/International Hotel [Anthony Asquith] p/c; 2uc: Douglas Adamson

1963        Circus World/The Magnificent Showman [Henry Hathaway] str70/c; 2uc: Claude Renoir; spec pfx: Linwood G. Dunn

1964        The Yellow Rolls-Royce [Anthony Asquith] p/c; 2uc: Douglas Adamson

1965        Battle of the Bulge [Ken Annakin] up70/c; 2uc: John Cabrera; aph: Jack Willoughby

1965        Modesty Blaise [Joseph Losey] c; Amsterdam loc ph: Davis Boulton

1966        Casino Royale [John Huston, Kenneth Hughes, Val Guest, Robert Parrish & Joseph McGrath] p/c; addph: Nicolas Roeg &

                    John Wilcox

1967        The Long Duel [Ken Annakin] p/c; 2uc: John Cabrera

1968        Villa Rides! [Buzz Kulik] p/c; 2uc: John Cabrera

1968        Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter [Saul Swimmer] p/c

1968        Hard Contract [S. Lee Pogostin] p/c; spec pfx: L.B. Abbott & Art Cruickshank

1968        Topaz [Alfred Hitchcock] c; ph cons: Hal Mohr; spec pfx: Albert Whitlock

1970        Puppet on a Chain [Geoffrey Reeve & (add scenes/boat chase) Don Sharp] c; 2uc: Skeets Kelly

1971        The Playroom [Ken Annakin] abandoned with 5 days shooting to go

1972        Stuffy Old Bank [Ronald Spencer] 16mm/c; comm doc/11m; for Barclays Bank

1972        Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff?/Servizio di scorta/Blue Movie Blackmail/Mafia Junction/

                    Super Bitch [Massimo Dallamano] c

1973        My Word is My Bond [Ronald Spencer] c; comm doc/17m

1973        The Last Chapter [David Tringham] c; short/29m

1973        The Beast Must Die/Black Werewolf [Paul Annett] c

1976        Emily/The Awakening of Emily [Henry Herbert] c

1976        al-Risâlah [Moustapha Akkad] c; 170m

1976        The Message/Mohammed, Messenger of God [Moustapha Akkad] p/c; spec pfx: Said Bakr & Ibrahim Salem; English

                    version (177m) of 'al-Risâlah'

1976        Not Now, Comrade [Harold Snoad & Ray Cooney] c

1977        The Wild Geese [Andrew V. McLaglen] c; 2uc: Dudley Lovell; spph: Tony Braun

1979        [Omar Mukhtar:] Lion of the Desert [Moustapha Akkad] p/c

1981        al-Mas'ala Al-Kubra/Clash of Loyalties [Mohamed Shukri Jameel] c; addph: Majid Kamel

1973        Mousey [Daniel Petrie] tvm; released theatrically as 'Cat and Mouse'

1976        Beauty and the Beast [Fielder Cook] tvm; cph: Paul Beeson; ep #132 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series

1983        The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood [Ray Austin] tvm

1984        Ellis Island [Jerry London] 3-part miniseries; cph: Ennio Guarnieri & Dudley Lovell

1984        Florence Nightingale [Daryl Duke] tvm

1934        Freedom of the Seas [Marcel Varnel] focus puller; ph: Otto Kanturek

1937        Over the Moon [Thornton Freeland & (uncred) William K. Howard] ph: Harry Stradling Sr.; released 1939

1937        The Divorce of Lady X [Tim Whelan] ph: Harry Stradling Sr.

1938        Pygmalion [Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard] ph: Harry Stradling Sr.

1938        The Mikado [- The Town of Titipu] [Victor Schertzinger] co-c.op; ph: Bernard Knowles & William V. Skall

1939        French Without Tears [Anthony Asquith] ph: Bernard Knowles

1940        Spy for a Day/Live and Let Live [Mario Zampi] ph: Bernard Knowles

1940        Major Barbara [Gabriel Pascal] ph: Ronald Neame & Freddie Young (loc ph)

1941        'Pimpernel' Smith/Mister V/The Fighting Pimpernel [Leslie Howard] ph: Mutz Greenbaum

1941        A Yank in the R.A.F. [Henry King] co-c.op 2u; 2uc: Ronald Neame; ph: Leon Shamroy

1942        The First of the Few/Spitfire [Leslie Howard] ph: Georges Périnal

1942        Thunder Rock [Roy Boulting] ph: Mutz Greenbaum

1942        Squadron Leader X. [Lance Comfort] ph: Mutz Greenbaum

1943        The Flemish Farm [Jeffrey Dell] ph: Eric Cross

1943        Escape to Danger [Lance Comfort & Victor Hanbury] ph: Guy Green

1943        The Lamp Still Burns [Maurice Elvey] ph: Robert Krasker

1943        The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France/Henry V [Laurence

                    Olivier] ph: Robert Krasker