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1983 |
[Right] with dir Ronald Neame [1963] |
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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 |
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1957 |
The Horse's Mouth [Ronald Neame] c |
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1959 |
The Bridal Path [Frank Launder] c |
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1959 |
The Blue Angel [Edward Dmytryk] cs/c; 2uc; ph: Leon Shamroy |
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1959 |
The Angry Silence [Guy Green] b&w |
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1959 |
The League of Gentlemen [Basil Dearden] b&w |
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1960 |
Tunes of Glory [Ronald Neame] c |
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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 |
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1960 |
There Was a Crooked Man [Stuart Burge] b&w |
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1960 |
The Canadians [Burt Kennedy] cs/c |
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1961 |
Whistle Down the Wind [Bryan Forbes] b&w |
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1961 |
The Inspector/Lisa [Philip Dunne] cs/c |
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1962 |
Nine Hours to Rama/Nine Hours to Live [Mark Robson] cs/c; 2uc: Ted Moore |
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1962 |
I Could Go on Singing/The Lonely Stage [Ronald Neame] p/c |
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1963 |
Murder at the Gallop [George Pollock] b&w |
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1963 |
The Wild Affair [John Krish] b&w |
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1963 |
The Chalk Garden [Ronald Neame] c |
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1963 |
Of Human Bondage [Ken Hughes, Henry Hathaway (started, but replaced) & Bryan Forbes (fill-in for 1 week)] b&w; uncred co-addph; ph: Oswald Morris |
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1964 |
Fanatic/Die! Die! My Darling! [Silvio Narizzano] c |
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1965 |
Sky West and Crooked/Gypsy Girl [John Mills] c |
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1965 |
The Fighting Prince of Donegal [Michael O'Herlihy] c; spec pfx: Peter Ellenshaw |
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1966 |
A Countess from Hong Kong [Charles Chaplin] c |
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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 |
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1967 |
Pretty Polly/A Matter of Innocence [Guy Green] ts/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson |
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1967 |
Inspector Clouseau [Bud Yorkin] p/c; 2uc: Skeets Kelly |
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1968 |
Where Eagles Dare [Brian G. Hutton] p (35mm + 70bu)/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson; pfx: Tom Howard |
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1969 |
The Walking Stick [Eric Till] p/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson |
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1969 |
Anne of the Thousand Days [Charles Jarrott] p (35mm + 70bu)/c |
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1969 |
When Eight Bells Toll [Étienne Périer] p/c; 2uc: Jack Atcheler; uwph: Egil Woxholt |
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1970 |
The Railway Children [Lionel Jeffries] c |
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1970 |
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory [Mel Stuart] c |
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1971 |
All Coppers Are... [Sidney Hayers] c |
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1972 |
A Doll's House [Patrick Garland] c |
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1973 |
Mistress Pamela [Jim O'Connolly] c |
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1973 |
11 Harrowhouse/Anything for Love [Aram Avakian] p/c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson |
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1974 |
Out of Season [Alan Bridges] c |
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1975 |
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet/All Things Bright and Beautiful [Eric Till] c; 2uc: H.A.R. Thomson |
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1975 |
The Sell Out/The Sell-Out [Peter Collinson] c; 2uc: Yehiel Ne'eman |
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1976 |
A Little Night Music [Harold Prince] c |
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1977 |
The Medusa Touch [Jack Gold] c |
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1978 |
The Prisoner of Zenda [Richard Quine] c; addph: Harry Wolf; spec vfx: Albert Whitlock |
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1979 |
Nothing Personal [George Bloomfield] c; cph: Laszlo George |
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1979 |
Hopscotch [Ronald Neame] p/c; 2uc: Brian W. Roy |
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1983 |
The Bounty [Roger Donaldson] J-D-C Scope/c; 2uc: Doug Milsome; model ph: Leslie Dear; filmed 1983-84 |
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1984 |
Santa Claus [: The Movie] [Jeannot Szwarc] J-D-C Scope (+ 70bu)/c; addph: Paul Beeson; vfx ph: Paul Wilson; model ph: Mark Gardiner |
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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 |
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TELEVISION |
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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. |
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1973 |
Frankenstein: The True Story [Jack Smight] 2-part tvm; theatrical version (123m) |
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1974 |
Brief Encounter [Alan Bridges] tvm; ep #109 of 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series; also released theatrically outside the USA |
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1977 |
Spectre [Clive Donner] tvm; made for theatrical release, but sold to tv |
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1980 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy [Jack Gold] tvm |
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1982 |
Witness for the Prosecution [Alan Gibson] tvm; ep #142 of 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series |
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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) |
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1986 |
Babes in Toyland [Clive Donner] tvm |
FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR |
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1940 |
Major Barbara [Gabriel Pascal; (uncred) Harold French & David Lean] co-c.asst; ph: Ronald Neame |
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1942 |
The First of the Few/Spitfire [Leslie Howard] c.op model ph; model ph: Eric Cross; ph (as lighting expert): Georges Périnal |
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1943 |
Hotel Reserve/Epitaph for a Spy [Lance Comfort, Victor Hanbury & Max Greene] uncred ph: Max Greene |
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1944 |
Great Day [Lance Comfort] ph: Erwin Hillier |
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1945 |
Brief Encounter [David Lean] focus puller; ph: Robert Krasker |
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1945 |
Great Expectations [David Lean] c.op 2u; 2uc: Ernest Steward; ph: Guy Green (replaced Robert Krasker) |
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1947 |
Captain Boycott [Frank Launder] 2nd c.op; ph: Wilkie Cooper |
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1947 |
Fame Is the Spur [Roy Boulting] co-2nd c.op; ph: Günther Krampf |
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1947 |
Vice Versa [Peter Ustinov] ph: Jack Hildyard |
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1948 |
XIV Olympiad - The Glory of Sport/The Olympic Games of 1948 [prod: Castleton Knight; doc] co-cameraman |
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1948 |
The Blue Lagoon [Frank Launder] ph: Geoffrey Unsworth |
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1948 |
Warning to Wantons [Donald Wilson] co-c.op; ph: George Stretton |
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1948 |
Floodtide [Frederick Wilson] co-c.op; ph: George Stretton |
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1949 |
Stop Press Girl [Michael Barry] ph: Cyril Bristow |
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1949 |
Poet's Pub [Frederick Wilson] ph: George Stretton |
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1949 |
The Spider and the Fly [Robert Hamer] ph: Geoffrey Unsworth |
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1949 |
Treasure Island [Byron Haskin] c.op 3u; 3uc: Stanley Sayer; ph: Freddie Young |
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1950 |
Cairo Road [David MacDonald] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1950 |
The Adventurers/The Great Adventure/Fortune in Diamonds/South African Story [David MacDonald] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1950 |
Circle of Danger [Jacques Tourneur] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1951 |
Life in Her Hands [Philip Leacock; 58m] ph: Fred Gamage |
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1951 |
Saturday Island/Island of Desire [Stuart Heisler] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1951 |
The Magic Box [John Boulting] assoc c.op; ph: Jack Cardiff |
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1952 |
Decameron Nights [Hugo Fregonese] ph: Guy Green |
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1952 |
South of Algiers/The Golden Mask [Jack Lee] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1952 |
Melba [Lewis Milestone] ph: Ted Scaife |
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1953 |
The Beggar's Opera [Peter Brook] co-c.op; ph: Guy Green |
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1953 |
Saadia [Albert Lewin] ph: Christopher Challis |
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1953 |
Malaga/Fire Over Africa [Richard Sale] ph: Christopher Challis |
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1954 |
The Belles of St. Trinian's [Frank Launder] ph: Stanley Pavey |
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1954 |
Moby Dick [John Huston] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1955 |
Quentin Durward/The Adventures of Quentin Durward [Richard Thorpe] ph: Christopher Challis |
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1955 |
The Man Who Never Was [Ronald Neame] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1956 |
A Hill in Korea/Hell in Korea [Julian Amyes] ph: Freddie Francis |
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1956 |
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison [John Huston] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1957 |
Time Without Pity [Joseph Losey] ph: Freddie Francis |
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1957 |
A Farewell to Arms [Charles Vidor] ph: Oswald Morris |
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1957 |
The Key/Stella [Carol Reed] ph: Oswald Morris |