BRIAN TUFANO   BSC

Born: 1939, Shepherd's Bush, London, UK, as Brian Richard Tufano.

Career: Entered the film industry at age 16 as a page boy at BBC's Lime Grove Studios. 'In those days it was a case of if you don't have a union card, you can't get a job, and if you don't have a job, you can't get a union card.' Nonetheless, the BBC's old-fashioned hierarchical structure did present opportunities to those who were prepared to take them. Tufano wangled himself a job as a trainee projectionist, showing the rushes, and began to go out on night-shoots with the camera crews. He started to make his own documentaries with the cameras and old film stock that budding cineastes were allowed to borrow for free at the weekends. The bigger break came when, after getting a job as a fulltime assistant, he was assigned to 'Panorama'. Suddenly the call came through one Monday morning for a crew to head off urgently to Brussels. Again, serendipity, or to be more accurate on this occasion heavy snow, resulted in Tufano being the only available technician with a handy passport [he still lived nearby]. From then on mostly rooted in documentaries, Tufano's work also spanned everything from 'Z Cars' to 'Andy Pandy'. It was a call 'out of the blue' from director Jack Gold which led to his drama 'break'. 'Jack was about to direct a film for 'Omnibus' which comprised three short stories by A.E. Coppard. Because of the restrictions then of not being allowed to shoot everything on film, it had to be made in a format allowing for a presenter at beginning and end. The trick was to make it so when repeated it'd be able to go out without the presenter.' The result, 'The World of Coppard', was, says Tufano, the first all-on-film fiction drama the BBC made. He identifies this early work as a documentary cameraman as one source of the immediacy and resourcefulness that characterize his later cinematography. A long process of self-education was also involved: studying the work of master cameramen such as Jack Cardiff of 'The Red Shoes' fame, or the early landmarks of the French Nouvelle Vague 'to see where the light was coming from'. Having once watched 'The Sweet Smell of Success' and wondered why British films couldn't look as good, he did have the feeling - when he finally got to take his place behind a feature-film camera - that this was his chance to see if they could.' [From articles by Ben Thompson on the Telegraph.co.uk website, 2001, and Quentin Falk in Fujifilm's Exposure Magazine.]

Ph commercials. Ph music videos, e.g. 'Lust for Life' [a: Iggy Pop; d: Danny Boyle].

Is a regular tutor at the Documentary Direction Dept. and Head of Cinematography [succeeding Ernie Vincze] of the National Film and Television School, UK.

Appeared in 'The Work of a Film Cameraman', an ep [March 1975] of the BBC-tv series 'In Vision', and the tv-doc 'The Making of Middlemarch' [1994; d: Edward Barnes; 29m].

Awards: BAFTA TV Award 'Individual Honour - General' [1966]; 'Emmy' Award [1971-72; shared] for 'The Search for the Nile'; RTS Craft and Design Award [197?] for 'Arnhem: The Story of an Escape'; Apex Award nom [1984] for 'Dreamscape';  BAFTA TV Award 'Best Photography and Lighting' nom [1994] for 'Middlemarch'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2000] for 'Billy Elliot'; British Independent Film Award 'Special Jury Prize' [2002].

1964        South Bank [Alan Lovell] b&w; doc/14m; cph: Roger Mayne, a.o.

1965        Fragment [Norman J. Warren] b&w; short/11m; or ph Peter Biziou & Mick Messenger

1968        Strip Poker/The Big Switch [Pete Walker] c; 68m; as Richard Scott

1977        The Sailor's Return [Jack Gold] c

1978        Cliff Richard and the Shadows - Thank You Very Much [Alan Parker] c; mus doc/52m; cph: Harvey Harrison,

                    John Stanier, a.o.

1978        The Waterloo Bridge Handicap [Ross Cramer] c; short/21m

1978        Quadrophenia [: A Way of Life] [Franc Roddam] c

1979        Resting Rough [Nikolas L. Janis] c; short/26m

1979        Riding High/Heavy Metal [Ross Cramer] c

1981        Blade Runner [Ridley Scott] p/c; co-addph; ph: Jordan Cronenweth

1982        The Lords of Discipline [Franc Roddam] c

1983        Dreamscape [Joseph Ruben] c; spph: Kevin Kutchaver; efx stage ph: Jerome Seven

1987        War Party [Franc Roddam] c; 2uc: Patrick Carey; aph: Roger Lee Smith & Jim Roberson

1989        Windprints [David Wicht] c; 2uc: Harmon Cusack

1991        Ruby [John Mackenzie] c; 2uc; ph: Phil Meheux

1993        Shallow Grave [Danny Boyle] c; spec vfx: Tony Steers

1995        Trainspotting [Danny Boyle] c; uwph: Mike Valentine

1995        True Blue/Miracle at Oxford [Ferdinand Fairfax] c; addph: Ian Jackson

1996        Jump Boy [Menhaj Huda] 16mm-35bu/c; short/11m

1996        A Life Less Ordinary [Danny Boyle] s35/c; uwph: Gary Shlifer

1996        The MatchMaker [Mark Joffe] p/c; addph Boston; ph: Ellery Ryan

1997        The Life of Stuff [Simon Donald] c

1997        What Rats Won't Do [Alastair Reid] c

1998        Alien Love Triangle [Danny Boyle] c; short/30m; addph: Bob Shipsey; intended as part of the feature film 'The Light

                    Years Trilogy', which didn't materialize

1998        Virtual Sexuality [Nick Hurran] c; 2uc: Robert Shipsey

1998        East Is East [Damien O'Donnell] c

1999        Women Talking Dirty [Coky Giedroyc] c

1999        Billy Elliot/Dancer [Stephen Daldry] c

2000        The Lido [James Reed] c; short/13m; 2uc: Richard Stewart

2000        Late Night Shopping [Saul Metzstein] c

2000        Last Orders [Fred Schepisi] s35/c; 2uc: Ernest Vincze

2001        Man Alone [Françoise Higson] 16mm/c; short/10m

2001        Nothing Is Blue [Polly Steele] c; short/10m

2001        Once Upon a Time in the Midlands [Shane Meadows] c

2002        Rooftops [Françoise Higson] s16/c; short/15m

2002        Egyptian Daze [Menhaj Huda] in development; status unknown

2003        Nits [Harry Wootliff] c; short/11m

2003        Teeth [Nathan Crouch] c; short/9m

2003        Poe Purloined [students] HD/c; short/?m; ph mentor; ph by students

2003        Millions [Danny Boyle] c; addph; ph: Anthony Dod Mantle

2004        Caffalic Educashun [Bronagh Keegan] DigiBeta/c; short/11m

2004        Kidulthood [Menhaj Huda] s35/c; addph: Sean Bobbitt

2005        I Could Never Be Your Woman [Any Heckerling] c; 2uc: Jonathan Harvey

2005        Featherhead [Tina Gharavi] HD/c; short/11m

2007        Adulthood [Noel Clarke] 16mm/c

2008        The Fifth Beatle [Vivek J. Tiwary] pre-production; in development since 2005; joined the film end 2008

2009        Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll [Mat Whitecross] 16mm/c; cph: Christopher Ross; 2uc: Brian Fawcett

1963        The Long Journey [Philip Donnellan] doc/b&w/45m/16mm; cph: Peter Bartlett

1965        Cluff [ep #11 'The Pensioner' dir by Terence Williams] 13-part police series

1965        Fourth Girl Wanted [prod: John Percival] doc/b&w/30m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Man Alive'

1965        Not in Our Class, Dear! [prod: John Percival] doc/b&w/30m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Man Alive' (1966)

1965        A Few Castles in Spain [Kevin Billington] doc/b&w/60m (1966)

1966        Isadora, the Biggest Dancer in the World [Ken Russell] docudrama/b&w/65m; cph: Dick Bush

1966        Marriage Under Stress: The Breaking Point [prod: Tom Conway] doc/b&w/30m; ep #2 of 3-part ep BBC2-tv series

                    'Man Alive' (1967); other ph: Colin Waldeck (ep #1) & John Pike (ep #3)

1967        The World of Coppard [Jack Gold] tvm/b&w (3 seg); ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'

1968        Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It [John Mackenzie] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'The Wednesday Play'

1969        Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage [Alan Cooke] tvm/b&w; ep BBC-tv series 'The Wednesday Play'

1969        F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Dream Divided [Fred Burnley] dram doc/70m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'

1969        Take Three Girls [ep #2 'Devon Violets' dir by John Matthews] 24-part series, 1969-71; 1st season, 1969-70

1969        Season of the Witch [Desmond McCarthy] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'The Wednesday Play'

1970        All My Own Army [Michael Tuchner] tvm/b&w/30m; ep #167 of BBC-tv series 'Thirty-Minute Theatre'

1970        The Lie [Alan Bridges] tvm; ep series 'The Largest Theatre in the World' (part of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today')

1970        Requiem for Modigliani [Fred Burnley] tvm; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'

1970        Robin Redbreast [James MacTaggart] tvm; ep #9 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1971        Orkney [James MacTaggart] tvm (3 seg: 'A Time to Keep', 'The Whaler's Return' & 'Celia'); ep #20 of BBC-tv series

                    'Play for Today'

1971        Walt, King of the Dumper [Jack Gold] tvm/30m; ep #219 of BBC-tv series 'Thirty-Minute Theatre'

1971        The Search for the Nile [Fred Burnley, Richard Marquand & Christopher Ralling] 6-part docudrama/16mm; cph: John

                    Baker (#3-6)

1971        Still Waters [James MacTaggart] tvm/55m; ep #34 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1971        Stocker's Copper [Jack Gold] tvm/16mm; ep #35 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1972        If Britain Had Fallen [exec prod: Michael Latham] 3-part doc: 'Operation Sea Lion' (48m), 'Life Under the Occupation'

                    (56m) & 'The New Order' (62m); cph: John McGlashan

1972        Follow the Yellow Brick Road [Alan Bridges] tvm/68m; ep 8-part BBC-tv series 'The Sextet'

1972        The General's Day [John Gorrie] tvm/60m; ep #49 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1972        The Gangster Show - The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI [Jack Gold] tvm

1972        The Bouncing Boy [Maurice Hatton] tvm; ep #52 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1972        Speech Day [John Goldschmidt] tvm/50m; ep #64 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1973        Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise [prod: Ronald Smedley] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'

1973        Blooming Youth [Les Blair] tvm/75m; ep #68 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1973        The Girls in Their Summer Dresses [Clive Rees] tvm/30m; ep #286 of BBC-tv series 'Thirty-Minute Theatre'

1973        On the High Road [Karel Reisz] tvm/47m; ep #22 (item #4) of BBC-tv series 'Full House'

1973        The Withered Arm [Desmond Davis] tvm/50m; ep #1 of 6-part BBC-tv series 'Wessex Tales'

1973        An Imaginative Woman [Gavin Millar] tvm/50m; ep #4 of 6-part BBC-tv series 'Wessex Tales'

1973        Nureyev [Lindsay Anderson] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Omnibus'

1974        Steven [Brian Parker; prod: Tony Garnett] tvm

1974        The Enemy Within [Les Blair] tvm

1974        Dial M for Murder [ep #3 'The Vineyard' dir by Gerald Blake] 13-part drama series

1974        The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil [John Mackenzie] tvm; ep #89 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1974        Robinson Crusoe [James MacTaggart] tvm; ep #80 of BBC-tv series 'Play of the Month'

1974        Sunset Across the Bay [Stephen Frears] tvm/70m/16mm; ep #104 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1974        The Evacuees [Alan Parker] tvm//74m/16mm; ep #106 of BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1975        Taste for Adventure [ep (29m) 'Trapeze, a Flying Start' dir by ?] 12-part doc series

1975        The Five-Minute Films [Mike Leigh] 5x 5m films: 'Afternoon', 'Probation', 'A Light Snack', 'The Birth of the Goalie of the

                    2001 FA Cup Team' & 'Old Chums'; aired in September 1982

1975        Daft As a Brush [Stephen Frears] tvm/16mm

1975        Moll Flanders [Donald McWhinnie] 2-part tvm

1975        Three Men in a Boat [Stephen Frears] tvm/65m

1976        Play Things [Stephen Frears] tvm/61m; ep BBC-tv series 'Playhouse'

1976        Rogue Male [Clive Donner] tvm/16mm

1976        Arnhem: The Story of an Escape [Clive Rees] tvm

1977        The Price of Coal [Ken Loach] 2-part ('Meet the People' & 'Back to Reality') tvm; ep #154 & #155 of BBC-tv series

                    'Play for Today'

1977        Rehearsal [Brian Tufano] tvm/30m; ep BBC-tv series 'Centre Play'

1977        She Fell Among Thieves [Clive Donner] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Play of the Week'

1980        The Wall [Robert Markowitz] tvm

1981        [Agatha Christie's] Murder Is Easy [Claude Whatham] tvm

1985        Trapped in Silence/Silent Rage [Michael Tuchner] tvm

1988        The Endless Game [Bryan Forbes] 2-part tvm

1989        Riding the Dog [Carina Cooper] doc/48m

1990        The World of Jewish Humor [Rex Bloomstein] perf; cph: Ted Haimes, Roger Grange & Michael Fash; ep PBS-tv series

                    'Great Performances'

1991        The Longest Hatred [: The History of Anti-Semitism] [Rex Bloomstein] 3-part doc series for Thames-tv; cph: Simon

                    Kossoff, Mike Eley, Mike Spragg, a.o.

1992        Mr. Wroe's Virgins [Danny Boyle] 4-part miniseries

1993        Middlemarch [Anthony Page] 6-part miniseries

1994        Common As Muck [Metin Hüseyin & David Evans] 12-part series, 1994 & 1997

1994        The Choir [Ferdinand Fairfax] 5-part miniseries

1995        Silent Witness [ep #1 'Buried Lies' dir by Harry Hook, #2 'Long Days, Short Nights' dir by Mike Barker & #3 'Darkness

                    Visible' dir by Noella Smith] 1st series, 1996 (4x 2-part tvm); other ph: Witold Stok

1996        Element of Doubt [Christopher Morahan] tvm

1997        Getting Hurt [Ben Bolt; tvm] left prod and was replaced by Richard Greatrex

1998        Tube Tales [seg #2 (6m46s) 'Horny' dir by Stephen Hopkins, #3 (11m15s) 'Grasshopper' dir by Menhaj Huda & #5 (9m33s)

                    'Bone' dir by Ewan McGregor] 9-part series; other ph: Sue Gibson & David Johnson; for British Sky Broadcasting; also

                    released as a feature-length film (85m)

1999        Bristol Spotlights [ep 'Seven Hills' (16mm/3m) dir by Luke Watson, 'Melt' (3m) dir by Tania Díez, 'The Gorals Do Bristol'

                    dir by Philippa Lowthorpe & 'Last Summer' dir by Emma Wass] 5-part series of shorts for Channel 4

2007        My Zinc Bed [Anthony Page] tvm; 2uc: Jonathan Harvey

1977        Rehearsal [+ ph] see Television

1977        A Little Outing [tvm/30m; ep 6-part BBC-tv series 'Premiere'] ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts