ERNEST VINCZE   BSC

Born: 25 November 1942, Budapest, Hungary, as Ernest [Ernie] A. Vincze.

Career: Started his career with the Hungarian National TV where he worked for 3 years on doc's before coming to the UK in 1964. Shot 16mm doc's for British tv for 15 years.

Member of the BSC since 1978.

Head of the Cinematography Dept of the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK [2000-02].

Appeared in the ep [2005] 'TARDIS Tales' & 'Special Effects' of the doc series 'Doctor Who Confidential'.

Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1984] for 'Kennedy'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1989] for 'A Very British Coup'; Tróia IFF 'Silver Dolphin' Award [1999] for 'Dansinn'; BAFTA Cymru TV Award 'Best Cinematography TV Drama' [2005] for 'Doctor Who' [ep 'The Christmas Invasion']; BAFTA Cymru TV Award 'Best Cinematography TV Drama' [2007] for 'Doctor Who' [ep 'Voyage of the Damned'].

Website: Ernie Vincze

1967        The Survivors [Robert Vas] b&w; doc/26m

1968        Sound of the City: London 1964-73/Rock City/Popcorn [Peter Clifton] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/104m; cph: Michael

                    Cooper, Bruce Logan, Ivan Strasburg, Graham Lind, Charles Stewart, a.o.; features music clips filmed 1964-73, e.g. the

                    'Festival of the Flower Children' (August 1967)

1971        June 3rd [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/11m; for Singapore Airlines

1972        Career [Hugh Raggett] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m

1972        Eight Foot Square [John Bradford & Walter Storey] c; comm doc/18m; cph: Arthur Wooster, a.o.

1972        Productivity [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/4m

1973        Men, Men, Men [Richard Marquand] c; doc/29m

1973        Jack Says... [Bob Gill] c; comm doc/10m

1973        Drugs and Schoolchildren [James Ferman] 5-part educational doc series

1974        Got It Made/Sweet Virgin [James Kenelm Clarke] c

1974        Winstanley [Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo] 16mm (battle scenes)+35mm-to-35mm/b&w; in development since 1966;

                    filmed during weekends Summer 1974-Winter 1975

1975        Great Composers [ep 'Chopin', 'Debussy' & 'Schubert' dir by Jeremy Marre] ?-part series of educational mus doc's; cph:

                    Christopher Morphet, Ivan Strasburg ('Debussy') & David Findlay ('Schubert')

1975        Dangerous Game [John Tippey & André De Toth] b&w-c; doc/23m; cph: Grenville Middleton, a.o.

1976        Some of the Palestinians [Mamoun Hassan] c; comm doc/55m; cph: George Nehmen; for United Nations

1976        Tao - The Way and Its Power [Jeremy Marre] 16mm/c; doc/45m

1976        The Soul of the Samurai [Jeremy Marre] c; doc/26m; cph: Chris Connell

1976        The Way of the Sword [Jeremy Marre] c; doc/25m; cph: Chris Connell

1977        Les Grandes Batailles Passes: Naseby [Andrew Mollo] 16mm/c; doc/55m

1977        Roseland [James Ivory] c; 3 seg

1977        Task Group Three [John Tippey] c; doc/48m; cph: Alfie Hicks; addph: Chris Howard, Mike Thomas & Chris Connell

1979        The Secret Policeman's Ball [Roger Graef & (stage dir) John Cleese] c; theatre perf/94m; cph: Clive Tickner & Pascoe

                    MacFarlane

1979        Mad Dogs and Cricketers [Nicholas Parsons] c; doc/33m; cph: Charles Stewart

1980        Jane Austen in Manhattan [James Ivory] c; ph opera seq: Larry Pizer

1981        David Bellamy Meets Lloyds Bank People [David Green] c; comm doc/21m; for Lloyds Bank

1981        How Not to Join the Civil Service [John Bird] c; comm short/24m; cph: Mike Coles

1981        Hypertensive Therapy [Piers Jackson] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m

1982        Scrubbers [Mai Zetterling] c

1982        Get to Know IT [ep 'In Work' dir by Jeff Grant & 'IT in the Office' dir by Francis Fuchs] 8-part series/16mm of comm doc's

                    & shorts

1982        The Pantomime Dame [Elizabeth Wood] 16mm/c; doc/47m; cph: Ivan Strasburg, Martin Rissen & John Shann

1982        Tangiers/Tangier [Michael E. Briant] c

1983        Coal - The Bridge [Peter de Normanville] 16mm/c; comm doc/25m; for British Petroleum

1983        For Want of Water [Theo Richmond] 16mm/c; comm doc/29m; for Shell

1984        Sovereign Holidays [Alan Bell] c; comm doc/20m

1984        [Agatha Christie's] Ordeal by Innocence [Desmond Davis] c; title seq ph; ph: Billy Williams

1985        Biggles [: Adventures in Time] [John Hough] c; spec pfx: Craig Chandler & Gillie Potter

1986        Shanghai Surprise [Jim Goddard] c

1986        Business as Usual [Lezli-An Barrett] c; optical ph: Alan Church

1991        The Birthday [Piers Jackson] c; short/14m

1997        Le violon rouge/The Red Violin [François Girard] c; Oxford unit ph; ph: Alain Dostie

1997        Weekend Bird [Nick Cohen & Chris Vincze] c; short/10m

1997        Dansinn/The Dance [Ágúst Gudmundsson] c

2000        Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) [Stewart Sugg] s35/c; co-addph; ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts

2000        Last Orders [Fred Schepisi] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Brian Tufano

2001        The Mystic Masseur [Ismail Merchant] c

2001        Snakeboy and Sandcastle [Beryl Richards] 16mm-35bu/c; short/15m

1967        The Tribe That Hides from Man [Adrian Cowell] doc/67m/16mm; cph: Charles Stewart, Chris Menges, a.o.; filmed

                    1967-70; some material used in the 3-part series 'The Last of the Hiding Tribes' (1998)

1970        Wales: The Western Stronghold [series ed: Edward Mirzoeff] doc/47m; co-addph; ph: Geoff Mulligan; ep BBC2-tv

                     series 'Bird's Eye View'

1970        The Last of the Cuiva [Brian Moser] doc/65m/16mm; ep ITV/Granada-tv series 'Disappearing World'

1971        War of the Gods [Brian Moser] doc/66m/16mm; ep series 'Disappearing World'

1971        A Land for All Seasons [John Bird] doc/50m; ep series 'Bird's Eye View'

1971        Beaton by Bailey [William Verity] doc/55m; cph: David Findlay & Aubrey Dewar

1971        Germaine Greer vs. USA [Charles Mapleston] doc/b&w/?m

1971        Kingdom in the Jungle [Adrian Cowell] doc/?m/b&w; cph: Chris Menges, Charles Stewart, a.o.

1972        The Life That Lives on Man [prod: Michael Andrews] doc/b&w-c/?m; cph: Nat Crosby & Ken Lowe; ep BBC-tv series

                     'Horizon'

1972        What Shall We Do With Granny? [Jim Murray] 2-part doc/2x 50m; ph part #1; cph (#1): John Else, a.o.; ep BBC-tv series

                     'Man Alive'

1973        Andy Warhol [William Verity] doc/47m

1973        Something to Beef About [Michael Ryan] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1973        Turkey: A Question of Torture [David Boulton] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1973        Kataragama: A God for All Seasons/[: An Ancient Hindu God Revived] [Charlie Nairn] doc/52m; ep series 'Disappearing

                     World'

1974        Forbidden Image [Jeremy Marre] doc/50m; cph: Christopher Morphet

1974        Both Sides of the Camera - Focus on the Career of Richard Attenborough [Jeremy Marre] doc/51m/16mm; cph:

                     Christopher Morphet

1974        The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka [Charlie Nairn] doc/52m/16mm; ep series 'Disappearing World'

1974        Birth of a Nation [prod: Michael Beckham] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1974        The Trials in Zanzibar [prod: Allan Segal] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1975        A Nod and a Wink [John Ingram] doc/?m; ep series 'Pilger'

1975        The Shilluk [of Southern Sudan] [Chris Curling] doc/52m; ep series 'Disappearing World'

1976        Big Henry and the Polka Dot Kid [Richard Marquand] tvm/33m

1976        Pleasure at Her Majesty's/Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe [Roger Graef & (stage dir) Jonathan Miller]

                    theatre perf/b&w-c/100m; cph: Charles Stewart & Steve Shaw; ep BBC-tv series 'Omnibus'

1976        Zap!! The Weapon Is Food [Richard Marquand] doc/?m; ep series 'Pilger'

1976        The Lawbreakers [exec prod: Brian Lapping] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1977        Equal Pay... Today or Tomorrow [Steve Morrison] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1977        The Life and Death of Steve Biko [Malcolm Clarke & Michael Ryan] doc/30m; cph: George Turner & Arthur Rowell;

                    ep series 'World in Action'

1977        The South African Experience [ep 'The Search for Sandra Laing' (53m) & 'Six Days in Soweto' (55m) dir by Antony

                    Thomas] 4-part doc series

1977        After Noon [John Rhodes] doc/25m; cph: Roy Pointer

1978        Ritz [Karin Altmann] doc/35m; cph: Colin Barratt; ep 6-part series 'Take Six'

1978        Who Zat Kid? [Angela Pope] doc/75m

1979        No, Mama, No [Roland Joffé] tvm

1979        The Rise and Fall of the Single Play...? [Gerry Harrison] doc/60m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1979        Fox [Jim Goddard] 13-part series, 1980

1979        Beats of the Heart [ep 'Konkombe - Nigerian Music' dir by Jeremy Marre] doc/52m; 14-part mus doc series; cph:

                    Nicholas Beeks-Sanders

1980        Cream in My Coffee [Gavin Millar] tvm

1980        Sunshine's On the Way [Robert Mandel] tvm/47m/16mm

1982        The Muria [Chris Curling] doc/49m/16mm; ep BBC-tv series 'Worlds Apart'

1982        Behind Enemy Lines/92 Grosvenor Street/Undercover O.S.S. [Sheldon Larry] pilot

1982        Der Narr von Wien/The Fool from Vienna [John Goldschmidt] tvm

1982        The Boy Who Won the Pools [Roger Tucker] 10-part children's series, 1983

1983        Kennedy [Jim Goddard] 3-part miniseries

1983        A Pattern of Roses [Lawrence Gordon Clark] tvm/65m

1983        Sharma and Beyond [Brian Gilbert] tvm; ep Channel 4 series 'First Love'

1984        A Woman of Substance [Don Sharp] 3-part miniseries

1984        Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil [Jim Goddard] tvm; also released theatrically

1987        Dogplant [Joe Fordham] tvm/4m; ep (1990) Channel 4 series 'Four Minutes', 1986 & 1990

1987        Escape from Sobibor [Jack Gold] tvm

1987        If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium [Bob Sweeney] tvm

1987        A Very British Coup [Mick Jackson] 3-part miniseries

1988        Head Girl [Jillo Waddington] tvm/4m; ep (1990) Channel 4 series 'Four Minutes'

1988        Three of a Kind [Herbert Wise] series

1989        The Nightmare Years [Anthony Page] 4-part miniseries

1989        The Manageress [Christopher King] 12-part series, 1989 & 1990; 2nd series (6 ep), 1990

1989        Jeeves and Wooster [ep #1 dir by Robert Young] 23-part series, 1990-93; 1st series, 1990; other ph: Peter Jessop

1990        A Perfect Hero [James Cellan Jones] 6-part miniseries

1990        Jeeves and Wooster [6 ep dir by Simon Langton] 2nd series, 1991; see 1989

1991        The Camomile Lawn [Peter Hall] 4-part miniseries (repeat in 1993 was in 5 parts)

1991        Blood and Dust/Les croisades/De terre et de sang [Jim Goddard] 2-part tvm

1991        Rides [various] 12-part series, 1992 & 1993; 2uc: John Boulter

1993        Grushko [Tony Smith] 3-part miniseries

1993        In Suspicious Circumstances [ep (2 seg: 'To Encourage the Others' & 'Have a Drink On Me') dir by David Darlow] series,

                    1991-96

1994        Lie Down with Lions/Red Eagle [Jim Goddard] 2-part tvm; Paris unit ph; ph: Eduard van der Enden

1994        Against All Odds [ep 'Snatched' dir by Nick Shearman] tvm/55m; ep 5-part BBC-tv series

1994        King of Hearts [Christopher Rawlence] opera/60m; ep 6-part Channel 4 opera series, 1994 & 1995

1995        Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood [ep #1 'Where It All Began' & #6 'End of an Era' dir by David Gill & Kevin

                    Brownlow] 6-part doc series/b&w-c; other ph: Olivier Petitjean, Ulf Simonsson, a.o.

1995        [P.G. Wodehouse's:] Heavy Weather [Jack Gold] tvm

1996        Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art [Mischa Scorer] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv series 'Omnibus'

1996        Stone, Scissors, Paper [Stephen Whittaker] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two'

1996        Cyberspace [Lawrence Moore] 3-part doc series for ITV

1997        Mark Tully's Faces of India [Jonathan Stedall] 5-part doc series for Channel 4

1997        Big Women [Renny Rye] 4-part miniseries

1997        The House of Angelo [Jim Goddard] tvm

1998        Where the Heart Is [various] series/16mm, 1997-present; 3rd season, 1999; other ph: Steve Saunderson

1998        Shooting the Past [Stephen Poliakoff] 3-part miniseries; cph: Bruno de Keyzer; repeat was in 2 parts

1998        Gimme Gimme Gimme [4 ep dir by Liddy Oldroyd] 19-part (+ 1 special) series, 1999-2001 for BBC-tv; other ph:

                    Andy Hollis

1999        The Strangerers [ep #1 'Space Cadets' dir by Liddy Oldroyd & #7 'The Streets of Laredo' dir by Nick Wood] 10-part

                    series, 2000; addph: Howard Smith ('Space Cadets'); other ph: Andrew Newell

2000        Macbeth [Gregory Doran] tvm/DigiBeta

2001        Linda Green [various] 20-part series, 2001-02

2001        Holby City [ep #82 'Change of Heart' dir by Keith Boak] series/DigiBeta, 1999-present for BBC-tv; 4th season,

                    2001-02; other ph: Ian Punter, John Record, a.o.

2003        Sea of Souls [ep #1 (2-part) 'Possession' dir by James Hawes, #2 (2-part) 'Shades of Evil' dir by Nick Willing & #3

                    (2-part) 'Voodoo Nights' dir by Richards Laxton] series, 2004-present; 1st season, 2004

2004        Doctor Who [13 ep dir by Keith Boak, James Hawes, a.o.] series/DigiBeta, 2005-present for BBC-tv; 1st season, 2005

                    (13 ep); original series, 1963-1996

2005        Holby City [ep #262 'All the Perfumes of Arabia' dir by Steve Finn (SF) & #263 'Days of Repentance' dir by SF] 7th

                    season, 2004-05; see 2001

2005        Doctor Who [ep #14 'The Christmas Invasion' dir by James Hawes] Christmas special/59m; see 2004

2005        Doctor Who [ep #15 'New Earth' dir by James Hawes (JH), #17 'School Reunion' dir by JH, #19 'Rise of the Cybermen'

                    dir by Graeme Harper (GH), #20 'The Age of Steel' dir by GH, #22 'The Impossible Planet' dir by James Strong (JS),

                    #23 'The Satan Pit' dir by JS, #26 'Army of Ghosts' dir by GH & #27 'Doomsday' dir by GH] 2nd season, 2006 (13 ep);

                    other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004

2006        Holby City [ep #311 'Better the Devil You Know' dir by John Greening (JG) & #312 'Star Maker' dir by JG] 8th season,

                    2005-06; see 2001

2006        Holby City [7 ep dir by various] 9th season, 2006-07; see 2001

2006        Doctor Who [7 ep dir by various] 3rd season, 2007 (13 ep); other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004

2007        Holby City [5 ep dir by various] 10th season, 2007-08; see 2001

2007        Doctor Who [ep #43 'Voyage of the Damned' dir by James Strong] Christmas special/72m; see 2004

2007        Doctor Who [6 ep dir by various] 4th season, 2008 (13 ep); other ph: Rory Taylor; see 2004

2008        Doctor Who [ep #57 'The Next Doctor' dir by Andy Goddard] Christmas special/60m; see 2004

2008        Robin Hood [various] 39-part series/HD, 2006-09; 3rd season, 2009 (13 ep)

2009        Waterloo Road [ep #63-64 dir by Tim Hopewell & #67-68 dir by Jill Robertson] series, 2006-present; 5th season, 2009-10

2009        Doctor Who [ep #59 'The Waters of Mars' dir by Graeme Harper] aired November/62m; see 2004

2009        Holby City [ep #488 'Stop All the Clocks' dir by Robert Bierman] 12th season, 2009-10; see 2001