IEC
#1: From the doc "Cinematographer Style"
#2: [Left] with dir Frank Oz - "Death at a Funeral"[2006]
OLIVER CURTIS BSC
Born: ?.
Education: Filton Technical College, Bristol [photography], London College of Printing [now London College of Communication, University of the Arts London]; Film and Photographic Workshops [now Maine Media Workshops], Rockport, Maine, USA [1992; with teachers Jack Cardiff, Robbie Greenberg & Peter James].
Career: Also active as still ph.
Ph commercials dir by Michael Abel, Martin Brierley, Manuel Miranda, Andy Lambert, Harry Enfield, a.o.
Member of the BSC since 1998.
Appeared in the doc 'Cinematographer Style' [2006, Jon Fauer; ph: Jeff Laszlo, Brian Heller, J. Fauer & David Morgan; 86m].
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1999] for 'Vanity Fair'.
Website: Oliver Curtis
| FILMS | |
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1988 |
Ballad of Reading Gaol [Richard Kwietniowski] 16mm/c; short/12m |
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1988 |
The Biker's Song [Rosalind Hewitt] unreleased |
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1989 |
Flames of Passion [Richard Kwietniowski] 16mm/b&w; short/18m |
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1991 |
Invisible City [Mark Jay] 16mm/b&w; short/20m |
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1993 |
Dance Macabre [Jean-Marc Prouveur] 16mm/c; short/13m |
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1994 |
Madagascar Skin [Chris Newby] c |
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1995 |
The Accidental Conspiracy [Andy Lambert] c; short/15m |
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1995 |
Prayer for a Crash [Lindsay Shapero] c; short/15m |
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1995 |
Red [Rosa Fong] c; short/26m |
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1996 |
Big Fish [Zadoc Nava] c; doc/25m; cph: Z. Nava |
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1996 |
Love and Death on Long Island [Richard Kwietniowski] c |
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1997 |
More Is Less [Andy Lambert] s16/c; short/15m |
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1997 |
The Governess [Sandra Goldbacher] c; 2uc; ph: Ashley Rowe |
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1997 |
The Wisdom of Crocodiles/Immortality [Po-Chih Leong] c; 2uc: Graham Frake & Paul Wheeler |
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1999 |
Saltwater [Conor McPherson] c; 2uc: Cían de Buitléar |
[Right] with Peter O'Toole - "The Final Curtain"
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2000 |
The Final Curtain [Patrick Harkins] c |
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2001 |
Owning Mahowny [Richard Kwietniowski] s35/c; addph: Gerald Packer |
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2002 |
Esther's Pool [David Chidlow] c; short/3m |
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2002 |
Calendar Girls [Nigel Cole] s35/c; addph; ph: Ashley Rowe |
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2003 |
The Wedding Date [Clare Kilner] c; 2uc: Sam Garwood |
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2004 |
The Predator [Mitra Tabrizian] c; short/31m |
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2006 |
Death at a Funeral [Frank Oz] c |
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2006 |
Scarred [Damien Rea] c; short/10m; also ep of comp 'S Is for Sexy' (2008) |
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2007 |
Unrelated [Joanna Hogg] c |
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2008 |
American Virgin/Virgin on Bourbon Street [Clare Kilner] c |
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2012 |
Borth [Gideon Koppel] c; film installation/60m; single screen version (2013) |
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2013 |
Explore This [Richard Kwietniowski] c; short/6m |
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2014 |
Breaking the Bank [Vadim Jean] HD/c; aph: John Marzano |
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2016 |
Unlocked [Michael Apted] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/Hawk Scope)+RED Epic/Hawk Scope-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; addph (reshoots); ph (2014-15): George Richmond |
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2017 |
The Quarter [Robin Sheppard] announced; a teaser film was made (HD/10m) |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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Ph ep of 'Rough Guide to the World' [travel show for BBC2], 'Horizon' [doc series for BBC2] & 'The Net' [magazine series on computers and communication for BBC2, 1994-95 & 1997-98]. |
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1989 |
Children's Dreams/Children Dreaming [prod: Richard Bellfield] doc/50m; ep BBC1 doc series 'Inside Story' |
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1991 |
Out [presentations dir by Richard Kwietniowski] magazine series; cph presentations; for Channel 4 |
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1991 |
Proust's Favourite Fantasy [Richard Kwietniowski] tvm/b&w/2m/16mm; for BBC2 series 'The Late Show' |
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1994 |
Fathers, Sons & Unholy Ghosts [Danny Thompson] tvm/11m; cph: Alwin Küchler |
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1994 |
Passengers [various] 28-part doc series (1994-95 & 2002) on global youth culture; for Channel 4 |
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1995 |
The Good Sex Guide Abroad [various] doc series; for ITV |
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1995 |
Shopping [Renee Knight & Andy Lambert] 5-part doc series; for BBC2 |
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1996 |
Bodyguards [various] 7-part series, 1996 (pilot) & 1997 (6 ep); other ph: Giles Nuttgens (pilot) & Walter McGill |
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1997 |
Our Boy [David Evans] tvm/s16 |
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1998 |
Vanity Fair [Marc Munden] 6-part miniseries |
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2001 |
Bait [Nicholas Renton] tvm |
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2004 |
Uncle Adolf [Nicholas Renton] tvm/16mm |
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2011 |
Tuba [or Not Tuba] [Andy Lambert] c; short/1m27s; ep #1 of the 'Mute'-series (only one shot for each film, no camera movement and no dialogue) (internet) |
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2011 |
Cover Story [Andy Lambert] c; short/1m14s; ep #3 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
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2011 |
The Shoelace [Andy Lambert] c; short/2m; ep #4 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
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2016 |
The Late Man [Andy Lambert] c; short/2m28s; ep #9 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
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2016 |
Wait for It [Andy Lambert] c; short/1m56s; ep #10 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
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2016 |
The Crush [Andy Lambert] c; short/2m; ep #11 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
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2016 |
Dress Code [Andy Lambert] c; short/1m51s; ep #12 of the 'Mute'-series (internet) |
| TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR | |
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1990 |
Trotsky's Home Movies [doc/45m] archive films ph by Alex Buchman (December 1939-March 1940); ep Channel 4 series 'Rear Window' |
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1990 |
After the Attack [doc/60m] ph: ?; ep 6-part Channel 4 series 'Affairs of the Heart' (1991) |
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1992 |
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth [doc/b&w-c/37m] ph: Nick Hale; ep Channel 4 series 'Rear Window' |
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199? |
Foundations of Nightmare [doc/?m] ph: ? |
