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Geoffrey Unsworth Biography (1914-1978)

Born 1914, in London, England; died October 29, 1978, in Brittany, France; wife's name, Maggie. Career: Cinematographer, actor, and camera operator. Awards, Honors: British Society of Cinematographers Award, bestcinematography, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best British cinematography (color), and Academy Award nomination, best cinematography,all 1964, for Becket; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best British cinematography (color), 1964, for Tamahine; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best cinematography, 1968, for 2001: A Space Odyssey; British Society of Cinematographers Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, and Academy Award, bestcinematography, all 1972, for Cabaret; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best cinematography, 1972, for Alice's Adventuresin Wonderland; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best cinematography, 1973, for Zardoz; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best cinematography, 1974, for Murderon the Orient Express; British Society of Cinematographers Award, and British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, best cinematography, 1977, both for A Bridge Too Far; British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award nomination, best cinematography, 1978, for Superman; New York Film Critics Circle Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award, and Academy Award, best cinematography, all 1979, for Tess(with Ghislain Cloquet).

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Occupation

Cinematographer, Actor, Camera operator

Birth Details

1914

London, England

Death Details

October 29, 1978

Brittany, France

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Cinematographer, Unless Otherwise Noted
• Camera operator, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (also known as Colonel Blimp), General Films Distributors/United Artists, 1943
• Camera operator, A Matter of Life and Death (also known as Stairway to Heaven), Universal, 1946
• The Laughing Lady, 1946
• The Man Within (also known as The Smugglers), 1947
• Jassy, 1947
• (Outdoors) Blanche Fury, General Films Distributors, 1947
• Scott of the Antarctic, Eagle Lion/General Films Distributors, 1948
• The Spider and the Fly, General Films Distributors, 1949
• Fools Rush In, General Films Distributors, 1949
• The Blue Lagoon, General Films Distributors, 1949
• Trio, General Films Distributors, 1950
• Double Confession, Associated British Films, 1950
• Where No Vultures Fly (also known as Ivory Hunter), Ealing,1951
• The Clouded Yellow, Columbia, 1951
• Penny Princess, General Films Distributors, 1952
• Outpost in Malaya (also known as The Planter's Wife, White Blood), General Films Distributors, 1952
• Made in Heaven, 1952
• Turn the Key Softly, General Films Distributors, 1953
• The Sword and the Rose (also known as When Knighthood was in Flower), Walt Disney, 1953
• The Million Pound Note (also known as Man with a Million),United Artists, 1953
• The Seekers (also known as Land of Fury), Rank Organisation, 1954
• The Purple Plain, United Artists/Rank Organisation, 1954
• Value for Money, Rank Organisation, 1955
• Passage Home, General Films Distributors, 1955
• Simba (also known as Simba-Mark of Mau Mau!), Lippert, 1955
• Tiger in the Smoke, Rank Organisation, 1956
• Jacqueline, Rank Organisation, 1956
• A Town Like Alice (also known as Rape of Malaya), Rank Organisation, 1956
• Dangerous Exile, Rank Organisation, 1957
• Hell Drivers (also known as Hard Drivers), 1957
• Bachelor of Hearts, Rank Organisation, 1958
• A Night to Remember, Rank Organisation, 1958
• Northwest Frontier (also known as Flame Over India), Rank Organisation, 1959
• The World of Suzie Wong, Paramount, 1960
• Why Bother to Knock (also known as Don't Bother to Knock), 1961
• On the Double, 1961
• The Main Attraction, 1962
• The 300 Spartans (also known as Lion of Sparta), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1962
• Tamahine, 1964
• Becket, Paramount, 1964
• Othello, Warner Bros., 1965
• Genghis Khan (also known as Dschingis Khan, Dzingis-Kan), Columbia, 1965
• Half a Sixpence, Paramount, 1967
• Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad, Paramount, 1967
• The Dance of Death, Paramount, 1968
• The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, Paramount, 1968
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (also known as Two Thousand and One: A Space Odyssey), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
• The Reckoning (also known as A Matter of Honour), Columbia,1969
• The Assassination Bureau, Paramount, 1969
• The Magic Christian, 1969
• Three Sisters, American Film Theatre/British Lion, 1970
• Cromwell, Columbia, 1970
• Goodbye Gemini, 1970
• Say Hello to Yesterday, 1971
• Unman, Wittering and Zigo, 1971
• Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing, Columbia, 1972
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, American National, 1972
• Cabaret, Allied Artists, 1972
• Zardoz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
• Don Quixote, Walter Reed/Continental Distributing, 1973
• Baxter!, 1973
• The Return of the Pink Panther, United Artists, 1974
• The Internecine Project, Allied Artists, 1974
• The Abdication, Warner Bros., 1974
• Murder on the Orient Express, Paramount, 1974
• Lucky Lady, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• Royal Flash, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
• A Matter of Time, 1976
• A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1977
• Superman (also known as Superman: The Movie), Warner Bros.,1978
• And actor, The First Great Train Robbery (also known as The Great Train Robbery), United Artists, 1979
• Tess, Columbia, 1979
• Superman II, Warner Bros., 1980
• Film Appearances
• The First Great Train Robbery (also known as The Great Train Robbery), United Artists, 1979