Christian Blackwood

Skuespiller, Instruktør, Producer, Filmklipper, Forfatter

7. juli 1942 — 22. juli 1992 (50 år)
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.

Kendt for

  • Signed: Lino Brocka
    Signed: Lino Brocka1987
  • American Masters
    American Masters40 sæsoner
  • The Soldier's Tale
    The Soldier's Tale1984
  • All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
    All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story1982
  • Monk
    Monk1968
  • Monk in Europe
    Monk in Europe1968
  • Edith Head
    Edith Head1981
  • P.O.V.
    P.O.V.38 sæsoner

Filmografi

1946
Murderers Among Us · as Otto Brückner