Douglas Milsome

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, ASC (born 1939) is an

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cinematographer. A former camera operator for John Alcott on films like ''

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, Barry Lyndon'', and ''The Shining'', Milsome became a collaborator with director Stanley Kubrick following Alcott's death in 1986. His filmography includes numerous

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including '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Highlander: Endgame,

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'', and '' Dracula III: Legacy''. He has also worked with

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on films such as ''Legionnaire'' and ''

The Hard Corps ''The Hard Corps'' is a 2006 American action film directed by Sheldon Lettich. It stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raz Adoti, Vivica A. Fox, and Peter James Bryant. It is the fourth collaboration between Jean-Claude Van Damme and film director Sheld ...

''.

Biography

Milsome was born in

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, in 1939. Sometimes credited as Doug Milsome, perhaps his most-widely seen work is '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves''. He collaborated with Stanley Kubrick and John Alcott in the 1970s, as camera operator and second-unit photographer, and became Kubrick's director of photography for '' Full Metal Jacket''. Known for his mastery of difficult focus techniques, tested especially with the idiosyncratic lenses used on '' Barry Lyndon'' to film scenes by candlelight, he was consulted for Kubrick's final project, ''

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''. Milsome has gravitated toward genres such as

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and

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, where he is known for his brooding style. He is member of both the

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and British Societies of Cinematographers. His son, Mark Milsome (1963–2017), was also a camera operator, and was killed during a shoot. At the inquest, the coroner ruled it an "accidental death".

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

*'' Full Metal Jacket'' (1987) * ''Hawks'' (1988) *''

The Beast of War ''The Beast'' (also known as ''The Beast of War'') is a 1988 American war film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by William Mastrosimone, based on his play ''Nanawatai''. The film follows the crew of a Soviet T-62 tank who became lost durin ...

'' (1989) * ''Lonesome Dove'' (1989) *''

Desperate Hours ''Desperate Hours'' is a 1990 American neo-noir action thriller film, and a remake of the 1955 William Wyler crime drama of the same title. Both films are based on the 1954 novel by Joseph Hayes, who also co-wrote the script for this film wi ...

'' (1990) * ''If Looks Could Kill'' (1991) *'' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991) * ''Great Expectations'' (1991) * ''Sunset Grill'' (1993) * ''Body of Evidence'' (1993) * ''Seasons of the Heart'' (1994) *''

The Sunchaser ''The Sunchaser'' (marketed simply as ''Sunchaser'' in promotional material) is a 1996 crime drama film directed by Michael Cimino and starring Woody Harrelson, Jon Seda and Anne Bancroft. It was director Cimino's last feature-length film. Plo ...

'' (1996) *''

Legionnaire The French Foreign Legion (french: Légion étrangère) is a corps of the French Army which comprises several specialties: infantry, Armoured Cavalry Arm, cavalry, Military engineering, engineers, Airborne forces, airborne troops. It was created ...

'' (1998) *'' Highlander: Endgame'' (2000) * ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (2000) *'' Dracula II: Ascension'' (2003) *'' Dracula III: Legacy'' (2005) *''

'' (2006) *''

Until Death ''Until Death'' is a 2007 American vigilante action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and directed by Simon Fellows. It was released direct-to-DVD on April 24, 2007. Van Damme plays Anthony Stowe, a corrupt police detective addicted to heroin ...

'' (2007) * ''Frenchy'' (2010) * ''Bitter Harvest'' (2017)

Camera Operator/Assistant

* ''The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) *''

The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb ''The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb'' is a 1964 British horror film produced, written and directed by Michael Carreras, starring Terence Morgan, Ronald Howard, Fred Clark and introducing Jeanne Roland. Plot "Egypt in the year 1900". The mummy ...

'' (1964) * ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971) *'' Barry Lyndon'' (1975) *''

Seven Nights in Japan ''Seven Nights in Japan'' is a 1976 Anglo-French drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael York, Charles Gray, and Hidemi Aoki. Story The film is about seven days in the life of Prince George, who is travelling in Japan for the ...

'' (1976) *''

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? ''Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?'' (released in the UK as ''Too Many Chefs'') is a 1978 black comedy mystery film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset and Robert Morley. It is based on the 1976 novel '' ...

'' (1978) * ''The Shining'' (1980) * ''Ragtime'' (1981) * ''Yentl'' (1983) *''

A View to a Kill ''A View to a Kill'' is a 1985 spy film and the fourteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and is the seventh and final appearance of Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted ...

'' (1985) * ''Highlander'' (1986) * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1992)

References

External links

Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers page
* English cinematographers Living people 1939 births People from Hammersmith {{cinematographer-stub