Robert William Paynter
BSC
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(12 March 1928 – 20 October 2010) was an English
cinematographer
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After leaving the Mercers' School
The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed in 1959.
History
After the diss ...
in the City of London
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at the age of 15, Paynter entered the film industry as a camera trainee with the Government Film Department.
He is known for his collaborations with John Landis
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and Michael Winner
Robert Michael Winner (30 October 1935 – 21 January 2013) was a British filmmaker, writer, and media personality. He is known for directing numerous Action film, action, Thriller films, thriller, and black comedy films in the 1960s, 1970s and ...
.
Collaborations
John Landis
Paynter worked with director John Landis on five films: ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Trading Places'', ''Thriller'', ''Into the Night'' and ''Spies Like Us''. Paynter helped to create a "pop" comic book-style for ''American Werewolf'', ''Thriller'' and ''Into the Night''.
Michael Winner
Winner collaborated on 10 films with Paynter (from 1969 to 1984), including: ''The Big Sleep'' (1978) and ''Scream for Help'' (1984).
Filmography
Films
* '' Rock-a-Doodle'' (1992, live-action sequences)
* '' Strike It Rich'' (1990)
* ''When the Whales Came
''When the Whales Came'' is a 1989 British drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Helen Mirren, Paul Scofield, David Suchet, Barbara Jefford, David Threlfall, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, and Jeremy Kemp. It is based on the 1985 children ...
'' (1989)
* '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986)
* ''Spies Like Us
''Spies Like Us'' is a 1985 American spy comedy film directed by John Landis, and starring Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest and Donna Dixon. The film presents the comic adventures of two novice intelligence agents sent to the Soviet Un ...
'' (1985)
* '' Into the Night'' (1985)
* ''The Muppets Take Manhattan
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'' (1984)
* ''Scream for Help
''Scream for Help'' is a 1984 British horror film directed by Michael Winner, written by Tom Holland, and starring Rachael Kelly, David Brooks, and Marie Masters. Set in New Rochelle, New York, the film follows a teenage girl who discovers that ...
'' (1984)
* ''Trading Places
''Trading Places'' is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis, with a screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the fi ...
'' (1983)
* ''Superman III
''Superman III'' is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third installment in the ''Superman'' film series and a sequel to ''Su ...
'' (1983)
* '' An American Werewolf in London'' (1981)
* ''Superman II
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'' (1980)
* ''The Big Sleep
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'' (1978)
* ''Firepower
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'' (1979)
* '' High Velocity'' (1976)
* '' Scorpio'' (1973)
* '' The Mechanic'' (1972)
* ''Chato's Land
''Chato's Land'' is a 1972 Western Technicolor film directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson and Jack Palance.
In Apache country, the half-native Chato shoots the local sheriff in self-defense, and finds himself hunted by a posse of ...
'' (1972)
* ''The Nightcomers
''The Nightcomers'' is a 1971 British horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews and Anna Palk. It is a prequel to Henry James' 1898 novella ''The Turn of the Screw'', which ...
'' (1971)
* '' Lawman'' (1971)
* '' The Games'' (1970)
* '' Hannibal Brooks'' (1969)
Television
* ''The Zoo Gang
''The Zoo Gang'' is a 1974 ITC Entertainment drama series that ran for six one-hour colour episodes, based on the 1971 book of the same name by Paul Gallico.
Plot
Five French Resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names (the Wo ...
'' (1974)
Music videos
* '' Michael Jackson's Thriller'' (1983)
References
External links
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1928 births
English cinematographers
2010 deaths
Film people from London
People educated at Mercers' School