Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher
Born(1926-06-23)23 June 1926
Died2 December 2014(2014-12-02) (aged 88)
OccupationCinematographer
Spouse
Jean Hawkins
(m. 1951; died 2014)

Gerry Fisher, B.S.C. (23 June 1926 – 2 December 2014) was an English cinematographer.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in London in 1926.[3] Early employment by Kodak and De Havilland Aircraft was followed by service in the Royal Navy during WW II. Fisher then worked as a clapper boy at Alliance Riverside Studios, Twickenham, and as assistant cameraman on documentaries for Wessex Films, before becoming a Focus puller at Shepperton Studios.[2] After years in this capacity on films such as An Inspector Calls (1954), he was promoted to camera operator on Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), before finally becoming director of photography on Joseph Losey's Accident (1967).[1] He collaborated with Losey on a further seven films, including The Go-Between in 1971.[2] In 1976 Fisher was nominated for the Best Cinematography Award by the British Society of Cinematographers, for Aces High, and in 1977 was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the same film.[4] In 1977 he was nominated in the César Awards for Best Cinematography for Monsieur Klein.[2]

The film directors Fisher frequently collaborated with included Losey, Tony Richardson, Sidney Lumet, John Huston, William Peter Blatty, John Frankenheimer and, latterly, Michael Ritchie.

Fisher and his wife retired to The Film and Television Charity's Glebelands Care Home at Wokingham in Berkshire. He died on 2 December 2014, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in nearby Reading, at the age of 88.[5][6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director
1967 Accident Joseph Losey
The Mikado Stuart Burge
1968 Sebastian[a] David Greene
Interlude Kevin Billington
Amsterdam Affair Gerry O'Hara
Secret Ceremony Joseph Losey
The Sea Gull Sidney Lumet
1969 Hamlet Tony Richardson
1970 Ned Kelly
Macho Callahan Bernard L. Kowalski
All the Right Noises Gerry O'Hara
1971 The Go-Between Joseph Losey
See No Evil Richard Fleischer
Man in the Wilderness Richard C. Sarafian
Malpertuis Harry Kümel
1972 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Lionel Jeffries
1973 The Offence Sidney Lumet
Bequest to the Nation James Cellan Jones
A Doll's House Joseph Losey
1974 Butley Harold Pinter
S*P*Y*S Irvin Kershner
Juggernaut Richard Lester
1975 Brannigan Douglas Hickox
Dogpound Shuffle Jeffrey Bloom
The Romantic Englishwoman Joseph Losey
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Gene Wilder
1976 Aces High Jack Gold
Monsieur Klein Joseph Losey
1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau Don Taylor
The Last Remake of Beau Geste Marty Feldman
1978 Roads to the South Joseph Losey
Fedora Billy Wilder
1979 Wise Blood John Huston
Don Giovanni Joseph Losey
1980 The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty
1981 Rends-moi la clé! Gérard Pirès
Escape to Victory John Huston
Wolfen Michael Wadleigh
1982 Un matin rouge Jean-Jacques Aublanc
1983 Lovesick Marshall Brickman
Yellowbeard Mel Damski
Les mots pour le dire José Pinheiro
1985 The Holcroft Covenant John Frankenheimer
1986 Highlander Russell Mulcahy
1987 Man on Fire Élie Chouraqui
Orn Fred de Fooko
1988 Running on Empty Sidney Lumet
1989 Dead Bang John Frankenheimer
Black Rainbow Mike Hodges
1990 The Fourth War John Frankenheimer
The Exorcist III William Peter Blatty
1991 Company Business Nicholas Meyer
1992 Diggstown Michael Ritchie
1994 Cops and Robbersons
1996 When Saturday Comes Maria Giese
1997 K Alexandre Arcady
1999 Furia Alexandre Aja
  1. ^ Also credited as producer

Short film

Year Title Director
1972 The Man and the Snake Sture Rydman
1981 Le physique et le figuré Serge Gainsbourg

Television

Year Title Director Notes
1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Jack Gold Episode "Conflict" (aka "Catholics")
1994 Dandelion Dead Mike Hodges Miniseries

TV movies

Year Title Director
1984 Samson and Delilah Lee Philips
1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Michael Ritchie

Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards

Year Award Title Result
1971 Best Cinematography The Go-Between Nominated
1976 Aces High Nominated

British Society of Cinematographers

Year Award Title Result
1976 Best Cinematography Aces High Nominated
2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Won

César Awards

Year Award Title Result
1976 Best Cinematography Monsieur Klein Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b "Gerry Fisher". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gerry Fisher - obituary". 18 October 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Ann; Graham Fuller; Arnold Desser (1983). The Illustrated who's who of the cinema. Orbis Publishing. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85613-521-7.
  4. ^ Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.
  5. ^ "Gerry Fisher BSC 1926 - 2014". Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Gerry Fisher: Prolific cinematographer who worked with some of the". 20 February 2015.