Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher
Born	June 23, 1926 London, England
Died	December 2, 2014 (aged 88) Reading, Berkshire, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	cinematographer

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

Biography

He was born in London in 1926.^[1] 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.^[2] In 1977 he was nominated in the César Awards for Best Cinematography for Monsieur Klein.

Fisher died on 2 December 2014, at his home in Reading, at the age of 88.^[3][4]

Filmography

(as Cinematographer unless stated otherwise)

• Highlander
• Sebastian
• Accident
• Man in the Wilderness
• A Doll's House
• Aces High
• Running on Empty
• Escape to Victory
• Yellowbeard
• Wolfen
• The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
• When Saturday Comes
• Lovesick
• Wise Blood
• Butley
• S*P*Y*S
• The Island of Dr. Moreau
• Don Giovanni
• The Go-Between
• Interlude
• Fedora
• The Offence
• The Holcrost Covenant
• Dead Bang
• The Romantic Englishwoman
• Diggstown
• The Deep Blue Sea (as assistant camera)
• Ned Kelly
• The Ninth Configuration
• The Exorcist III
• Monsieur Klein
• The Sea Gull

References

1. 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.
2. Mayer, Geoff (2003). Guide to British cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-313-30307-4.
3. http://www.imago.org/index.php/news/item/313-gerry-fisher-bsc-1926-2014.html
4. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerry-fisher-prolific-cinematographer-who-worked-with-some-of-the-finest-directors-of-his-day--most-profitably-joseph-losey-10060552.html

External links

• Gerry Fisher at the Internet Movie Database