Chris Menges

Chris Menges

As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant editor and camera operator and even worked as a sound recordist several times, before working his way up to director of photography. Menges had his first real break as a documentary cameraperson and editor in the 1960s and 1970s, traveling wherever there was war and insurrection - Burma, Angola, Vietnam and Tibet - while working with filmmaker Adrian Cowell. Once he made the permanent jump to feature films in the 1980s, Menges developed a style as a cinematographer that never overwhelmed audiences with gaudy colors or outlandish camera moves In fact, Menges understood the oft-accepted theory that color could be less realistic than black and white, because it focused the audience away from emotion to an object. Menges' work was defined by a low-key naturalism, plain composition, and a mix of lenses to tug at the audience at the appropriate moments, which helped him craft memorable images in several award-winning films, including "The Killing Fields" (1984), "Michael Collins" (1996) and "The Reader" (2008). IMDb mini bio by yusufpiskin

  • Title: Chris Menges
  • Popularity: 1.706
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1940-09-15
  • Place of Birth: Kington, Herefordshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Christopher J. Menges, Christopher Menges
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Chris Menges Movies

  • 2010
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    Making Kes

    Making Kes

    1 2010 HD

    A documentary on the making of Kes, produced by the Criterion Collection.

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  • 1983
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    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

    The South Bank Show: 'Local Hero'

    1 1983 HD

    A documentary about the making of Bill Forsyth's 1983 film "Local Hero."

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  • 2012
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    Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

    Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

    1 2012 HD

    A documentary shot on the set of "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" by Cedric Brelet von Sydow.

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  • 2016
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    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

    6.6 2016 HD

    A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as...

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  • 1985
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    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

    1 1985 HD

    A look at the career of Oscar-winning cameraman Chris Menges. Filmed on location of 'Comfort and Joy'. Chris Menges discusses his early career in...

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  • 2006
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    Notes on a Scandal

    Notes on a Scandal

    7.1 2006 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Killing Fields

    The Killing Fields

    7.472 1984 HD

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  • 1996
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    Michael Collins

    Michael Collins

    6.9 1996 HD

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  • 2002
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    Dirty Pretty Things

    Dirty Pretty Things

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 1983
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    Local Hero

    Local Hero

    6.716 1983 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Pledge

    The Pledge

    6.5 2001 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Good Thief

    The Good Thief

    6.1 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Lost Son

    The Lost Son

    6.3 1999 HD

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  • 1986
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    The Mission

    The Mission

    7.4 1986 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

    7.03 2005 HD

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  • 2008
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    The Reader

    The Reader

    7.476 2008 HD

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  • 2005
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    North Country

    North Country

    7.2 2005 HD

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  • 2008
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    Stop-Loss

    Stop-Loss

    6.1 2008 HD

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  • 2004
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    Criminal

    Criminal

    6.2 2004 HD

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  • 1988
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    A World Apart

    A World Apart

    6.2 1988 HD

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  • 1992
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    CrissCross

    CrissCross

    6.3 1992 HD

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  • 1994
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    Second Best

    Second Best

    6.7 1994 HD

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  • 2011
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    Route Irish

    Route Irish

    6.1 2011 HD

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  • 1987
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    High Season

    High Season

    5.6 1987 HD

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  • 2013
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    Hummingbird

    Hummingbird

    6.2 2013 HD

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  • 1982
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    Angel

    Angel

    5.6 1982 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Save the Children Fund Film

    The Save the Children Fund Film

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Red and the Blue

    The Red and the Blue

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1981
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    A Question of Leadership

    A Question of Leadership

    3 1981 HD

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  • 1980
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    Auditions

    Auditions

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    Looks and Smiles

    Looks and Smiles

    6.7 1981 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Gamekeeper

    The Gamekeeper

    5.6 1980 HD

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  • 1985
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    Which Side Are You On?

    Which Side Are You On?

    6.5 1985 HD

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  • 1986
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    Fatherland

    Fatherland

    6.2 1986 HD

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  • 1968
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    if....

    if....

    7.1 1968 HD

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  • 2005
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    Tickets

    Tickets

    6.4 2005 HD

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  • 2002
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    Dirty Pretty Things

    Dirty Pretty Things

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 1970
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    Loving Memory

    Loving Memory

    5.6 1970 HD

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  • 1982
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    Warlords of the 21st Century

    Warlords of the 21st Century

    4.6 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    Shy People

    Shy People

    6.5 1987 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Boxer

    The Boxer

    6.7 1997 HD

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  • 1980
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    Bloody Kids

    Bloody Kids

    6.2 1980 HD

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  • 1963
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    The War Game

    The War Game

    6 1963 HD

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  • 1979
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    A Sense of Freedom

    A Sense of Freedom

    6.4 1979 HD

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  • 1983
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    R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

    R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

    7 1983 HD

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  • 2010
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    London Boulevard

    London Boulevard

    5.893 2010 HD

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  • 1982
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    Made in Britain

    Made in Britain

    6.9 1982 HD

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  • 1971
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    After a Lifetime

    After a Lifetime

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Gumshoe

    Gumshoe

    6.3 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    Kes

    Kes

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    Winter Flight

    Winter Flight

    10 1984 HD

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  • 1977
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    Last Summer

    Last Summer

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1984
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    Comfort and Joy

    Comfort and Joy

    6.6 1984 HD

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  • 1974
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    Israel: After the Earthquake

    Israel: After the Earthquake

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1966
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    Raid Into Tibet

    Raid Into Tibet

    6 1966 HD

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  • 1979
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    Black Jack

    Black Jack

    7 1979 HD

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  • 1980
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    Babylon

    Babylon

    6.8 1980 HD

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  • 1968
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    Solo

    Solo

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1966
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    A Boy Called Donovan

    A Boy Called Donovan

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1977
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    Dummy

    Dummy

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1975
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    It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

    It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

    8 1975 HD

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  • 1982
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    Walter

    Walter

    5.1 1982 HD

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  • 1983
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    Walter and June

    Walter and June

    7 1983 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Tribe That Hides from Man

    The Tribe That Hides from Man

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2013
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    Hummingbird

    Hummingbird

    6.2 2013 HD

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  • 2015
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    Ex Machina

    Ex Machina

    7.572 2015 HD

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  • 2019
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    Waiting for the Barbarians

    Waiting for the Barbarians

    5.931 2019 HD

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  • 2011
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    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

    Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

    7 2011 HD

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  • 1971
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    Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

    6 1971 HD

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  • 1967
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    Poor Cow

    Poor Cow

    6.5 1967 HD

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  • 1985
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    Marie: A True Story

    Marie: A True Story

    5.526 1985 HD

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  • 2009
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    The Yellow Handkerchief

    The Yellow Handkerchief

    6.3 2009 HD

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  • 2003
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    Concert for George

    Concert for George

    8.1 2003 HD

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  • 1974
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    Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Guldbagge Awards

    The Guldbagge Awards

    5.5 1981 HD

    The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a...

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  • 1970
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    The Guldbagge Awards

    The Guldbagge Awards

    1 1970 HD

    History of the narcotics trade in Burma and the War on Drugs. In 1964, director Adrian Cowell and cameraman Chris Menges went to mountainous eastern...

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