Ernest Steward

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(11 September 1910 or 8 January 1914 – 8 April 1990)BFI Database: Ernest Steward
Retrieved 2012-12-12 was a British

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...

. Born in

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, he began his career – as with most cinematographers of his era – as a

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. His early credits in this field included ''

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'' (1946) and ''

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'' (1948). As Director of Photography, he filmed mostly light-hearted comedies. He made several for producer

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, including the ''Doctor'' films, based on the books by Richard Gordon, ''

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'' (1958) and '' The 39 Steps'' (1959). He was cinematographer for the ''

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'' comedy series, beginning with ''

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'' in 1958, eventually alternating with

Alan Hume Alan Hume, (16 October 1924 – 13 July 2010) was an English cinematographer. Life and career Hume arrived at Denham Film Studios in 1942, and worked for Cineguild Productions during the late 1940s. His early credits, prior to being called up t ...

as regular DoP. Between 1950 and 1971 he was the cinematographer on practically all the films directed by

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, a total of 32 productions, and others, too, such as ''

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'' (1961), and '' Seven Keys'' (1962). Steward also worked on TV, on such series as '' The Human Jungle'', '' The Avengers'', '' The New Avengers'' and '' The Professionals''.

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Interview British Entertainment History Project 1990 deaths British cinematographers Year of birth uncertain {{cinematographer-stub