Ted Moore, (7 August 1914 – 1987) was a South African-British

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known for his work on seven of the

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films in the 1960s and early 1970s. He won the

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for his work on

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's '' A Man for All Seasons,'' and two BAFTA Awards for Best Cinematography for ''A Man for All Seasons'' and ''From Russia with Love''.

Biography

Born in

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, Moore moved to

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at the age of sixteen, where from 1942 he served in the

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during

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. As a qualified pilot, he flew as a cameraman in DH Mosquitoes with the "Pinewood Military Film Unit" filming their bomber operations(2). During the war he joined the film unit and began honing his craft. After serving as a camera operator on such films as '' The African Queen'', and the Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's

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'' The Red Beret'', ''

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'', and '' The Black Knight'', he was given the cinematography job for 1956's '' High Flight'', set among a familiar scene for Moore, the Royal Air Force. He worked on other Warwick Films, such as ''

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'', '' Zarak'', ''

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'' and '' No Time to Die'', as well as their more high-minded 1960 production ''

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''. In

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Broccoli and director Terence Young chose him as the cinematographer for an adaptation of Ian Fleming's '' Dr. No''. Moore would go on to make another six Bond films; '' From Russia with Love'' (for which he won a BAFTA award), '' Goldfinger'', and '' Thunderball''. Moore also photographed the non Bond

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film '' Call Me Bwana'' and When

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left the film series, Moore was cinematographer on ''

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''. He returned to Eon Productions for '' Diamonds Are Forever'', '' Live and Let Die'', and portions of '' The Man with the Golden Gun'', on which he was replaced due to illness by Oswald Morris. In addition, Moore won a BAFTA and an Oscar for his camerawork for

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's Best Picture, '' A Man for All Seasons'', becoming the first South African to win an

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. He also worked on the 1962 cult classic ''

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'', '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'', '' The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'', ''

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'', and '' Clash of the Titans''. Moore died in 1987.

Filmography

* '' April in Portugal'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1955) * '' The Gamma People'' (1955) * '' Odongo'' (1956) * '' Zarak'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1957) * '' How to Murder a Rich Uncle'' (1957) * '' High Flight'' (1957) * '' No Time to Die'' (1958) * '' The Man Inside'' (1958) * '' Idol on Parade'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) * '' Killers of Kilimanjaro'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1960) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1960) * ''

'' (1960) * '' In the Nick'' (1960) * ''

'' (1961) * '' The Hellions'' (1961) * '' Mix Me a Person'' (1962) * '' Dr. No'' (1962) * ''

'' (1962) * ''

Nine Hours to Rama ''Nine Hours to Rama'' is 1963 British-American neo noir crime film directed by Mark Robson, that follows a fictionalised Nathuram Godse in the hours before he assassinated the Indian independence leader, Gandhi, and police attempts to preven ...

'' (1963) * '' Call Me Bwana'' (1963) * '' From Russia with Love'' (1963) * '' Goldfinger'' (1964) * '' The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders'' (1965) * '' Thunderball'' (1965) * '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) * '' The Last Safari'' (1967) * '' Prudence and the Pill'' (1968) * ''

'' (1968) * '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie'' (1969) * '' The Chairman'' (1969) (uncredited) * '' Country Dance'' (1970) * ''

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'' (1971) * '' Diamonds Are Forever'' (1971) * '' Psychomania'' (1973) * '' Live and Let Die'' (1973) * '' The Golden Voyage of Sinbad'' (1974) * '' The Story of Jacob and Joseph'' (1974) (television film) * '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) * '' Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'' (1977) * ''

'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1980) (miniseries; 3 episodes) * '' Clash of the Titans'' (1981) * '' Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story'' (1982) (television film) * ''

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'' (1981)

Awards and nominations

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** ''A Man for All Seasons'' (won)

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** ''From Russia with Love'' (won) ** ''A Man for All Seasons'' (won)

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** ''From Russia with Love'' (won)

References

2. "Mosquitopanik!", Pen and Sword, London (2004), pp. 65–66.

External links

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