Paul Beeson

Paul Antonio C. Beeson ( born November 16, 1921 in London, England; † July 19, 2001 in Chiltern, England ) was a British cinematographer.

Life

Beeson came in 1937 at the Ealing Studios, where he made his debut as a second camera assistant under the cinematographer Ronald Neame at I See Ice. Until 1941, he was drafted, Beeson took part in seven Neame films.

After his discharge from the military service he was employed in 1947 as a simple regular cameraman ( camera operator ). After Beeson had already shot several sequences for films under our sole responsibility, for example in 1951 after the failure of malaria-related cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth in Black Ivory, he began to work at the west Zanzibar first time in 1953 was Chief Director of Photography. Beeson often photographed in exotic international locations, particularly in Africa and Australia, playing adventure strips and war films, since the late 1950s also often Disney productions.

In the 1960s, Beeson was also a cameraman additional images - so-called additional photography - with elaborate Hollywood films such as The Sound of Music - My Dreams or hands off, called in by my wife. In the early 1980s, Beeson was mainly chief cameraman for second-unit teams of large-scale U.S. productions that were made ​​partly with British participation.

Filmography (selection)

From 1953 was Chief Director of Photography