The Storyteller Clapperboard / Richard Greatrex BSC The Storyteller Clapperboard / Richard Greatrex BSC BY: David A. Ellis Award-winning cinematographer Richard Greatrex BSC, now an honoury member of the BSC and these days a dedicated stills photographer, was responsible for the look of dozens of films, including Mrs Brown (1997), Flawless (2007), A Knight’s Tale … Read more
A large congregation – including cinematographers, actors, studio, post-house and laboratory heads, former colleagues, as well as family and friends – gathered at St Peters Church, Rickmansworth, on 14th February 2017 to celebrate the life of Roger Sapsford, who passed away on 16th January. One of the industry’s great characters, Sapsford started in the industry … Read more
Passion Player Clapperboard / Philip Sindall Passion Player Clapperboard / Philip Sindall BY: David A. Ellis Camera operator Philip Sindall was born in London in 1953. As a young child his parents bought him a simple stills camera. Before long he was mixing up chemicals in his mother’s kitchen and using it as a darkroom, … Read more