Gerald Fisher, BSC (23 June 1926 – 2 December 2014) was an English cinematographer.
He was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, for The Go-Between (1971) and Aces High (1976).
Early life Fisher was born in London in 1926. Early employment by Kodak and De Havilland Aircraft was followed by service in the Royal Navy during WWII.
Career Fisher then worked as a clapper boy at Alliance Riverside Studios, Twickenham, and as assistant cameraman on documentaries for Wessex Films, before becoming a Focus puller at Shepperton Studios.
After years in this capacity on films like An Inspector Calls (1954), he was promoted to camera operator on Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), before finally becoming director of photography on Joseph Losey's Accident (1967).
Fisher collaborated with Losey on a further seven films, including The Go-Between (1971).
In 1976, Fisher was nominated for the Best Cinematography award by the British Society of Cinematographers, for Aces High, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the same film. In 1977 he was nominated in the César Awards for Best Cinematography for Monsieur Klein.Chicago Tribune. 27 November 1963. Page 25
Later life and death Fisher and his wife retired to The Film and Television Charity's Glebelands Care Home at Wokingham in Berkshire.
He died on 2 December 2014, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in nearby Reading, at the age of 88.
Filmography Film Year Title Director 1963 The V.I.P.s Anthony Asquith1967 Accident Joseph Losey The Mikado Stuart Burge1968 Sebastian David Greene Interlude Kevin Billington Amsterdam Affair Gerry O'Hara Secret Ceremony Joseph Losey The Sea Gull Sidney Lumet 1969 HamletTony Richardson1970 Ned Kelly Macho Callahan Bernard L. Kowalski All the Right Noises Gerry O'Hara1971 The Go-Between Joseph Losey See No Evil Richard Fleischer Man in the Wilderness Richard C. Sarafian Malpertuis Harry Kümel 1972 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Lionel Jeffries1973 The Offence Sidney Lumet Bequest to the Nation James Cellan Jones A Doll's House Joseph Losey1974 Butley Harold Pinter S*P*Y*S Irvin Kershner Juggernaut Richard Lester1975 Brannigan Douglas Hickox Dogpound Shuffle Jeffrey Bloom The Romantic Englishwoman Joseph Losey The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother Gene Wilder1976 Aces High Jack Gold Monsieur Klein Joseph Losey1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau Don Taylor The Last Remake of Beau Geste Marty Feldman1978 Roads to the South Joseph Losey Fedora Billy Wilder1979 Wise Blood John Huston Don Giovanni Joseph Losey 1980 The Ninth Configuration William Peter Blatty1981 Gérard Pirès Escape to Victory John Huston Wolfen Michael Wadleigh 1982 Jean-Jacques Aublanc1983 Lovesick Marshall Brickman Yellowbeard Mel Damski José Pinheiro 1985 The Holcroft Covenant John Frankenheimer 1986 Highlander Russell Mulcahy1987 Man on Fire Élie Chouraqui Orn Fred de Fooko 1988 Running on Empty Sidney Lumet1989 Dead Bang John Frankenheimer Black Rainbow Mike Hodges1990 The Fourth War John Frankenheimer The Exorcist III William Peter Blatty 1991 Company Business Nicholas Meyer 1992 DiggstownMichael Ritchie 1994 Cops and Robbersons 1996 When Saturday Comes Maria Giese 1997 Alexandre Arcady 1999 Furia Alexandre Aja
Short film Year Title Director 1972 The Man and the Snake Sture Rydman 1981 Serge Gainsbourg
Television Year Title Director Notes 1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Jack Gold Episode "Conflict" (aka "Catholics") 1994 Dandelion Dead Mike Hodges Miniseries
TV movies Year Title Director 1984 Samson and Delilah Lee Philips 1993 The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom Michael Ritchie
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1971BAFTA AwardsBest Cinematography The Go-Between 1976Aces High British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography 2008Lifetime Achievement Award 1976 César Awards Best Cinematography Monsieur Klein
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interview British Entertainment History Project