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Basil Emmott

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English cinematographer (1894–1976)

Film & TV

Kennington, London, England, UK

Basil Emmott (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson. Emmott…

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Instance of
human
Given name
Basil
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
London
Place of death
Eastbourne
Occupation
cinematographer
Languages spoken
English language
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date of birth
1894-07-05
date of death
1976-01-23
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