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Jack Hildyard
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Film & TV
London, England
Jack Hildyard (17 March 1908 – 5 September 1990) was a British cinematographer. He made several films with David Lean, including The Sound Barrier (1952), Hobson's Choice (1954), and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Known for
- The Making of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' — Self (archive footage)2000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jack
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- cinematographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Interviewing Academy Award Winner DP Jack Hildyard on location in Rome filming 'Lion of the Desert' in 1979, Photo Credit - David Farrel (cropped).png
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- date of birth
- 1908-03-17
- date of death
- 1990-09-05
- member of
- British Society of Cinematographers
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography
- name in native language
- Jack Hildyard
- Commons category
- Jack Hildyard
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