Oswald Morris, a distinguished director of photography whose work included part of one James Bond movie, has died at age 98.
Morris photographed films of various genres, according to his IMDB.COM BIO. They included Moulin Rouge, Moby Dick, A Farewell to Arms, Lolita, The Hill, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and The Man Who Would Be King.
His one Bond contribution was 1974’s The Man With The Golden Gun, the second Roger Moore 007 film.
Morris was hired to replace Ted Moore, who had fallen ill after completing location shooting in the Far East. Morris took over photography of the interiors. That included the scenes at the “fun house” of assassin Francisco Scaramanga, which the assassin uses for training. In the John Cork-directed documentary Inside The Man With the Golden Gun, Morris commented shooting on the set with its many mirrors was “a pain in the butt” to photograph. Morris also had tight deadlines to meet Christmas 1974 release dates.
Neither Morris nor Ted Moore would return to the 007 series. Morris won an Oscar (for Fiddler On The Roof) and was nominated for two others, ACCORDING TO IMDB.COM
You can CLICK HERE to read an obituary by The Hollywood Reporter, HERE for Variety.com’s obit and HERE one by The Guardian.
Filed under: James Bond Films | Tagged: James Bond Films, John Cork, Oswald Morris, Roger Moore, Ted Moore, The Man with the Golden Gun |
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Oswald Morris was the first cinematographer I interviewed. He was a great cinematographer and a lovely man. I spoke to him many times, and he was always happy to talk about job he loved.
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