Douglas Milsome

Douglas Milsome BSC, ASC (born 1939) is an English cinematographer. A former camera operator for John Alcott on films like A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, Milsome became a collaborator with director Stanley Kubrick following Alcott's death in 1986. His filmography includes numerous genre films including Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Highlander: Endgame, Dungeons & Dragons, and Dracula III: Legacy. He has also worked with Jean-Claude Van Damme on films such as Legionnaire and The Hard Corps.

Biography

Milsome was born in Hammersmith, London, England, in 1939.

Sometimes credited as Doug Milsome, perhaps his most-widely seen work is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He collaborated with Stanley Kubrick and John Alcott in the 1970s, as camera operator and second-unit photographer, and became Kubrick's director of photography for Full Metal Jacket. Known for his mastery of difficult focus techniques, tested especially with the idiosyncratic lenses used on Barry Lyndon to film scenes by candlelight, he was consulted for Kubrick's final project, Eyes Wide Shut.^[1]

Milsome has gravitated toward genres such as science fiction and fantasy, where he is known for his brooding style. He is member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.

His son, Mark Milsome (1963–2017), was also a camera operator, and was killed during a shoot.^[2] At the inquest, the coroner ruled it an "accidental death".^[3]

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

Camera Operator/Assistant

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)
The Shining (1980)
Ragtime (1981)
Yentl (1983)
A View to a Kill (1985)
Highlander (1986)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

References

^ Lennon, Peter (8 March 1999). "Visions of heaven and hell". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (20 November 2017). "Camera Operator Mark Milsome Dies Filming Stunt On BBC/Netflix Drama; Production Shut Down – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ Ward, Victoria (23 October 2020). "Producers on BBC drama failed to manage stunt that led to cameraman death, coroner rules". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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[1] Lennon, Peter (8 March 1999). "Visions of heaven and hell". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 February 2011.

[2] Tartaglione, Nancy (20 November 2017). "Camera Operator Mark Milsome Dies Filming Stunt On BBC/Netflix Drama; Production Shut Down – Update". Deadline. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

[3] Ward, Victoria (23 October 2020). "Producers on BBC drama failed to manage stunt that led to cameraman death, coroner rules". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 24 October 2020.

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