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Occupation
  
Cinematographer

Years active
  
1921 – 1965


Name
  
Basil Emmott

Role
  
Cinematographer


Born
  
5 July 1894 (
1894-07-05
)
London, England

Died
  
January 23, 1976, Eastbourne, United Kingdom

Movies
  
Drifters, I Was Monty's Double, The Long Haul, Curse of the Fly, Wicked as They Come

Similar People
  
Irving Asher, John Grierson, Leslie Norman, Terence Fisher, Maurice Elvey

Basil Emmott, BSC (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 worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. Directors Emmott worked with included Michael Powell, Arthur B. Woods, Val Guest and Lance Comfort.

References

Basil Emmott Wikipedia


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