Occupation Cinematographer | Name Ronnie Taylor | |
Full Name Ronald Josiah Taylor Born 27 October 1924 (age 100) ( 1924-10-27 ) Hampstead, London, England, UK | ||
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Ronald Josiah "Ronnie" Taylor (born 27 October 1924) is a retired British cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Richard Attenborough and Dario Argento. Throughout his career, he was nominated for two BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography and won an Academy Award for his work on Gandhi (1982), sharing it with Billy Williams.
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Taylor was born in Hampstead, London and joined the film industry at the age of nineteen, working for Gainsborough Pictures at Lime Grove in Shepherds Bush. Taylor's first film was as a clapper boy on The Young Mr Pitt (1942). That same year he entered the Armed Forces and after the end of the Second World War returned to the film industry. He became a camera operator and went on to become a director of photography, winning an Oscar for Gandhi (1982). Taylor's final film was the Dario Argento-directed giallo film Sleepless (2001), after which he retired to Spain.
He is featured in the book Conversations with Cinematographers by David A Ellis, published by Scarecrow Press.