Why this filmmaker matters
Alan Hume has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Alan Hume
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1961–1988
- Known for
- Cinematographer
The essay
Reading Alan Hume
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Legacy
Hume set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Best known for
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Complete credits
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
Michael G. Wilson
Executive Producer
6 shared titles · Octopussy
John Cleese
Actor
4 shared titles · A Fish Called Wanda
Roger Moore
Actor
3 shared titles · Octopussy
John Glen
Director
3 shared titles · Octopussy
Albert R. Broccoli
Producer
3 shared titles · Octopussy
Tom Pevsner
Producer
3 shared titles · Octopussy
Richard Maibaum
Screenplay
3 shared titles · Octopussy
George Lucas
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · Return of the Jedi
Michael Gothard
Actor
2 shared titles · For Your Eyes Only
John Barry
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Octopussy
Richard Marquand
Director
2 shared titles · Eye of the Needle
Charles Crichton
Director
2 shared titles · A Fish Called Wanda
Genre profile
- Action6
- Adventure6
- Thriller5
- Science Fiction3
- Drama2
- Comedy2
- Crime2
- Mystery2
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1961–1988
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.6
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0