Why this filmmaker matters
Douglas Slocombe has 0 features photographed in the Nutevio catalogue.
Performer
Douglas Slocombe
Cinematographer in the Nutevio catalogue.
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1945–1989
- Known for
- Cinematographer
The essay
Reading Douglas Slocombe
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Signature style
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, 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
Slocombe 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.
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Frequent collaborators
Canonical people credited alongside this name across multiple titles.
George Lucas
Executive Producer
6 shared titles · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Steven Spielberg
Director
5 shared titles · Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Norman Jewison
Director
5 shared titles · Jesus Christ Superstar
Roman Polanski
Actor
4 shared titles · The Fearless Vampire Killers
John Williams
Original Music Composer
4 shared titles · Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Michael Kahn
Editor
4 shared titles · Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Michael Balcon
Producer
4 shared titles · The Man in the White Suit
Alec Guinness
Actor
3 shared titles · The Man in the White Suit
Harrison Ford
Actor
3 shared titles · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Robert Hamer
Director
3 shared titles · Kind Hearts and Coronets
Joan Greenwood
Actor
2 shared titles · The Man in the White Suit
Genre profile
- Drama5
- Comedy5
- Thriller4
- Action4
- Horror3
- Science Fiction3
- Crime3
- Adventure3
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Quick facts
- Born
- Unknown
- Active
- 1945–1989
- Features photographed
- 0
- In the Nutevio catalogue
- Known for
- Cinematographer
- photographed score
- 6.7
- Nutevio editorial metric
- Collection appearances
- 0
- Across the library
- Films rated 8+
- 0