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John Wilcox

Camera
1905(UK)-1979
John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman. In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working relationship with horror director Freddie Francis, and they worked together on horror classics such as The Skull, Hysteria, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Deadly Bees, The Ghoul, and Legend of the Werewolf. As director of second camera units he worked on films such as The Third Man, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale and The Eagle Has Landed.

Participates in

  • The Evil of Frankenstein
  • Terror of Frankenstein
  • The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires
  • Dr. Who and the Daleks
  • The Mouse That Roared
  • Summer Holiday
  • The Cockleshell Heroes
  • Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
  • Nightmare
  • Hysteria
  • Hell Below Zero
  • April in Portugal
  • The Guns of Navarone
  • The Black Knight
  • Legend of the Werewolf
  • Mr. Denning Drives North
  • The Red Beret
  • Harry Black and the Tiger
  • The Ghoul
  • The Third Man
  • Carve Her Name with Pride
  • The Skull
  • Shatter
  • Some People
  • Who Goes There!
  • The Last Valley
  • Judith
  • The Eagle Has Landed
  • Au Pair Girls
  • Outcast of the Islands
  • The New Lot
  • Zarak
  • Light Up the Sky!
  • Safari
  • A Touch of Larceny
  • Steptoe & Son
  • Mr. Topaze
  • Connecting Rooms
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • Craze
  • The Psychopath
  • Expresso Bongo
  • The King's Breakfast
  • 633 Squadron
  • The Chairman
  • The Deadly Bees
  • Waltz of the Toreadors
  • Only Two Can Play