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Ernest Day

Cinematographer / Film Director | * 04/15/1927 († 79, 11/16/2006) | Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Ernest Day, B.S.C. (15 April 1927 - 16 November 2006) was a British cinematographer and director of film and television, known for his collaborations with David Lean and Lewis Gilbert. He spent the majority of his career as a camera operator, often referred to Lean as his "eyes", and was the first British cameraman to operate a 70mm film camera. He was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Lean's final film A Passage to India (1984). ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Adventure | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the ...

Moonraker

PG

1979 | 3.1/5 | 2h 6min
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
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With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the M ...

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

PG

1987 | 2.3/5 | 1h 30min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No ...

Mission: Impossible

PG-13

1996 | 3.5/5 | 1h 50min
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappeari ...

The Spy Who Loved Me

PG

1977 | 3.4/5 | 2h 5min
Adventure, Action, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for Ernest Day

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
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Movies with Ernest Day as Crew(37)

Directing/Second Unit Director1996 Mission: Impossible
Camera/Director of Photography1990 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Camera/Director of Photography1989 Parents
Camera/Director of Photography1988 Burning Secret
Camera/Director of Photography1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Camera/Director of Photography1986 As Summers Die
Camera/Camera Operator1985 Deceptions
Camera/Director of Photography1984 A Passage to India
Directing/Director1982 Waltz Across Texas
Camera/Director of Photography1981 Sphinx
Directing/Director1981 Green Ice
Camera/Director of Photography1978 Revenge of the Pink Panther
Camera/Director of Photography1976 The Song Remains the Same
Camera/Camera Operator1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Camera/Camera Operator1974 Juggernaut
Camera/Director of Photography1974 Visit to a Chief's Son
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Made
Camera/Camera Operator1971 A Clockwork Orange
Camera/Camera Operator1970 Ryan's Daughter
Camera/Director of Photography1968 The Long Day's Dying
Camera/Camera Operator1967 The Comedians
Camera/Camera Operator1965 Doctor Zhivago
Camera/Camera Operator1965 Lord Jim
Camera/Camera Operator1965 She
Camera/Camera Operator1963 Tarzan's Three Challenges
Camera/Camera Operator1962 Lawrence of Arabia
Camera/Camera Operator1961 The Secret Partner
Camera/Camera Operator1960 Exodus
Camera/Camera Operator1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro
Camera/Camera Operator1958 Intent to Kill
Camera/Camera Operator1958 Tank Force!
Camera/Camera Operator1958 The Secret Man
Camera/Camera Operator1957 High Flight
Camera/Camera Operator1957 Fire Down Below
Camera/Camera Operator1956 Odongo
Camera/Camera Operator1956 The Gamma People
Camera/Focus Puller1950 Your Witness

TV Shows/Series with Ernest Day as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1977 The Professionals
Directing/Director1976 The New Avengers

Full Name: Ernest Day
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 04/15 1927 (April) in Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 11/16 2006 (November) in Surrey (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Other names for Ernest Day (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ernie Day"
Ernest Day frequently works together with these people:
Cliff Richardson (8x, Crew)
David Lean (7x, Crew)
Blake Edwards (7x, Crew)
John Box (7x, Crew)
Albert R. Broccoli (6x, Crew)
John Gilling (6x, Crew)
Brian Clemens (6x, Crew)
Ted Moore (5x, Crew)
Henry Mancini (5x, Crew)
Maurice Jarre (5x, Crew)
Pamela Davies (5x, Crew)
Douglas Twiddy (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:617556, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 04/14/2024