Ernest Day

Ernest Day (April 15, 1927 - November 16, 2006) was a cinematographer and camera operator.^[1]

Biography

Early Career

Day initially worked as a clapper loader for various movies from 1944 to 1948, then as a focus puller for 1949 to 1950.

Camera Work

He was a cameraman for the British film Commando, released in 1955. He continued this through 1976, when he contributed notably to American films Exodus (1960), Lord Jim (1965), Davey Major Roads' (1969), Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), as well as three films by David Lean. His last film as a cameraman was released in 1988.

Cinematography

As a cinematographer, he has worked on fourteen feature films, the first of which was Peter Collinson's British film The Long Day's Dying, released in 1968. He also worked on Bob Balaban's Parents (with Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt), released in 1989. Some other notable films include Curse of the Pink Panther (1978), David Lean's A Passage to India (1984), and Superman 4 (1987).

Director of Photography

Additionally, Day served as a director of photography for multiple TV movies between 1983 and 1994.

Day also directed television episodes, such as the episode Bowler Hat and Leather Boots (1977) of the British The New Avengers (TV series) television program and an episode of The Professionals (1978). He also directed the TV movies The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Rambo 3 (1988), among others.

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