American Society of Cinematographers International Achievement Award 1992
Oscar Best Cinematography "Ryan's Daughter" 1970
Oscar Best Cinematography (color) "Doctor Zhivago" 1965
Golden Globe Award Best Cinematography (color) "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962
Oscar Best Cinematography (color) "Lawrence of Arabia" 1962
1985 At age 82, directed first feature, "Arthur's Hallowed Ground"; part of producer David Puttnam's "First Love" series begun in 1983; made for British TV; received US theatrical release in 1986
1984 Final feature credit as director of photography, "Sword of the Valiant - The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight"
1979 Served as director of photography for European locations on the ABC miniseries "Ike"; shared Emmy nomination
1977 Shot the NBC TV-movie "The Man in the Iron Mask"
1976 Was cinematographer on "The Blue Bird", directed by George Cukor; first joint US-USSR production
1974 Shot the NBC TV-movie "Great Expectations"
1971 Received fifth and last Academy Award nomination for work on the historical epic "Nicholas and Alexandra"
1970 Garnered third Oscar for his cinematography for "Ryan's Daughter"; final collaboration with David Lean
1967 Served as cinematographer for the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"
1965 Earned second Academy Award for his luscious work on Lean's "Doctor Zhivago"
1962 First of five features with David Lean as director, the epic "Lawrence of Arabia"; received first Oscar for Best Cinematography
1960 Early TV credit, the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" production of "Macbeth"; released theatrically in 1963
1959 Left MGM to freelance
1956 With Russell Harlan, shared duties as director of photography on "Lust for Life"
1952 Earned initial Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography for "Ivanhoe"
1949 Became chief cinematographer for MGM-British
1946 Shot "Caesar and Cleopatra"
1941 Shot "49th Parallel" for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger; edited by Lean
1939 "Nurse Edith Cavell" marked last collaboration with Wilcox
1939 Served as director of photography on "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
1938 Travelled to the USA; shot first American film, "Sixty Glorious Years" for RKO
1935 Initial screen collaboration with David Lean, "Escape Me Never", directed by Paul Czinner; Lean served as editor
1928 Joined Herbert Wilcox's company, British & Dominions
1926 First solo credit as director of photography, "Victory 1918"
1918 - 1927 Worked as camera assistant
1917 Entered films at age 15 working at Gaumont Studios; did a variety of jobs from sweeping the studios to developing film to cranking the camera
Worked briefly in a munitions factory drilling the tops of hand grenades
Was chief director of photography for Wilcox
Served as a captain with British army film unit during WWII; directed training films
