Michael Reed

Nascimento : 1929-07-07,

Filmes

Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Wild Geese II
Cinematography
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Kim
Director of Photography
A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.
Loophole
Director of Photography
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Leopard in the Snow
Director of Photography
A tender romance develops between an attractive young woman and a famous race car driver who lives incognito after supposedly being killed in an auto accident.
The Passage
Director of Photography
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
A Batalha da Vingança
Director of Photography
Aventureiro americano e rico inglês que se juntam para destruir um navio de guerra alemão antes da Primeira Guerra Mundial.
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Director of Photography
Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying him as two distinct characters, a public self (Donal McCann) and a private self (Des Cave).
Galileu
Director of Photography
Challenged by a new student, tutor and theorist Galileo co-opts emerging telescope technology and discovers irrefutable proof of the heretical notion that the earth is not the center of the universe. But in a rigid society ruled by an uneasy alliance of aristocracy and clergy already undermined by the Plague and the Reformation, science is a threat and enlightenment is a luxury. Faced with either death at the hands of the Inquisition or recantation to a hypocritical but all-powerful Papacy, Galileo must choose between his own life and the restless scientific curiosity that he has spurned family, friends, and wealth to pursue.
O Assalariado
Director of Photography
A britânica Lady Franklin, sofrendo de depressão desencadeada pela morte de seu marido, recebe alta para ir pra casa. Ainda se recuperando, desenvolve uma relação de amizade com seu motorista Ledbetter (incomum na alta sociedade britânica), o único que lhe ouve e responde com afeto. Mas essa relação, e consequente amor, pode não se sustentar com a presença do capitão Hugh Cantrip, um antigo conhecido de seu finado marido.
Conspiração Infernal
Director of Photography
A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he's been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission.
É Proibido Procriar
Director of Photography
Em um futuro não muito distante, um governo terrestre muito poluído e superpovoado torna ilegal ter filhos por uma geração. Um casal, insatisfeito com seu bebê robô substituto, quebra as regras e se envolve em muitos problemas. Z.P.G. é o acrônimo de "Crescimento Populacional Zero".
Águias em Duelo
Cinematography
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
Águias em Duelo
Camera Operator
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
Só os Valentes Voltaram
Director of Photography
Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, os prisioneiros de guerra alemães na Grã-Bretanha conspiram para escapar de seu campo de prisioneiros na Escócia. Nos últimos dias da Segunda Guerra Mundial, prisioneiros alemães protestaram em um campo de prisioneiros na Escócia. Com medo de uma tentativa de fuga em massa, o exército britânico envia um capitão irlandês pouco ortodoxo, na esperança de descobrir exatamente o que está acontecendo. O irlandês entra imediatamente em conflito com o prisioneiro sênior, um comandante do U-boat, e os dois devem se entender, sabendo que apenas um sairá vitorioso. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
007 - Ao Serviço de Sua Majestade
Director of Photography
Após impedir o suicídio de uma jovem numa praia portuguesa, Bond recebe uma proposta do pai dela: ele tem informações sobre como chegar até Blofeld, líder da SPECTRE, mas só lhas dá se o agente se casar com ela. E se inicialmente era um acordo por interesse, Bond rapidamente aprende a amá-la à medida que esta o ajuda a lutar contra o vilão, que planeia ameaçar a Humanidade com um vírus.
Guns in the Heather
Director of Photography
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
The Fiction Makers
Director of Photography
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.
Slave Girls
Director of Photography
Leader of a tribe of amazon women, Queen Kari, has vanquished a rival tribe and rules them with savage ruthlessness and cruel arrogance. A hunter stumbles onto the enclave and falls for one of the slaves, so unleashing the anger and envy of the possessive, sadistic Queen.
A Ghost of a Chance
Cinematography
Three children try to fight against the destruction of a local historic landmark. They are helped by a group of friendly ghosts.
Our Man in Marrakesh
Director of Photography
One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?
Rasputin: O Monge Louco
Director of Photography
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his satanic power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.
Drácula: O Príncipe das Trevas
Director of Photography
Mesmo depois que o conde Drácula fora destruído pelo Dr. Van Helsing (no filme Horror of Dracula), sua lenda ainda amedronta a população local. Jovens casais em férias na região dos Montes Cárpatos são aconselhados por moradores a desistir de seus planos, pois uma maldição vive escondida no interior da floresta. Julgando tratar-se de mera superstição, os viajantes ignoram o aviso e partem em direção ao desconhecido. Abandonados pelo cocheiro em plena floresta, eles chegam a um castelo.
007: Contra a Chantagem Atômica
Second Unit Director of Photography
James Bond (Sean Connery) tenta evitar a destruição de Miami por meio de uma super bomba, roubada pela SPECTRE. A organização está exigindo um pagamento de 100 milhões de dólares em diamantes para não cumprir a ameaça de explodir a cidade. Para isso, ele vai correr contra o tempo para encontrar as armas roubadas e impedir a morte de milhões de inocentes.
The Pleasure Girls
Cinematography
When Sally moves to London to pursue a modelling career, she moves in with Angela and Dee and discovers the world of the carefree bachelor girl in Swinging London. Over one weekend - filled with parties, blossoming friendships, and romantic encounters with Keith and Nikko (Klaus Kinski) - the vivacious girls learn about life's pleasures and pains.
A Górgona
Director of Photography
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
Piratas Diabólicos
Director of Photography
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
As Grandes Aventuras do Capitão Grant
Additional Photography
Ninguém pode deter a agitada Mary Grant (HAYLEY MILLS) de viajar pelos quatro cantos do mundo para encontrar seu pai, Capitão Grant - mesmo que tudo o que ela saiba sobre seu paradeiro seja uma mensagem dentro de uma garrafa. Maurice Chevalier junta-se a ela nesta fantástica aventura pelo mundo. Um filme repleto de efeitos especiais, baseado no livro de Julio Verne.
The Primitives
Cinematography
A group of night club entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves
October Moth
Director of Photography
A mentally ill farm worker comes to believe that an injured car crash victim is his mother and becomes so unhinged that he turns to murder.
The Professionals
Director of Photography
A renowned safecracker and his crew try to rob a bank by entering the vault through the sewer system.
Snowball
Director of Photography
A boy tells his parents that a bus conductor turned him off the bus home for not having a ticket. The story gets out of control and the conductor, a war veteran with memory problems, is harassed until events take a tragic turn.
Devil's Bait
Director of Photography
The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.
The Ugly Duckling
Director of Photography
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
Captured
Director of Photography
Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
Stock Car
Camera Operator
Katie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke, but unfortunately one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.