Geoffrey Unsworth

Geoffrey Unsworth

Nascimento : 1914-05-26, Atherton, Lancashire, England, UK

Morte : 1978-10-28

História

Geoffrey Gilyard Unsworth (26 May 1914 – 28 October 1978) was a British cinematographer who worked on nearly 90 feature films spanning over more than 40 years. He is best known for his work on films such as Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Bob Fosse's Cabaret and Richard Donner's Superman.

Perfil

Geoffrey Unsworth

Filmes

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self (archive footage)
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Creating the right script, Choosing the right director and casting the right actors • Ascent - The production and launch of a new kind of fantasy film • Crisis - Complications and conflicts between the creative forces behind Superman II • Redemption - Criticisms and burnout of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Director of Photography
Originalmente, os dois primeiros filmes da série Superman seriam filmados simultaneamente por Richard Donner. Porém, após o lançamento e grande sucesso do primeiro filme, os produtores demitiram Donner e colocaram em seu lugar Richard Lester, que refilmou grande parte das cenas filmadas por Donner. Em 2006, foi lançado direto para vídeo "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut", que traz a visão original de Donner para o filme, com cenas inéditas e inumeras diferenças comparando com a versão de 1980.
Superman 2: A Aventura Continua
Director of Photography
Três perigosos prisioneiros do extinto planeta Krypton que estavam confinados na Zona Fantasma, se libertam graças à uma explosão. O trio parte então para a Terra, onde passam a ter os mesmos poderes do Superman, mas o objetivo deles é dominar o planeta.
Tess - Uma Lição de Vida
Director of Photography
Na Inglaterra do século 19, a bela Tess, filha de um fazendeiro, é enviada para viver com parentes nobres. Ela é seduzida e abandonada por seu primo distante, Alec. De volta à fazenda de seu pai, ela dá à luz um bebê natimorto e enfrenta a hipocrisia da sociedade. Baseado no romance de Thomas Hardy.
O Primeiro Assalto de Trem
In Memory Of
Na Inglaterra Vitoriana de 1855, dois homens e uma mulher planejam roubar o ouro de um trem em movimento. Liderados por um ladrão experiente, eles elaboram um plano detalhado para a ação que ficará conhecida como o primeiro roubo a trem de que se tem notícia.
O Primeiro Assalto de Trem
Director of Photography
Na Inglaterra Vitoriana de 1855, dois homens e uma mulher planejam roubar o ouro de um trem em movimento. Liderados por um ladrão experiente, eles elaboram um plano detalhado para a ação que ficará conhecida como o primeiro roubo a trem de que se tem notícia.
Superman: O Filme
Director of Photography
Jor-El, um renomado cientista, prevê a destruição do seu planeta e alerta o governo, que não lhe dá credito. Assim, decide salvar seu filho, mandando-o ao planeta Terra, onde terá superpoderes. Na Terra, ele usa o nome de Clark Kent e, já adulto, trabalha como repórter em um jornal, não demonstra ter superpoderes. Mas quando uma situação inesperada põe em risco a vida de Lois Lane, uma colega de trabalho, ele é obrigado a se revelar para o público, ficando conhecido popularmente como Superman. Descontente com o surgimento de um super-herói na cidade, Lex Luthor, um gênio do mal, o obriga a se desdobrar para evitar a morte de milhões de pessoas.
Uma Ponte Longe Demais
Director of Photography
Setembro de 1944, os Aliados confidencialmente mandam para a Normandia um grande grupo de soldados para a operação Market Garden, cuja intenção era dar um fim para a Segunda Guerra Mundial, invadindo a Alemanha e destruindo as indústrias de guerra do 3º Reich. Durante a operação, disparidades políticas no campo de batalha, mó sorte nas condições meteorológicas e falhas na inteligência levam ao desastre da missão. A história do mais trágico erro tático da Segunda Guerra Mundial, que custou a vida de muitos soldados.
Questão de Tempo
Director of Photography
During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.
Os Aventureiros do Lucky Lady
Director of Photography
Em 1930, na era da Lei Seca, dois aventureiros assumem os riscos de contrabandear bebidas alcoólicas a bordo do barco Lucky Lady e contam com ajuda da dançarina de cabaré Claire. As coisas se complicam quando os dois homens se apaixonam por ela.
O Heróico Covarde
Director of Photography
Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself as a bogus Prussian nobleman to woo a beautiful duchess. But the half-baked plan quickly comes unraveled, and he's soon on the run from several new enemies who are all calling for the rapscallion's head.
A Volta da Pantera Cor-de-Rosa
Director of Photography
Uma joia famosa, conhecida como Pantera Cor de Rosa, foi novamente roubada, e Inspetor Clouseau é chamado para pegar o ladrão. Ele está convencido de que o Fantasma voltou e utiliza todos os seus recursos para revelar sua verdadeira identidade.
Assassinato no Expresso Oriente
Director of Photography
O detetive Hercule Poirot está a bordo do Expresso do Oriente quando um passageiro é encontrado morto. Amplamente desprezada, a vítima tinha muitos inimigos, e Poirot tem que peneirar um grupo excêntrico de suspeitos para encontrar o assassino.
A Abdicação de uma Rainha
Director of Photography
A Rainha Cristina da Suécia abdica e viaja para Roma para abraçar a Igreja Católica.
The Internecine Project
Director of Photography
Former secret agent Robert Elliot (Coburn) will be promoted to government advisor. In order to make sure no-one will ever know about his dirty past.
Zardoz
Director of Photography
Sean Connery no apresenta uma interpretação poderosa nesta fantástica visão de um mundo futuro dividido em duas sociedades. O Vortex é uma luxuriante e exclusiva comunidade, formada por cientistas e intelectuais imortais completamente preservada do contato com o mundo exterior. Do lado de fora do Vortex, existe um mundo desolado arrasado pela guerra e poluição, povoado pelos Brutos, selvagens primitivos e assassinos que adoram um deus arerrorizante, Zardoz. Mas um bruto rebelde (Sean Connery) está decidido a sobreviver seguindo suas próprias leis, que podem ameaçar o equilíbrio da civilização e... possivelmente destruí-la. Co-estrelando Charlotte Rampling, Zardoz é uma aventura sofisticada, freqüentemente elogiada por seus efeitos especiais e complexo imaginário.
Don Quixote
Director of Photography
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery.
Amor e Dor
Director of Photography
While bicycling through the Spanish countryside, Walter, the aimless young son of a doctor, makes the acquaintance of proper, middle-aged, clumsy and secretive Lila. He falls in love with her, but she is resistant.
Voices
Director of Photography
After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.
Baxter!
Director of Photography
A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents.
As Aventuras de Alice no Mundo das Maravilhas
Director of Photography
An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Cabaret
Director of Photography
Berlim no início da década de 30. O nazismo fazia sua ascensão meteórica, mas a grande maioria das pessoas ainda não tinha noção do terrível poder que aquela força política se transformaria. Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli), uma jovem americana que canta em um cabaré e sonha em ser tornar uma estrela, se apaixona por Brian Roberts (Michael York), que é bissexual. Ambos se envolvem com Maximillian von Heune (Helmut Griem), um rico e nobre alemão. Quando Sally fica grávida, Brian diz que quer casar e declara não se importar de quem seja o filho. Mas o futuro lhes reserva outro destino.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Director of Photography
A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears the same fate will befall him.
Say Hello to Yesterday
Director of Photography
Approaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows herself a sexual fling with a brash young hunk she meets on a commuter train.
Cromwell, O Homem de Ferro
Director of Photography
O filme narra os feitos de Oliver Cromwell que liderou as forças do Parlamento de Inglaterra durante a Guerra Civil Inglesa e, mais tarde com o título de Lord Protetor, dirigiu a Grã Bretanha e Irlanda em meados do século XVII. Um elenco cheio estrelas cinematográficas, com Richard Harris como Cromwell e Alec Guinness como o Rei Carlos I da Inglaterra.
Goodbye Gemini
Director of Photography
Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their relationship is strained after they befriend a predatory hustler and his girlfriend.
As Três Irmãs
Cinematography
Nearly a thousand miles away from their beloved Moscow, Chekhov's Three Sisters live in virtual exile. Olga , a schoolmistress, attempts to support her siblings and the home that is the sole legacy of their late father.
The Reckoning
Director of Photography
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police
Um Beatle no Paraíso
Director of Photography
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
O Sindicato do Crime
Director of Photography
Em busca de uma grande reportagem, uma jovem jornalista (Diana Rigg) põe em polvorosa uma organização de assassinos profissionais, envolvendo-se com o charmoso chefe da gangue (Oliver Reed).
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Director of Photography
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.
2001: Uma Odisséia no Espaço
Director of Photography
Desde a “Aurora do Homem” (a pré-história), um misterioso monólito negro parece emitir sinais de outra civilização, assim interferindo no nosso planeta. Quatro milhões de anos depois, no século XXI, uma equipe de astronautas liderados pelo experiente David Bowman (Keir Dullea) e Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) é enviada ao planeta Júpiter para investigar o enigmático monólito na nave Discovery, totalmente controlada pelo computador HAL-9000. Entretanto, no meio da viagem, HAL-9000 entra em pane e tenta assumir o controle da nave, eliminando um a um os tripulantes.
Half a Sixpence
Director of Photography
The joyous screen version of the Broadway and London musical hit. "If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness? Multi-talented Steele brings his London and New York stage smash to the screen in this big, cheerful tune-filled production based on H.G. Wells' charming novel "Kipps."
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
Director of Photography
A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead for quite some time, and his wife had him stuffed and carries him everywhere with her. Complications ensue.
El Rey en Londres
Director of Photography
The film shows as a documentary the trip to London of Palito Ortega and Graciela Borges
Othello
Camera Operator
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.
Pop Gear
Director of Photography
A compilation of proto-music videos featuring leading British rock bands of the 60s, including The Animals, The Spencer Davis Group, and Herman's Hermits.
Gengis Khan
Director of Photography
A história do épico líder mongol Genghis Khan, considerado o "Príncipe dos Conquistadores", desde sua infância até se rebelar em sua juventude. Ameaças de um rival fará Genghis Khan lutar contra as perseguições e formar um grande exército que conquista todo o Oriente.
Becket
Director of Photography
O Arcebisto de Canterbury (Felix Aylmer), grande opositor do Estado inglês, morre, e o Rei Henrique II nomeia um seu antigo amigo de festas para o cargo tentando evitar qualquer tipo de oposição. Mas o que Henrique II não contava era que Becket, seu antigo amigo, fosse ser mais rígido que qualquer outro antecessor. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
The Playboy of the Western World
Director of Photography
A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.
Os 300 de Esparta
Director of Photography
Xerxes, o rei persa, colocou seu enorme império de escravos para esmagar um pequeno grupo de estados independentes gregos. O rei contava com a desunião da Grécia para vencer a guerra, mas o famoso guerreiro Leonidas, o rei de Esparta, e o grande orador Themistocles de Atenas viram que a união era a única força capaz de derrotar o exército persa.
O Mundo de Suzie Wong
Director of Photography
Cansado do trabalho em escritório, um empresário se muda para Hong Kong para prosseguir uma carreira como artista pintando quadros e se apaixona por uma prostituta que ele contrata como modelo.
Sangue Sobre a Índia
Director of Photography
Filmado em glorioso Eastman cores e com um elenco all star que inclui Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall, Herbert Lom e Wilfrid Hyde White. North West Frontier é uma história de aventura clássico jogo nos dias de colonial India.Captain Scott (More) é enviado para resgatar uma criança de cinco anos Indian Prince e sua governanta americana (Bacall), quando uma rebelião eclode. Enquanto o príncipe está viva a rebelião pode não ter êxito para que o partido embarcam em uma viagem de 300 milhas perigosos para a segurança, em um trem temperamental velho chamado The Empress of India ..
Whirlpool
Director of Photography
The ex-girlfriend (Juliette Greco) of a German fugitive hides with the captain (O.W. Fischer) and crew of a ship on the Rhine.
Bachelor of Hearts
Director of Photography
A German scholar has girl troubles while studying at Cambridge.
Somente Deus Por Testemunha
Director of Photography
Conta a história do navio RMS Titanic, o maior, mais veloz, mais luxuoso e mais seguro transatlântico do mundo, que teria como percurso sair de Southampton, na Inglaterra, e ir para Nova York, nos Estados Unidos. Mas após quatro noites navegando pelo oceano, o navio cruza tragicamente com um gigantesco iceberg, vitimando 1.500 passageiros, sendo que pouco mais de 700 sobreviveram.
Na Rota do Inferno
Director of Photography
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Mulheres Fugitivas
Director of Photography
In 1941, The advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
Value for Money
Director of Photography
A wealthy young man (Gregson) from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer (Dors). She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
Passage Home
Director of Photography
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Simba
Director of Photography
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
Terra Ensanguentada
Director of Photography
Bill Forrester é um grande piloto de guerra em 1945, num acampamento na Ásia, na Birmânia, onde está um calor infernal. Ele é ágil, duro e cria muito desconforto no acampamento entre os outros oficiais pelo seu estilo independente, violento e por suas crises intempestivas. Ele realmente estava muito estressado. Quando um oficial pensa em pedir a transferência dele, um médico resolve levar o piloto para conhecer as comunidades na Birmânia, na tentativa de humanizá-lo um pouco.
The Seekers
Director of Photography
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
Loucuras de um Milionário
Director of Photography
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds. The sailor finds that whenever he tries to use the note to buy something, people treat him like a king and let him have whatever he likes for free. Ultimately, the money proves to be more troublesome than it is worth when it almost costs him his dignity and the woman he loves.
The Planter's Wife
Director of Photography
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
Where No Vultures Fly
Director of Photography
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.
Nuvens de Desespero
Director of Photography
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.
Double Confession
Director of Photography
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
The Spider and the Fly
Director of Photography
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Epopéia Trágica
Additional Director of Photography
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Blanche Fury
Director of Photography
Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.
Jassy
Director of Photography
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
The Man Within
Director of Photography
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
Neste Mundo e no Outro
Camera Operator
Um piloto da Segunda Guerra Mundial cai durante um voo e só não morre por causa de um problema burocrático no céu. Cabe a ele convencer os responsáveis lá de cima a não o manterem por lá.
The Laughing Lady
Director of Photography
A musical set during the French Revolution.
Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
Director of Photography
A documentary on modern British farming.
The People's Land
Director of Photography
A short documentary about the work of the National Trust in Great Britain