Brian Probyn

Nascimento : 1920-11-30, UK

Morte : 1982-11-25

Filmes

Far East
Director of Photography
A cynical Australian Vietnam War veteran runs a sleazy bar in the Philippines. His old flame enters his life again asking for help when her husband, an investigative journalist, is prosecuted by the junta for discovering too much.
Sweet Dreamers
Cinematography
Two young Australian filmmakers meet in London and return home with dreams of making films that reflect their Australian ideals. A film about dreams and aspirations.
The Mango Tree
Director of Photography
Jamie is a young man growing up in the small Australian town of Bundaberg during the early 1940s. Jamie loves his tranquil life, surrounded by the friendly locals, and being brought up by his warm caring grandmother. But when a local preacher goes nutty, all hell breaks loose for the community, and Jamie leaves Bundaberg for the city.
Target of an Assassin
Director of Photography
Inn of the Damned
Director of Photography
A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.
Plugg
Director of Photography
A sleazy private detective named Horatio Plugg is hired to keep watch over a brothel. Inspector Closer is onto him though.
Frankenstein e o Monstro do Inferno
Director of Photography
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
Shatter
Director of Photography
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
Os Ritos Satânicos de Drácula
Director of Photography
Londres, 1974. O professor Van Helsing é chamado ao serviço de inteligência britânico para tentar desvendar o desaparecimento de cinco importantes oficiais do serviço secreto. Sua neta Jessica, juntamente com o inspetor Murray, são seqüestrados por um bando de motoqueiros a serviço de um bilionário recluso, D. D. Denham, que nunca é visto a luz do dia. Desesperado em salvar sua neta e o inspetor, Van Helsing entra na mansão maldita de Denham e descobre uma terrível realidade: ele é a reencarnação do Conde Drácula, o mais terrível vampiro da história. Esta é a versão inédita sem cortes e remasterizada da famosa produção da Hammer Films, de 1973.
Terra de Ninguém
Director of Photography
Fort Dupree, Dakota do Sul, 1959. Kit Carruthers (Martin Sheen) é um jovem peão psicologicamente desequilibrado, que mata o pai de Holly Sargis (Sissy Spacek), sua namorada de 15 anos, que não aprovava o relacionamento deles. Kit e Holly fogem juntos para Montana, enquanto Carruthers faz mais vítimas, o que faz a polícia ir em seu encalço.
Holiday on the Buses
Director of Photography
Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired. Stan and Jack soon get new jobs as a bus crew at a Pontins holiday resort but discover that Blakey has also gotten a job there as the chief security guard.
Man at the Top
Director of Photography
Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, his beautiful wife Alex, and daughter Robin. But trouble starts when Joe is made Managing Director of one of Ackerman’s companies and makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide...
O Grande Seqüestro
Director of Photography
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
Straight On Till Morning
Director of Photography
Brenda moved to London to begin living those intoxicated fantasies that all young women imagine city life to offer. Soon after her arrival she begins a relationship with Peter with whom she is tremendously happy. When she becomes pregnant Peter's behaviour towards her alters as he reveals the most frightening and unpredictable side of his personality. He forces Brenda to listen to a series of recordings, exposing a past of shocking cruelty of sadistic murder.
O Revolucionário
Director of Photography
"A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radical methods by the older, experienced leftist organizer Despard, "A" unwittingly becomes party to a labor strike that turns violent. Ultimately held responsible by the authorities for the fracas, "A" allies himself with terrorist Leonard, who intends to avenge those jailed in the protest.
Os Amantes do Perigo
Director of Photography
O temperamento rebelde e egoísta de um jovem esquiador o coloca em conflito com o resto da delegação americana prestes a disputar as Olimpíadas de Inverno.
The Other People
Director of Photography
Peter can't get over his ex-girlfriend Elsa even though they broke up over a year ago. He spends all his time on a barge owned by his friend John and John's younger brother Colin. One morning Peter, John and Colin see a middle aged man, Clive, fall out of a motor cruiser into the water. They rescue him and decide to ransom him for £1,000. Peter and Elsa are-reunited but Elsa then commences an affair with Colin. Clive turns out to be Elsa's father.
The Long Day's Dying
Director of Photography
Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Poor Cow
Cinematography
A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure--if that.
Jemima + Johnny
Cinematography
A white boy and a black Jamaican girl have a day out in a city where racial hostility prevails.
Goal! Fifa World Cup 1966
Additional Photography
Este divertido documentário do torneio da Copa do Mundo de 1966 acompanha os 15 países que disputam o prêmio mais cobiçado do esporte. A Inglaterra esperava ir bem em 1966, jogando em casa. Depois de jogos duros e tensos contra Portugal e Argentina, a Inglaterra acabou superando a Alemanha Ocidental na final. O time foi ajudado por um histórico hat-trick feito por Geoff Hurst e um fantástico jogo de defesa e ataque de Bobby Moore e Bobby Charlton.
The End of Arthur's Marriage
Camera Operator
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
The Great Steam Fair
Camera Operator
Co-directed by innovative British filmmakers David Gladwell and Derrick Knight, The Great Steam Fair is a beautifully crafted documentary filmed at Shottesbrooke Park, Berkshire in 1964 at a nostalgic event which brought together many traditional fairground rides and steam engines. The film skilfully combines the techniques of traditional sponsored documentary with the new approaches of the direct cinema movement.
I Do - and I Understand
Camera Operator
A BAFTA award winning film providing an analysis of a new method of mathematics teaching, through the use of practical apparatus, for primary school-children in England.
The Saturday Men
Director of Photography
A sports documentary about association football that follows a week in the life of West Bromwich Albion football club.