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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- July 22, 1992
Christian Blackwood
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.
Filmography
movieConversations with Philip Guston
2003 · Director of Photography
tvReal Sex
1990 · Director
movieButoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990 · Director of Photography
movieMotel
1989 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
movieThelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988 · Director of Photography
tvPOV
1988 · Director
movieSigned: Lino Brocka
1987 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer
moviePrivate Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986 · Cinematography, Producer, Director
movieAznavour: Breaking America
1985 · Director
movieThe Soldier's Tale
1984 · Director
movieObservations Under the Volcano
1984 · Director of Photography, Producer
movieAll by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
1982 · Cinematography, Director, Producer
moviePhilip Guston: A Life Lived
1982 · Cinematography
movieEdith Head
1981 · Producer, Director
movieSam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981 · Director
movieMemoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980 · Director, Editor, Producer
movieRoger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
movieYesterday's Witness
1976 · Producer, Director
movieHollywood's Musical Moods
1976 · Producer, Director
movieIsamu Noguchi
1972 · Director
movieLarry Rivers
1972 · Cinematography
movieSan Domingo
1970 · Cinematography
movieSummer in the City
1970 · Director, Director of Photography
movieSex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970 · Director of Photography
movieJim Dine: London
1970 · Director
movieDavid Hockney's Diaries
1970 · Director
movieHarlem Theater
1969 · Director of Photography
movieKatja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
1969 · Director
movieChristo: Wrapped Coast
1969 · Cinematography
movieMonk
1968 · Cinematography, Producer, Director
movieMonk in Europe
1968 · Director
Lockenköpfchen
movieLockenköpfchen
1967 · Director of Photography
movieHans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
1967 · Cinematography
movieNot Reconciled
1965 · Cinematography
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
movieThe Murderers Are Among Us
1946 · Otto Brückner
Juilliard
movieJuilliard
— · Director
movieTapdancin'
— · Director