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Paul Beeson is a Director of Photography, Visual Effects and Cinematography British born on 16 november 1921 at Hammersmith (United-kingdom)

Paul Beeson

Paul Beeson
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 november 1921 at Hammersmith (United-kingdom)
Death 19 july 2001 (at 79 years) at Gerrards Cross (United-kingdom)

Paul Beeson (1921-2001) was a British cinematographer. Beeson was initially at Ealing Studios before going on to work on films for various other companies.

Best films

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
(Additional Photography)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
(Additional Photography)
The Sound of Music (1965)
(Additional Photography)

Usually with

Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
(11 films)
Terry Marcel
Terry Marcel
(2 films)
Walt Disney
Walt Disney
(7 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paul Beeson (43 films)

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Cameraman

The Lost World, 1h39
Directed by Timothy Bond
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire
Actors John Rhys-Davies, Eric McCormack, David Warner, Tamara Gorski
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53% 2.654222.654222.654222.654222.65422
Set in 1912, the film opens on Edward Malone, a junior reporter looking for an adventurous assignment. Malone is sent to interview Professor Challenger, an explorer and researcher who believes he is on the trail of the "lost world," a mysterious place in Central Africa. Challenger has a picture of a cliff and a strange beast resembling a pterodactyl that is his only proof of the place.
Return to the Lost World, 1h39
Directed by Timothy Bond
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films
Actors John Rhys-Davies, Eric McCormack, David Warner, Tamara Gorski
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50% 2.514072.514072.514072.514072.51407
Belgian scientist Bertram Hammonds, along with Gomez, who survived being injured in the first film, arrives in the Lost World to drill for crude oil. He and his men begin capturing the natives for slave labor, throwing Chief Palala off the top of the plateau. He survives and is rescued by Malu and taken to a nearby village. Word reaches Edward Malone and Jenny Nielson in England, who remind Professors Challenger and Summerlee of the promise they made to Palala: that they would return to the Lost World should they be needed.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 2h7
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Motocyclette, Political films, Évasion, Alternate history films, Children's films
Actors Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, River Phoenix, Alex Hyde-White
Roles Additional Photography
Rating81% 4.0975454.0975454.0975454.0975454.097545
In 1912, 13-year-old Indiana Jones is horseback riding with his Boy Scout troop in Moab, Utah. While scouting caves, Indy discovers a group of grave robbers who have found a golden crucifix belonging to Coronado and steals it from them, hoping to donate it to a museum. The men give chase through a passing circus train, leaving Indy with a bloody cut across his chin from a bullwhip and new phobia of snakes. Indy escapes, but the local sheriff makes him return the crucifix. Impressed with Indy's bravery, the leader of the robbers gives Indy his fedora.
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, 1h32
Directed by Stuart Orme
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Alternate history films, Children's films
Actors Stephanie Beacham, Mel Smith, Geraldine James, Richard O'Brien, Jane Horrocks, Jonathan Coy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.950322.950322.950322.950322.95032
The film is set in a alternative-history version of nineteenth century England where packs of wolves roam the countryside.
Taffin
Taffin (1988)
, 1h36
Directed by Francis Megahy
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally, Alison Doody, Jeremy Child, Gerard McSorley, Patrick Bergin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8017652.8017652.8017652.8017652.801765
The plot concerns Taffin and his methods of executing justice, in order to save a local park in the town of Ballymoran.
Jane and the Lost City, 1h34
Directed by Terry Marcel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Sam J. Jones, Maud Adams, Graham Stark, Robin Bailey, Jasper Carrott, Ian Roberts
Roles Director of Photography
Rating44% 2.2195052.2195052.2195052.2195052.219505
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sends Jane (Hughes) and the Colonel (Bailey) on a mission to prevent the diamonds of the fabled Lost City from falling into enemy hands. Journeying to Africa where they are joined by Jungle Jack Buck (Jones), their quest is dogged by Nazi agents Lola Pagola and Heinrich (Adams and Carrott).
Ishtar
Ishtar (1987)
, 1h47
Directed by Elaine May
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Warren Beatty, Jack Weston, Abe Vigoda
Roles Additional Photography
Rating46% 2.3499452.3499452.3499452.3499452.349945
Chuck Clarke (Hoffman) and Lyle Rogers (Beatty) are inept songwriters who are down on their luck, but dream of becoming a popular singing duo in the mold of Simon and Garfunkel. Though they are poorly received at a local open mic night, agent Marty Freed (Weston) offers to book them as lounge singers in a hotel in Marrakesh, Morocco, explaining that the last act quit due to political unrest in the area. Nearly broke, both single and without any better options, Lyle and Chuck decide to take the gig.
Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1h55
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Children's films
Actors Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott
Roles Additional Photography
Rating79% 3.9679953.9679953.9679953.9679953.967995
In 1936, archaeologist Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) braves an ancient booby-trapped temple in Peru and retrieves a golden idol. He is confronted by rival archaeologist René Belloq (Paul Freeman) and the indigenous Hovito people. Surrounded and outnumbered, Jones is forced to surrender the idol to Belloq and escapes aboard a waiting floatplane.
Hawk the Slayer, 1h34
Directed by Terry Marcel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Quinn, Cheryl Campbell, William Morgan Sheppard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.6488252.6488252.6488252.6488252.648825
The wicked Voltan kills his own father when the latter refuses to turn over the magic of the "last elven mindstone". Before the old man dies, he bequeaths a great sword with a pommel shaped like a human hand to his other son, Hawk. The hand comes to life and grasps the mindstone. The sword is now imbued with magical powers and can respond to Hawk's mental commands. Hawk then vows to avenge his father by killing Voltan.
Starcrash
Starcrash (1978)
, 1h34
Directed by Luigi Cozzi
Origin Italie
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Dans l'espace, Space opera
Actors Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, Robert Tessier, Christopher Plummer, David Hasselhoff, Dirce Funari
Roles Director of Photography
Rating40% 2.004542.004542.004542.004542.00454
In a distant galaxy, a starship searches for the evil Count Zarth Arn. Closing in on a planet, the ship is attacked by a mysterious weapon (a red blobby field) which drives the crew insane. Three escape pods launch during the attack, but the ship crashes into the atmosphere of the planet and is destroyed.
Candleshoe
Candleshoe (1977)
, 1h41
Directed by Norman Tokar
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Heist films, Children's films
Actors David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster, Leo McKern, Sydney Bromley, John Alderson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3508153.3508153.3508153.3508153.350815
Con-artist Harry Bundage (McKern) believes that the lost treasure of pirate captain Joshua St. Edmund is hidden at Candleshoe, the large country estate of Lady St Edmund (Hayes). Having gained access to Captain St. Edmund's hidden will with the help of a corrupt former cleaning woman at Candleshoe, Harry recruits American Casey Brown (Foster)—-an unwanted foster child and hooligan-—into the plot, employing her to pose as Lady St Edmund's granddaughter, the Honourable Margaret, 4th Marchioness of St Edmond, who was kidnapped at age four by her father and subsequently disappeared after her father's death. Casey is the right age to pass for Margaret and possesses several identifying scars that young Margaret was known to have. Casey agrees to go along with the con and discover further clues in exchange for a cut of the treasure.
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, 1h40
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Art Stevens, Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Spy films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Percy Herbert, Hugh Burden
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.9498652.9498652.9498652.9498652.949865
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
The Mutations, 1h32
Directed by Jack Cardiff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker, Bradford Harris, Julie Ege, Michael Dunn, Jill Haworth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53% 2.6503752.6503752.6503752.6503752.650375
A deranged genetic scientist abducts college students as human guinea pigs that he uses in his experiments in crossbreeding plants with humans. The failed experimental mutants are then given to a cruel circus freakshow owner who exploits them to the fullest. However, the mutants and the circus freaks will not be denied justice.
A Warm December, 1h41
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sidney Poitier, Esther Anderson, Earl Cameron, George Baker, Hilary Crane, T.P. McKenna
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.051143.051143.051143.051143.05114
La passion difficile entre un docteur en voyage à Londres et la fille d'un ambassadeur, condamnée par la maladie.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1970)
, 1h50
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors George C. Scott, Susannah York, Ian Bannen, Rachel Kempson, Nyree Dawn Porter, Jack Hawkins
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1997653.1997653.1997653.1997653.199765
Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to the cruel school institution of Lowood. On leaving, she takes a position as governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. Fully aware of her low rank and plain countenance, she makes the best of her situation. But Thornfield holds many secrets and despite mysterious occurrences that Jane cannot comprehend, she and Edward Rochester, owner of Thornfield and Adele's guardian, fall in love. Suddenly, when Jane is about to win the happiness she deserves, a dark secret comes to light which needs all her courage, love and maturity.