Known for Camera
Ronald Charles 'Ronnie' Taylor, BSC (27 October 1924 – 3 August 2018) was an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Richard Attenborough and Dario Argento. He won an Oscar for Best Cinematography for his work on Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), which he shared with Billy Williams. He was also a two-time BAFTA Award nominee, for Gandhi and Cry Freedom (1987).
Born
October 27, 1924
Died
August 3, 2018 (age 93)
Birthplace
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Filmography
47 films, 2 shows


Sleepless
2001 · 1h 57m
country: Italy
An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.


The Phantom of the Opera
1998 · 1h 44m
country: Hungary
A series of terrifying accidents and brutal murders leave a bloody trail into the subterranean caverns of an Opera house. Below the theatre stalks a man raised by creatures of the underworld.


The Steal
1995 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.


Redwood Curtain
1995 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Geri Riordan is adopted, half-Vietnamese, eighteen, and a piano prodigy. She also feels as if she doesn't know who she really is, and when her adopted father dies, she begins to search for her biological father.


Good King Wenceslas
1994 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Based upon the true story that inpired the Christmas carol about a young king's care for his people.


Shadow of Obsession
1994 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A female professor is taunted and stalked by an emotionally disturbed student, and then, when he disappears, is accused of killing him, although no body can be found.


The Rainbow Thief
1994 · 1h 27m
country: United Kingdom
A petty crook, in search of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending an heir to a huge fortune.


Popcorn
1991 · 1h 31m
country: Canada
While holding a horror film festival, a group of students are stalked by a madman who may have a sinister connection to a cult leader.


Sea of Love
1989 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.


The Experts
1989 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Travis and Wendell are two down-on-their-luck New Yorkers who think they're relocating to a small town in Nebraska to open a nightclub. What they don't know is they've actually been abducted by a KGB operative and flown to the Soviet Union, where they'll unwittingly serve as "experts" on all things cool in America. The town, created expressly for KGB spies-in-training, is meant to serve as a training ground for Soviet agents. What can these two hapless Americans possibly teach the Soviet spies, and will they ever learn they are not actually in Nebraska?


Opera
1987 · 1h 47m
country: Italy
A young opera singer is stalked by a deranged fan bent on killing the people associated with her to claim her for himself.


Cry Freedom
1987 · 2h 37m
country: United Kingdom
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.


Foreign Body
1986 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
Banerjee stars as Ram Das, a jobless Indian man who, tired of life in Calcutta, steals money from his father in order to afford a passage to Britain and while there, falls in love with a white woman.


A Chorus Line
1985 · 1h 58m
country: United States
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with Zach. She is desperate enough for work to humble herself and audition for him; whether he's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen.


Splitz
1984 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Three sororities must compete in a series of sports contests to determine which one will lose their sorority house. The odds are stacked against the Phi Betas until they're joined by an all-girl rock band.


Champions
1984 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National


The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.


High Road to China
1983 · 1h 45m
country: Hong Kong
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.


Gandhi
1982 · 3h 12m
country: India
In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.


Savage Harvest
1981 · 1h 27m
country: United States
A family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven to desperation by the drought.


Circle of Iron
1978 · 1h 42m
country: United States
In a mystical desert kingdom, young martial arts fighter Cord loses a contest to determine who will journey to take the powerful Book of All Knowedge from Zetan, an evil wizard. Despite his lack of a sponsor, Cord's rule-breaking nature leads him to try retrieving the book anyway. Help is offered by a mysterious blind man who gives advice as Cord fights his way through multiple opponents, discovering more about himself as he gets closer to Zetan.


Tommy
1975 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.


Two and Two Make Six
1962 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
An American airman stationed in the United Kingdom strikes down his commanding officer. Believing he's killed him, the airman goes on the run with a woman. They encounter a lookalike couple and hijinks ensue.