Known for Camera
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.
Born
May 26, 1914
Died
October 28, 1978 (age 64)
Birthplace
Atherton, Lancashire, England, UK
Filmography
75 films


Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · 1h 56m
country: United Kingdom
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.


Superman II
1980 · 2h 7m
country: United Kingdom
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop them.


Tess
1979 · 2h 52m
country: France
A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge.


The First Great Train Robbery
1978 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.


Superman
1978 · 2h 24m
country: United Kingdom
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.


A Bridge Too Far
1977 · 2h 55m
country: United States
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.


A Matter of Time
1976 · 1h 37m
country: Italy
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.


Lucky Lady
1975 · 1h 58m
country: United States
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.


Royal Flash
1975 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
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.


The Return of the Pink Panther
1975 · 1h 53m
country: United Kingdom
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.


Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · 2h 8m
country: United Kingdom
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.


The Abdication
1974 · 1h 43m
country: United Kingdom
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.


The Internecine Project
1974 · 1h 29m
country: Germany
Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.


Zardoz
1974 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.


Don Quixote
1973 · 1h 51m
country: Australia
A film adaptation of the Ludwig Minkus ballet, completely re-orchestrated and with additional music by John Lanchbery.


Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
1973 · 1h 50m
country: United States
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
1973 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
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!
1973 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
A young boy struggles to overcome his speech problem and strained relationship with his parents.


Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
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
1972 · 2h 4m
country: Germany
Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.


Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
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
1971 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
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.


Goodbye Gemini
1970 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
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.


Cromwell
1970 · 2h 20m
country: United Kingdom
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.


Three Sisters
1970 · 2h 45m
country: United Kingdom
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
1970 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
Michael Marler, a successful businessman in London, is about to make his way to the top. After 37 years, the death of his father brings him back to his hometown of Liverpool, where he’s confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died in a fight with some Anglo-Saxon teddy boys. It becomes a matter of honour for him to take his revenge without involving the police.


The Magic Christian
1969 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
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.


The Assassination Bureau
1969 · 1h 52m
country: United Kingdom
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.


The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
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: A Space Odyssey
1968 · 2h 29m
country: United Kingdom
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.


Half a Sixpence
1967 · 2h 23m
country: United Kingdom
"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?


Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
1967 · 1h 26m
country: United States
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
1966 · 1h 25m
country: Argentina
The film shows as a documentary the trip to London of Palito Ortega and Graciela Borges


Othello
1965 · 2h 45m
country: United Kingdom
General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.


You Must Be Joking
1965 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.


Pop Gear
1965 · 1h 8m
country: United Kingdom
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.


Genghis Khan
1965 · 2h 7m
country: Germany
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.


Becket
1964 · 2h 28m
country: United Kingdom
Thomas Becket, Henry II's longtime advisor, finds his friendship with the debauched king corroding when he is unwillingly appointed as Archbishop of Canterbury in an attempt to gain absolute loyalty from the Church.


The Playboy of the Western World
1962 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
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.


The 300 Spartans
1962 · 1h 54m
country: United States
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidas, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.


Don't Bother to Knock
1961 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a joke. She gives them to him as he leaves for a holiday. He gives the keys to several women he romances across the continent. He gets engaged again by phone and arranges to meet his fiancé at his flat, but the flat isn't empty...


The World of Suzie Wong
1960 · 2h 6m
country: United Kingdom
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.


North West Frontier
1959 · 2h 9m
country: United Kingdom
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.


Whirlpool
1959 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
The ex-girlfriend of a German fugitive hides with the captain and crew of a ship on the Rhine.


Bachelor of Hearts
1958 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies, he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton girl Ann Wainwright.


A Night to Remember
1958 · 2h 3m
country: United Kingdom
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.


Hell Drivers
1957 · 1h 48m
country: United Kingdom
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.


A Town Like Alice
1956 · 1h 57m
country: United Kingdom
In 1941 Malaysia, 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
1955 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.


Passage Home
1955 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
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
1955 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
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.


The Purple Plain
1954 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.


The Seekers
1954 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
a group of British pioneers seek a new life in New Zealand.


The Million Pound Note
1954 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
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 Sword and the Rose
1953 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Tells the story of Mary Tudor and her troubled path to true love. Henry VIII, for political reasons, determines to wed her to the King of France. She tries to flee to America with her love but is captured when she is "un-hatted" on board ship. In return for her consent to the marriage with France, Henry agrees to let her choose her second husband. When King Louis of France dies, Mary is kidnaped by the Duke of Buckingham. He tries to force her to marry him but she is rescued by her love in an exciting battle on the beach.


The Planter's Wife
1952 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
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.


Penny Princess
1952 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a rich American agrees to save the place by buying it. But before, the deal is closed, he dies. His nearest relative and heir turns out to be a young woman with high ethical and democratic standards, but no experience with money, or affairs of state, or Europe. A charming young English visitor helps her to muddle through. Comedy and romance follow.


Where No Vultures Fly
1951 · 1h 47m
country: United Kingdom
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.


The Clouded Yellow
1950 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.


Double Confession
1950 · 1h 26m
country: United Kingdom
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
1949 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
"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


Blanche Fury
1948 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Penniless Blanche Fuller takes a job as a governess at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, who has a daughter she's fond of. But Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with steward Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.


Jassy
1947 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
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
1947 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.


The Laughing Lady
1946 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
A musical set during the French Revolution.
Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
Power on the Land: The Story of the Mechanisation of British Farming
1943 · 15m
country: United Kingdom
A documentary on modern British farming.
The People's Land
The People's Land
1943 · 11m
country: United Kingdom
A short documentary about the work of the National Trust in Great Britain