born 1914, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
died 22 April 2009 (aged 94), Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK
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An observation on Jack Cardiff than no less than Screen International. Cardiff was born in Yarmouth on 18 September 1914. His life and career encompasses the history of British and international cinema.
He made his screen acting debut at four in My Son, My Son (1918) and worked behind the scenes as a camera assistant from his early tens.
In the mid-thirties he was operating the camera on Alexander Korda productions such as The Ghost Goes West (1936).
He learned his colour techniques on one of Britain's first Technicolor films, Wings of the Morning (1937), perfecting his skills on the epic The Four Feathers (1939).
Jack Cardiff
