Douglas Slocombe OBE BSC ASC
It is with great sadness that I advise the membership of the passing of an industry giant; Douglas Slocombe OBE BSC ASC at 103 years of age.
A truly inspirational cinematographer and a man of great warmth and humility.
Born in London, he was raised in France, returning to the UK in 1933. In 1939, he filmed some of the earliest fighting of the Second World War in Poland and Amsterdam, which was featured in documentaries by Herbert Kline, Alberto Cavalcanti and Ealing Studios.
Douglas Slocombe’s first feature film was The Big Blockade (1942).
The Oscar-nominated British director of photography is best known for shooting the first three Indiana Jones films in the 1980s, and nearly all the classic comedies produced by London-based Ealing Studios, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). In total, he shot 80 films.
All of which left a mark on us…
Over the course of his career, Solocombe received Oscar nominations for his work on Travels With My Aunt (1973), Julia (1978) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982). Other high-profile credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Rollerball (1975).
Our deepest condolences to his family and his myriad of friends and colleagues around the world.
He will be missed…no doubt about that.
Ron Johanson OAM ACS
National President
Selected Filmography
The Big Blockade (1942)
Dead of Night (1945)
Painted Boats (1945)
The Captive Heart (1946)
Hue and Cry (1947)
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
A Run for Your Money (1949)
Cage of Gold (1950)
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Mandy (1952)
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
Touch and Go (1955)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
The Man in the Sky (1957)
Circus of Horrors (1960)
The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)
Taste of Fear (1961)
The Young Ones (1961)
Freud the Secret Passion (1962)
The L-Shaped Room (1962)
The Servant (1963)
The Third Secret (1964)
Guns at Batasi (1964)
Promise Her Anything (1965)
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
The Blue Max (1966)
Fathom (1967)
Robbery (1967)
The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)
The Lion in Winter (1968)
The Italian Job (1969)
The Buttercup Chain (1970)
The Music Lovers (1970)
Murphy’s War (1971)
Travels with My Aunt (1972)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
The Great Gatsby (1974)
The Maids (1974)
The Marseille Contract (1974)
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
Rollerball (1975)
That Lucky Touch (1975)
Hedda (1975)
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
Nasty Habits (1977)
Julia (1977)
Caravans (1978)
The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Lost and Found (1979)
Nijinsky (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Lady Jane (1986)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
AWARDS
Academy Awards
Nominee Best Cinematography – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)[30]
Nominee Best Cinematography – Julia (1977)[31]
Nominee Best Cinematography – Travels with My Aunt (1972)[32]
BAFTA
Nominee Best Cinematography – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985)
Nominee Best Cinematography – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982)[2]
Winner Best Cinematography – Julia (1979)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography – Rollerball (1976)[2]
Winner Best Cinematography – The Great Gatsby (1975)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography – Jesus Christ Superstar (1974)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography – Travels with My Aunt (1974)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography – The Lion in Winter (1969)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography (Colour) – The Blue Max (1967)[2]
Nominee Best Cinematography (B&W) – Guns at Batasi (1965)[2]
Winner Best Cinematography (B&W) – The Servant (1964)[2]
Saturn Awards
Winner Best Cinematography – Rollerball (1975)
American Society of Cinematographers
Winner International Award (2002)
British Society of Cinematographers
Winner Lifetime Achievement Award (1995)
Nominee Best Cinematography – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Winner Best Cinematography – Julia (1977)
Winner Best Cinematography – The Great Gatsby (1974)
Winner Best Cinematography – Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Winner Best Cinematography – The Lion in Winter (1968)
Winner Best Cinematography – The Servant (1963)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Winner Best Cinematography – Julia (1977)
