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▪ 2008Alexander ThomsonBritish cinematographerborn Jan. 12, 1929, London, Eng.died June 14, 2007, Chertsey, Surrey, Eng.was admired for his camera and lighting work on dozens of films. Thomson rose through the British studio system, learning from master craftsmen. He worked as camera operator under cinematographer (later director) Nicolas Roeg on more than a dozen films before becoming a director of photography himself, on Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1967). Thomson won awards for best cinematography from the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) for Ridley Scott's Legend (1985) and Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet (1996), a film that was regarded as his masterpiece. Thomson was nominated for the same award for Excalibur (1981), which was also a nominee for the best cinematography Oscar. The BSC, of which Thomson was president from 1980 to 1982, honoured him with a lifetime achievement award in 2002.
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