Awards

Goldfinger (1964)
Cinematographer: title sequence (uncredited).
Goldfinger

Pictured: DW behind the camera.

Academy Awards, USA

Oscar Winner
The 58th Annual Academy Awards
Oscar Best Cinematography for: Out of Africa (1985)

BAFTA Awards

BAFTA

1987 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography for: Out of Africa (1985)
1982 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography for: Chariots of Fire (1981)
1978 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Film Cameraman for: Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (mini)
Shared with: Armando Nannuzzi
1975 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography for: The Three Musketeers (1973)
1971 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography for: Catch-22 (1970)
1969 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Cinematography for: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)
1968 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best British Cinematography (B/W) for: Mademoiselle (1966)
1966 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best British Cinematography (B/W) for: The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
Best British Cinematography (Colour) for: Help! (1965)

British Society of Cinematographers

1990 Nominated Best Cinematography Award for: Memphis Belle (1990)
1986 Won Best Cinematography Award for: Out of Africa (1985)
1981 Nominated Best Cinematography Award for: Chariots of Fire (1981)

Camerimage

2004 – Lifetime Achievement Award

Evening Standard British Film Awards

1991 Won Evening Standard British Film Award Best Technical/Artistic Achievement for: Memphis Belle (1990)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

1985 Won LAFCA Award Best Cinematography for: Out of Africa (1985)

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

1985 Won NYFCC Award Best Cinematographer for: Out of Africa (1985)
1981 Won NYFCC Award Best Cinematographer for: Chariots of Fire (1981)

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Welcome

We welcome you to the David Watkin website that celebrates the work and life of that remarkable cinematographer. We trace his contributions to documentary, commercial and feature film-making, relating his achievements and innovations to the very character of the man, complex and perverse, innocent yet knowing at the same time. He wore his learning lightly but with much seriousness.

Find out what it was to work with David Watkin on sound stage and beyond, to keep him supplied with jokes, food, music, books, pictures and all sorts of other intriguing information. Read within the memories of friends, critics, colleagues and other amused observers.

We invite you to add your own impressions to our interactive database.

Invitation to Contribute…

The website was initiated as a response to the hundreds of friends of David Watkin who wished to contribute to an archive of memories of this remarkable man. The editors are the designer Rachael Adams and the historian Chris Mullen who were in contact with him in Brighton on a weekly, often daily, basis.

Copyright of the words and images to be found here is held by the editors from their personal collection, and by contributing friends and colleagues who have answered the appeal.

DW’s Autobiographies

Sadly, the remaining stock of the two volumes of David Watkin's autobiography has been destroyed.

However limited numbers remain, which will become available for sale shortly.
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