Stills supplied by Barry Coward at Beulah
David Watkin: Oscar-winning Cinematographer
Born into an illustrious railway family, David Watkin began work with the Southern Region Film Unit of British Railways in the late 1940′s. In 1950 he became a messenger boy and assistant cameraman at British Transport Films. Barry Coward writes: One day in 1981 I received a phone call from a David Watkin asking...
As an amateur musician and loyal Beulah supporter, David Watkin wrote the following notes for the Visions of Elgar CD booklet: “Poor old Elgar was, like Kipling, enmeshed with the British Empire. Both men deserved better, the two symphonies and the violin concerto may rightly stand besides Brahms: and I have a soft spot...