Chris Menges

Categories: Entertainment | Oscars 2009
    • Born: September 15, 1940
    • Birthplace: Kingston, United Kingdom
    • Member of the American Society of Cinematographers
    • Member of the British Society of Cinematographers
    • Won an Oscar for The Mission (1986)
    • Won an Oscar for The Killing Fields (1984)
    • Nominated for an Oscar for Michael Collins (1996)
    • Debut for Cinematography: The War Game

  • Chris Menges is a film director and photography director. He, alongside Roger Deakins, was nominated for a Best Cinematography Oscar for his work on The Reader. However, the Award went to Slumdog Millionaire cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle.

  • Career

    Chris Menges began his career as a camera assistant on the 1962 film The Saturday Men. He worked his way up the ranks from assistant to camera operator. He ultimately became a full-fledged cinematographer and worked on numerous productions, including Dirty Pretty Things, The Good Thief and Couples and Robbers.

  • Quotes

    "We like to improvise, and we like to work with the actors and director and live in the moment. We tried to make the photography very natural, very simple, to catch the performance. Roger and I both have big respect for performance."—Chris Menges, on his process with Co-DP Roger Deakins on The ReaderWashington Post: CIngmatographers Use Tech... (February 18, 2009)

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