Christopher Challis, B.S.C. (born 18 March 1919) is a British cinematographer who has worked on more than 70 feature films since starting in the industry in the 1940s.
After working as camera operator on a number of films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, he made his debut as director of photography on The End of the River in 1947 one of their projects as producers. After The End of the River, Challis was camera operator under Jack Cardi...
more
Christopher Challis, B.S.C. (born 18 March 1919) is a British cinematographer who has worked on more than 70 feature films since starting in the industry in the 1940s.
After working as camera operator on a number of films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, he made his debut as director of photography on The End of the River in 1947 one of their projects as producers. After The End of the River, Challis was camera operator under Jack Cardiff on The Red Shoes. He did not object to the demotion as he wanted to work on the film. Following this he went back to being director of photography. He was cinematographer on most of Powell and Pressburger's later films, including The Small Back Room (1949), The Elusive Pimpernel (1950), The Tales of Hoffmann (1951), Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955), The Battle of the River Plate (1956) and Ill Met by Moonlight (1957).
His expertise in colour cinematography made him a popular choice for British films of the 1950s, and he made a number of successful...
less
