Jack Asher

Jack Asher (29 March 1916, London – 1991) was an English cinematographer. His brother Robert Asher was a film and TV director. He began his cinematic career as a camera operator, and made his first film as cinematographer or "lighting cameraman" in 1946 (The Magic Bow). He was best known for his work on Hammer films, beginning with The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), the first of Hammer's gothic horrors, and the earliest version of the Frankenstein... more

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  • Mar 29, 1916

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  • 1991 (age 74 years)

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