Peter Austin Harley Newbrook (29 June 1920 – 19 June 2009) was a British born cinematographer, director, producer and writer.
Newbrook was born in Chester and educated at the Chester, and Worcester Cathedral schools, and the Ewell Castle School. He began his career as a trainee cameraman and focus puller with Warner Brothers British studios at Teddington in London. During the Second World War he made Army training films with the Army Kinematograp...
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Peter Austin Harley Newbrook (29 June 1920 – 19 June 2009) was a British born cinematographer, director, producer and writer.
Newbrook was born in Chester and educated at the Chester, and Worcester Cathedral schools, and the Ewell Castle School. He began his career as a trainee cameraman and focus puller with Warner Brothers British studios at Teddington in London. During the Second World War he made Army training films with the Army Kinematograph Service and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. In 1947, with drummer Carlo Krahmer, he co-founded Esquire Records which specialised in jazz.
He was president of the British Society of Cinematographers from 1984 to 1986.
Peter Newbrook died suddenly of a heart attack at his home in Norwich on Friday 19 June 2009.
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