Christian Blackwood
Directing
Born: 1942-07-07 · Berlin, Germany
Died: 1992-07-22
Biography
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from
🎬 Movies (30)
Conversations with Philip Guston
2003
Director of Photography
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
1990
Director of Photography
Motel
1989
Director
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
1988
Director of Photography
Signed: Lino Brocka
1987
Director
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986
Director
Aznavour: Breaking America
1985
Director
The Soldier's Tale
1984
Director
Observations Under the Volcano
1984
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All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
1982
Director
Philip Guston: A Life Lived
1982
Cinematography
Edith Head
1981
Director
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
1981
Director
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
1980
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Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978
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Hollywood's Musical Moods
1976
Director
Yesterday's Witness
1976
Director
Larry Rivers
1972
Cinematography
Isamu Noguchi
1972
Director
Jim Dine: London
1970
Director
Summer in the City
1970
Director
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
1970
Director of Photography
San Domingo
1970
Cinematography
David Hockney's Diaries
1970
Director
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
1969
Director
Harlem Theater
1969
Director of Photography
Christo: Wrapped Coast
1969
Cinematography
Monk
1968
Director
Monk in Europe
1968
Director
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
1967
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