Personal Information

Known ForCamera

GenderMale

Birth DateSep 15, 1940 (86 years old)

Zodiac Sign♍Virgo

Place of BirthKington, Herefordshire, England, UK

Career Span1963 – 2020

Known Credits73 Titles

Official Links

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CameraPopularity Score 0.9

Chris Menges

Also known as:Christopher J. MengesChristopher Menges

Total Works

69 movies • 4 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

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Biography

Chris Menges BSC, ASC (born 15 September 1940) is a British cinematographer and film director. He is a member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Menges, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Top-rated highlights from Chris Menges's career

7.6

Ex Machina

2015•movie

Role: Thanks

7.5

The Reader

2008•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Hummingbird

2013•movie

Role: Director of Photography

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 73 titles featuring Chris Menges

7.6

Ex Machina

2015•movie

Role: Thanks

7.5

The Reader

2008•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Hummingbird

2013•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.4

The Mission

1986•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

The Pledge

2001•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.1

Notes on a Scandal

2006•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.5

The Killing Fields

1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

London Boulevard

2010•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.3

North Country

2005•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

2005•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Michael Collins

1996•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.9

Dirty Pretty Things

2002•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.4

Kes

1970•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

if....

1968•movie

Role: Camera Operator

6.8

Local Hero

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Waiting for the Barbarians

2020•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

The Boxer

1997•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.1

Stop-Loss

2008•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.3

The Yellow Handkerchief

2009•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.2

Criminal

2004•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Made in Britain

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.1

The Good Thief

2003•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Route Irish

2011•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

Comfort and Joy

1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

8.1

Concert for George

2003•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.4

Poor Cow

1967•movie

Role: Camera Operator

7.0

Babylon

1980•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.1

CrissCross

1992•movie

Role: Director

6.4

Tickets

2005•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

The Lost Son

1999•movie

Role: Director

6.7

Second Best

1994•movie

Role: Director

6.2

Gumshoe

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.6

Battletruck

1982•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.4

A World Apart

1988•movie

Role: Director

6.0

Black Beauty

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.4

Shy People

1987•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.8

Marie: A True Story

1985•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.3

Fatherland

1986•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.8

Angel

1982•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.5

A Sense of Freedom

1985•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.0

Black Jack

1979•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach

2016•movie

as Self - Cinematographer

5.1

High Season

1987•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Loving Memory

1970•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.5

Bloody Kids

1980•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Looks and Smiles

1981•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.3

The War Game

1963•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

5.9

Walter

1982•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

The Gamekeeper

1980•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.6

Which Side Are You On?

1985•movie

Role: Director of Photography

4.2

A Question of Leadership

1981•movie

Role: Director of Photography

7.8

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

1975•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.3

Winter Flight

1984•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.7

Walter and June

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

9.5

1 eps

Spécial cinéma

1974•series

as Self

5.5

1 eps

The Guldbagge Awards

1981•series

as Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner

7.0

The Save the Children Fund Film

1971•movie

Role: Director of Photography

8.0

The Red and the Blue

1983•movie

Role: Director of Photography

10.0

Last Summer

1977•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

Raid Into Tibet

1966•movie

Role: Director of Photography

6.0

Talk About Work

1971•movie

Role: Cinematography

6.0

Warlords of the Golden Triangle

1987•movie

Role: Director of Photography

10.0

Tales Out of School

1983•series

Role: Director of Photography

Making Kes

2010•movie

as Self

Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

2012•movie

as Self

Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman

1985•movie

as Self

A Boy Called Donovan

1966•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Dummy

1977•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Israel: After the Earthquake

1974•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Tribe That Hides from Man

1970•movie

Role: Director of Photography

The Heroin Wars

1996•series

Role: Camera Operator