Christian Blackwood
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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 the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.
Known for
Credits
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)
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All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982)
Director
Observations Under the Volcano (1984)
Director
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ (1986)
Director
The Soldier's Tale (1984)
Director
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera (1981)
Director
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush (1980)
Director
Hollywood's Musical Moods (1976)
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Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann (1969)
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Summer in the City (1970)
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Yesterday's Witness (1976)
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Edith Head (1981)
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Motel (1989)
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Signed: Lino Brocka (1987)
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David Hockney's Diaries (1970)
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Monk (1968)
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Aznavour: Breaking America (1985)
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Jim Dine: London (1970)
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Monk in Europe (1968)
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Tapdancin' (—)
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Juilliard (—)
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Isamu Noguchi (1972)
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