Ted Moore

Ted Moore
Born	(1914-08-07)7 August 1914 Western Cape, South Africa
Died	1987 (aged 72–73) Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, camera operator
Years active	1939–1982

Ted Moore, BSC (7 August 1914 – 1987) was a cinematographer and camera operator on nearly fifty films, and is probably most famous for his work on seven of the James Bond films in the 1960s and early 1970s. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Fred Zinnemann's A Man for All Seasons.

Biography

Born in South Africa, Moore moved to Great Britain at the age of sixteen, where he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. During the war he joined the film unit and began honing his craft.

After serving as a camera operator on such films as The African Queen, The Red Beret, Hell Below Zero, and The Black Knight, he was given the cinematography job for 1956's High Flight, set among a familiar scene for Moore, the Royal Air Force.

He worked on a number of films for Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films, including Cockleshell Heroes, Zarak, Johnny Nobody and No Time to Die, as well as their more high-minded 1960 production The Trials of Oscar Wilde.

In 1962 Broccoli and director Terence Young chose him as the cinematographer for an adaptation of Ian Fleming's Dr. No. Moore would go on to make another six Bond films; From Russia with Love (for which he won a BAFTA award), Goldfinger, Thunderball, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, and portions of The Man with the Golden Gun, on which he was replaced due to illness by Oswald Morris.

In addition, Moore won a BAFTA and an Oscar for his camerawork for 1967's Best Picture, A Man for All Seasons, becoming the first South African to win an Academy Award. He also worked on the 1962 cult classic The Day of the Triffids, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Orca, and Clash of the Titans.

Moore died in 1987.

Selected filmography

• April in Portugal (1954)
• A Prize of Gold (1955)
• The Gamma People (1955)
• Odongo (1956)
• Zarak (1957)
• Interpol (1957)
• How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
• High Flight (1957)
• No Time to Die (1958)
• The Man Inside (1958)
• Idol on Parade (1959)
• The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
• Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
• Jazz Boat (1960)
• Let's Get Married (1960)
• The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
• In the Nick (1960)
• Johnny Nobody (1961)
• The Hellions (1961)
• Mix Me a Person (1962)
• Dr. No (1962)
• The Day of the Triffids (1962)
• Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
• Call Me Bwana (1963)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
• Thunderball (1965)
• A Man for All Seasons (1966)
• The Last Safari (1967)
• Prudence and the Pill (1968)
• Shalako (1968)
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
• The Chairman (1969) (uncredited)
• Country Dance (1970)
• She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Psychomania (1973)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
• The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974) (television film)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)
• Orca (1977)
• Dominique (1978)
• The Martian Chronicles (1980) (miniseries; 3 episodes)
• Clash of the Titans (1981)

External links

• Ted Moore at IMDb