Peter Newbrook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Peter Newbrook

British cinematographer, director, producer and writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1920

Place of Birth: Chester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 19-Jun-2009

Profession: writer, cinematographer, film director, film producer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Peter Newbrook

  • Peter Austin Harley Newbrook BSC (29 June 1920 – 19 June 2009) was an English 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.In the 1970s due to the decline of the British film industry he turned to television.
  • He worked at Granada and Yorkshire Television and spent several years with Anglia Television in Norwich, making episodes of the popular drama series Tales of the Unexpected.
  • He retired in 1990 as a senior lighting director. He was president of the British Society of Cinematographers from 1984 to 1986. Peter Newbrook died of a heart attack at his home in Norwich on Friday, 19 June 2009.

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