FILM DIRECTOR

John Alcott

1930 - 1986

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John Alcott, BSC (27 November 1930 – 28 July 1986) was an English cinematographer known for his four collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which he took over as lighting cameraman from Geoffrey Unsworth in mid-shoot, A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), the film for which he won his Oscar, and The Shining (1980). Alcott died from a heart attack in Cannes, France, in July 1986; he was 55. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Alcott has received more than 234,274 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Alcott is the 1,014th most popular film director (down from 651st in 2019), the 3,438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,422nd in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Film Director.

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  • 16

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  • 4.11

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  • 2.40

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, John Alcott ranks 1,014 out of 2,041. Before him are Preston Sturges, Ruth Orkin, Janusz Kamiński, Randall Wallace, Med Hondo, and Larry Cohen. After him are Dominic Sena, Pyotr Todorovsky, Konstantin Lopushansky, Peter Fleischmann, Iwao Takamoto, and Wilfred Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, John Alcott ranks 379. Before him are Robert Ryman, Štefan Uher, Shel Silverstein, Choi Chung-min, Alakbar Mammadov, and Clarke Scholes. After him are Morgana King, Mervyn Rose, Malcolm Fraser, Aleksandar Petaković, Salvatore De Giorgi, and Polly Bergen. Among people deceased in 1986, John Alcott ranks 195. Before him are Reinhold Münzenberg, Jacques Plante, André Tassin, Herbert Runge, Eino Leino, and Constantin Stanciu. After him are Gerhard Rohlfs, John D. MacDonald, Gedeon Barcza, Vilmos Kohut, Richard Manuel, and Raymond Abellio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Alcott ranks 3,438 out of 8,785. Before him are Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Peter Molyneux (1959), Val McDermid (1955), Samantha Bond (1961), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), and David Lloyd (1950). After him are Vivian Fuchs (1908), Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Philibert Jacques Melotte (1880), and Billy McNeill (1940).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Alcott ranks 79. Before him are Peter R. Hunt (1925), Tony Kaye (1952), Nick Park (1958), Roy Ward Baker (1916), Mike Figgis (1948), and Barry Ackroyd (1954). After him are Charles Jarrott (1927), Gerry Anderson (1929), Freddie Francis (1917), Mark Herman (1954), Joe Wright (1972), and Edgar Wright (1974).

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