Michael Reed (cinematographer)

Michael Reed, BSC (7 July 1929 – 15 December 2022) was a British cinematographer who worked on films amd TV shows from the 1950s to 1980s, including Dracula: Prince of Darkness and Shout at the Devil.[1]

Michael Reed
Born(1929-07-07)7 July 1929
Canada
Died15 December 2022(2022-12-15) (aged 93)
OccupationCinematography
Years active1947–1990

Career

Through the early 1950s he worked in the camera department at Hammer Films as a clapper loader and focus puller on films such as The Man in Black and Meet Simon Cherry before becoming the director of photography on Hammer's The Ugly Duckling (1959) and several Hammer horror films. He acted as director of photography on several ITC television series such as Sword of Freedom, The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Saint. At the same time he was 2nd unit Director of Photography on the James Bond films (Goldfinger, Thunderball and You Only Live Twice).[2]

Reed graduated to big scale film-making with the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969.

Reed worked on such British television series as The New Avengers, Press Gang and Philip Marlowe, Private Eye.

Personal life and death

Reed died on 15 December 2022, at the age of 93.[3][4][5]

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Michael Reed | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  2. "Michael Reed". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019.
  3. "In Memoriam of Cinematographer Michael Reed BSC 1929–2022". From Sweden with Love. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. Field, Matthew (21 December 2022). "Michael Reed (1929–2022)". MI6-HQ.
  5. "Michael Reed BSC". British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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