About

Known credits:
48
Birthday:
1905-05-07
Place of birth:
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
Website:
N/A

John Wilcox

Overview

John Laurence Wilcox was a British cinematographer active from the early 1940's up to his death in 1979. During that period he worked on numerous films, either as DOP (Director of Photography), director of second camera units on large budget films, or simply as a cameraman.

In the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s he lensed several popular films, such as Carve Her Name with Pride, The Cockleshell Heroes, Safari, The Mouse That Roared, and Summer Holiday. In the mid 1960s, he struck up a good working relationship with horror director Freddie Francis, and they worked together on horror classics such as The Skull, Hysteria, The Evil of Frankenstein, The Deadly Bees, The Ghoul, and Legend of the Werewolf.

As director of second camera units he worked on films such as The Third Man, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale and The Eagle Has Landed.

Known for

Camera

1978 The Hound of the Baskervilles Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1977 Terror of Frankenstein Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1976 The Eagle Has Landed Camera Second Unit Director of Photography 61
Fair
1975 Legend of the Werewolf Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1975 The Ghoul Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1974 Shatter Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1974 The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1974 Craze Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1972 Au Pair Girls Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1972 Steptoe & Son Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1971 The Last Valley Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1970 Connecting Rooms Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1969 The Chairman Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1966 The Deadly Bees Camera Director of Photography 57
Average
1966 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1966 The Psychopath Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1966 Judith Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1965 The Skull Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1965 Hysteria Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1964 The Evil of Frankenstein Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1964 633 Squadron Camera Additional Photography 59
Average
1964 Nightmare Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1963 Summer Holiday Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1963 The King's Breakfast Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1962 Some People Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1962 Waltz of the Toreadors Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1962 Only Two Can Play Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1961 The Guns of Navarone Camera Additional Photography 67
Fair
1960 Light Up the Sky! Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1960 A Touch of Larceny Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1959 Expresso Bongo Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1959 The Mouse That Roared Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1958 Harry Black and the Tiger Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1958 Carve Her Name with Pride Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1956 Zarak Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1956 Safari Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1956 April in Portugal Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1954 The Black Knight Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1954 Hell Below Zero Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1953 The Red Beret Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1952 Who Goes There! Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1951 Mr. Denning Drives North Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1951 Outcast of the Islands Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1949 The Third Man Camera Additional Photography 74
Good
1943 The New Lot Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A

Crew

1961 Mr. Topaze Crew Cinematography 59
Average