Jack Cardiff
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Jack Cardiff was a British cinematographer, film and television director, and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor, to
Jack Cardiff in the 1970s
The Red Shoes (1948 film)
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The Red Shoes is a 1948 British dance drama film written, produced and directed by the duo of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It follows Victoria Page, an aspiring ballerina who joins the world
Jack Cardiff
…is best known for his influential colour cinematography for directors such as Powell and Pressburger (A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, and The Red Shoes), John Huston (The African Queen) and Alfred Hitchcock (Under Capricorn). He is also known for his work as a director – in particular, his critically…
Theatrical release poster
Publicity still showing a moment of the Ballet of the Red Shoes sequence
Moira Shearer, a trained ballerina, was cast in the lead role
Marius Goring was cast as Julian Craster.