Chris Menges began his career as a documentary cameraman before segueing into narrative cinematography under the tutelage of such world-class English directors as Ken Loach (on 1967’s Poor Cow and 1969’s Kes) and Stephen Frears (1971’s Gumshoe). He’s a world-class cameraman who has worked on locations ranging from the Amazon and Argentina to Tibet, Vietnam and the Burmese jungle, and won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for his work on The Killing Fields in 1984, and again for The Mission in 1986.
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