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Christian Blackwood

Christian Blackwood

Actor, Cinematographer, Director

Born July 7, 1942 in Berlin, Germany

Died July 22, 1992

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Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.

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3 wins and 5 nominations

Filmography

Actor

1

Murderers Among Us Poster

Murderers Among Us Feature Film1946Otto

Cinematographer

49

Type

Year

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center Poster

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center Documentary1997

Art in an Age of Mass Culture Poster

Art in an Age of Mass Culture Documentary1991

Mind Over Matter: 6 Conceptual Artists at the Whitney Museum Poster

Mind Over Matter: 6 Conceptual Artists at the Whitney Museum Documentary1991

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis Poster

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis Documentary1990

Motel Documentary1989

Frank Gehry: The Formative Years Poster

Frank Gehry: The Formative Years Documentary1988

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Poster

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Documentary1988

Two Hotels in Our Troubled Middle East Documentary1988

Signed: Lino Brocka Poster

Signed: Lino Brocka Documentary1987

My Life for Zarah Leander Documentary1986

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Poster

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Documentary1986

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Observations Under the Volcano Poster

Observations Under the Volcano Documentary1984

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Poster

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Documentary1982

Philip Guston: A Life Lived Poster

Philip Guston: A Life Lived Documentary1981

Tapdancin' Poster

Tapdancin' Documentary1980

Christo: Works in Progress Poster

Christo: Works in Progress Documentary1978

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Poster

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Documentary1978

American Art in the 1960s Poster

American Art in the 1960s Documentary1972

Isamu Noguchi Poster

Isamu Noguchi Documentary1972

Jasper Johns: Decoy Poster

Jasper Johns: Decoy Documentary1972

Larry Rivers Poster

Larry Rivers Documentary1972

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde, New York 1971 Poster

New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde, New York 1971 Documentary1972

Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971 Poster

Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971 Documentary1972

African American Musicians and Composers Poster

African American Musicians and Composers Documentary1971

Juilliard Poster

Juilliard Documentary1971

David Hockney's Diaries Poster

David Hockney's Diaries Short Film1970

Der Kandidat Documentary1970

Japan: The New Art Poster

Japan: The New Art Short Film1970

Jim Dine: London Poster

Jim Dine: London Documentary1970

Richard Lindner Documentary1970

San Domingo Poster

San Domingo Feature Film1970

Scenes Seen with Allen Jones Poster

Scenes Seen with Allen Jones Documentary1970

Sex-Business - Made in Pasing Poster

Sex-Business - Made in Pasing Documentary1970

Summer in the City Poster

Summer in the City Documentary1970

The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director Poster

The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director Documentary1970

Auf der Suche nach einem Kuhstall Documentary1969

Christo: Wrapped Coast Poster

Christo: Wrapped Coast Documentary1969

Dai Ichi - Japan-zwischen Kapital und Kollektiv Documentary1969

Harlem Theater Poster

Harlem Theater Documentary1969

Hannah Arendt: On Walter Benjamin Poster

Hannah Arendt: On Walter Benjamin Documentary1968

Monk Documentary1968

Monk in Europe Poster

Monk in Europe Documentary1968

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 Poster

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 Documentary1967

Lockenköpfchen - Die Chronik des Wilfried S. oder Wie manipuliert man die Wirklichkeit? Short Film1967

...und dann bye bye Poster

...und dann bye bye Short Film1966

Land ohne Hauptstadt - Bilder aus der deutschen Provinz Documentary1966

Charly May Short Film1965

Not Reconciled Poster

Not Reconciled Feature Film1965

Director

31

Type

Year

Stephanie and the Madame Short Film1991

Motel Documentary1989

Two Hotels in Our Troubled Middle East Documentary1988

Signed: Lino Brocka Poster

Signed: Lino Brocka Documentary1987

My Life for Zarah Leander Documentary1986

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Poster

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Documentary1986

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Aznavour: Breaking America Poster

Aznavour: Breaking America Documentary1985

Observations Under the Volcano Poster

Observations Under the Volcano Documentary1984

The Soldier's Tale Poster

The Soldier's Tale Feature Film1984

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Poster

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Documentary1982

Edith Head Poster

Edith Head Documentary1981

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera Poster

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera Documentary1981

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Poster

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Documentary1980

Tapdancin' Poster

Tapdancin' Documentary1980

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Poster

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Documentary1978

Skyline TV Series1978

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel Poster

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel Documentary1976

Black Harvest Feature Film1973

Hollywood's Musical Moods Poster

Hollywood's Musical Moods Documentary1972

Juilliard Poster

Juilliard Documentary1971

David Hockney's Diaries Poster

David Hockney's Diaries Short Film1970

Jim Dine: London Poster

Jim Dine: London Documentary1970

Katia Mann erzählt Documentary1970

Richard Lindner Documentary1970

Summer in the City Poster

Summer in the City Documentary1970

The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director Poster

The American Ballet Company: Eliot Feld Artistic Director Documentary1970

Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann Poster

Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann Documentary1969

Hannah Arendt: On Walter Benjamin Poster

Hannah Arendt: On Walter Benjamin Documentary1968

Monk Documentary1968

Spoleto 1967 Poster

Spoleto 1967 Documentary1967

Producer

18

Type

Year

Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter Poster

Joan Mitchell: Portrait of an Abstract Painter Documentary1993

Real Sex Poster

Real Sex TV Series1990

Motel Documentary1989

Signed: Lino Brocka Poster

Signed: Lino Brocka Documentary1987

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Poster

Nik and Murray: The Dances of Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis Documentary1986

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Observations Under the Volcano Poster

Observations Under the Volcano Documentary1984

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Poster

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story Documentary1982

Edith Head Poster

Edith Head Documentary1981

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera Poster

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera Documentary1981

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Poster

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Documentary1980

Tapdancin' Poster

Tapdancin' Documentary1980

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Poster

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Documentary1978

Skyline TV Series1978

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel Poster

Yesterday's Witness: A Tribute to the American Newsreel Documentary1976

Hollywood's Musical Moods Poster

Hollywood's Musical Moods Documentary1972

Juilliard Poster

Juilliard Documentary1971

Monk Documentary1968

Editor

7

Type

Year

Two Hotels in Our Troubled Middle East Documentary1988

My Life for Zarah Leander Documentary1986

American Masters Poster

American Masters TV Series1985

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Poster

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush Documentary1980

Christo: Works in Progress Poster

Christo: Works in Progress Documentary1978

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Poster

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel Documentary1978

Christo: Wrapped Coast Poster

Christo: Wrapped Coast Documentary1969

Camera and Electrical Department

5

Type

Year

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence Poster

After Modernism: The Dilemma of Influence Documentary1992

Real Sex Poster

Real Sex TV Series1990

Mies Documentary1986

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers Poster

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part I: The Pioneers Documentary1978

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism Poster

Masters of Modern Sculpture Part II: Beyond Cubism Documentary1978

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Real Sex Poster

Real Sex TV Series1990

Writer

3

Motel Documentary1989

Signed: Lino Brocka Poster

Signed: Lino Brocka Documentary1987

Aznavour: Breaking America Poster

Aznavour: Breaking America Documentary1985

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