Comment on R.I.P. ‘Star Wars’ Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor

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Fri, 08/23/2013 - 12:42pm

R.I.P. ‘Star Wars’ Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor

Gilbert Taylor, whose vast cinematography credits included the first Star Wars for George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove and Richard Donner’s The Omen, died today in his native UK. He was 99. Taylor’s list of film DP credits are striking in their diversity: He lensed the Beatles pic A Hard Day’s Night, Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy and worked several times with Roman Polanski on films including Repulsion, Cul-de-Sac and Macbeth.

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