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Christian Blackwood

Christian Blackwood

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Directing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1942-07-07

DAY OF DEATH

1992-07-22

PLACE OF BIRTH

Berlin, Germany

ALSO KNOWN AS

Christian Schwarzwald

BIOGRAPHY

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.

POPULAR MOVIES

TV SHOWS APPEARANCE

acting

writing

camera

crew