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name: "Austin Dempster"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "5 March 1921"
died: "2 November 1975"
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# Austin Dempster

Cinematographer. Born 5 March 1921 in Godstone, Surrey, England, UK. Died 2 November 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 5 March 1921, Godstone, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 November 1975
- **Also known as:** A. Dempster
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28055377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218778/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/959727

## Biography

Austin Dempster was a British cinematographer and camera operator. Born on 5 March 1921 in Godstone, Surrey, he began working in the film industry in the early 1940s as a camera operator.

He served as camera operator on numerous British and international productions in the 1950s and 1960s, including several films directed by Stanley Donen. From 1967 he worked as director of photography on features such as *Bedazzled* (1967), *The Looking Glass War* (1970), *Loot* (1970), *The Tales of Beatrix Potter* (1971) and *A Touch of Class* (1973), as well as television series including *Born Free*. He was a full accredited member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

Dempster died on 2 November 1975 in Surrey.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, grokipedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Touch of Class* (1973), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Born Free* (1974), series, Director of Photography
- *The Story of Jacob and Joseph* (1974), Cinematography
- *A Touch of Class* (1973), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/a-touch-of-class.md)
- *And No One Could Save Her* (1973), Cinematography
- *The Little Ark* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Tales of Beatrix Potter* (1971), Director of Photography
- *A Severed Head* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Loot* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Looking Glass War* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Otley* (1969), Director of Photography
- *A Dandy in Aspic* (1968), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Bedazzled* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Two for the Road* (1967), Camera Operator
- *A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum* (1966), Sound Recordist
- *Kaleidoscope* (1966), Camera Operator
- *Arabesque* (1966), Camera Operator
- *One Way Pendulum* (1965), Camera Operator
- *The Yellow Rolls-Royce* (1964), Camera Operator
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), Camera Operator
- *The Victors* (1963), Camera Operator
- *In the Cool of the Day* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Murder She Said* (1961), Camera Operator
- *Five Golden Hours* (1961), Camera Operator
- *The Grass Is Greener* (1960), Camera Operator
- *Sink the Bismarck!* (1960), Camera Operator
- *The Bridal Path* (1959), Camera Operator
- *The Mouse That Roared* (1959), Camera Operator
- *A Woman of Mystery* (1958), Camera Operator
- *Rooney* (1958), Camera Operator
- *Ill Met by Moonlight* (1957), Camera Operator
- *The Betrayal* (1957), Camera Operator
- *The Spanish Gardener* (1956), Camera Operator
- *The Battle of the River Plate* (1956), Camera Operator
- *Footsteps in the Fog* (1955), Camera Operator
- *Star of India* (1954), Camera Operator
- *The Lady with a Lamp* (1951), Camera Operator
- *Odette* (1950), Camera Operator
- *Night and the City* (1950), Writer, Camera Operator
- *Maytime in Mayfair* (1949), Camera Operator
- *Quiet Weekend* (1946), Camera Operator
- *The Man from Morocco* (1945), Camera Operator
- *They Came to a City* (1944), Camera Operator

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