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name: "Ernest Day"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ernest-day"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "15 April 1927"
died: "16 November 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T14:30:17.379037+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ernest Day

Cinematographer. Born 15 April 1927 in Surrey, England, UK. Died 16 November 2006.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 15 April 1927, Surrey, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 November 2006
- **Also known as:** Ernie Day

## Biography

Ernest Day (also credited as Ernie Day) was a British cinematographer, camera operator and occasional director. Born in Surrey, he began working in the film industry in the 1940s as a clapper loader and focus puller before becoming a camera operator. He collaborated extensively with David Lean on films including *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962) and *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), and worked on Stanley Kubrick's *A Clockwork Orange* (1971) and several James Bond productions.

Day served as director of photography on fourteen feature films. His credits include *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), *A Passage to India* (1984) — for which he received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations — and *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987). He also directed the theatrical films *Green Ice* (1981) and *Waltz Across Texas* (1982), and episodes of television series such as *The New Avengers* and *The Professionals*.

He was the brother of director Robert Day and died in Surrey in 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987), Fi1m 30, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-iv-the-quest-for-peace.md)

## Also known for

- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Rambo III* (1988), Second Unit Director
- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)
- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Camera Operator
- *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976), Camera Operator
- *Revenge of the Pink Panther* (1978), Director of Photography
- *A Passage to India* (1984), Director of Photography

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