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name: "Erwin Hillier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erwin-hillier"
fi1m_id: "erwin-hillier"
imdb_id: "nm0002915"
tmdb_id: 31050
wikidata_id: "Q91195"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 September 1911"
died: "2 January 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:51:11.110608+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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# Erwin Hillier

## Identity

Erwin Hillier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erwin-hillier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erwin-hillier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002915
- **TMDB ID:** 31050
- **Wikidata ID:** Q91195
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Hillier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31050

Cinematographer. Born 2 September 1911 in Berlin, Germany. Died 2 January 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 September 1911, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 2 January 2005
- **Also known as:** Erwin Hiller
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Hillier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91195, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31050

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*I Know Where I'm Going!*](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md) (88)

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## Biography

Erwin Hillier (also credited as Erwin Hiller) was a cinematographer. Born in Berlin in 1911 to an Anglo-German family, he studied art briefly in Berlin before beginning his film career at UFA studios. He worked as a camera assistant on Fritz Lang's *M* (1931) and emigrated to Britain in 1933, where he joined the camera department at Gaumont British.

Hillier became a director of photography in the early 1940s. He shot *A Canterbury Tale* (1944) and *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945) for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. He collaborated frequently with director Michael Anderson on films including *The Dam Busters* (1955), *Operation Crossbow* (1965), *The Quiller Memorandum* (1966) and *The Shoes of the Fisherman* (1968). He retired after *The Valley of Gwangi* (1969) and died in London in 2005.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, theguardian.com, en.wikipedia.org, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *The Valley of Gwangi* (1969), Director of Photography
- *42:6 - Ben Gurion* (1969), Cinematography
- *The Shoes of the Fisherman* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Eye of the Devil* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Quiller Memorandum* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Sands of the Kalahari* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Operation Crossbow* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Sammy Going South* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Go to Blazes* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Pot Carriers* (1962), Director of Photography
- *A Matter of WHO* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Naked Edge* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Long and the Short and the Tall* (1961), Director of Photography
- *School for Scoundrels* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Shake Hands with the Devil* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Girls at Sea* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Chase a Crooked Shadow* (1958), Director of Photography
- *The Mark of the Hawk* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Paris Casino* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Let's Be Happy* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Now and Forever* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Dam Busters* (1955), Director of Photography, Aerial Camera
- *Duel in the Jungle* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Isn't Life Wonderful!* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Will Any Gentleman...?* (1953), Director of Photography
- *The House of the Arrow* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Father's Doing Fine* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Castle in the Air* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Where's Charley?* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Woman's Angle* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Young Wives' Tale* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Happy Go Lovely* (1951), Director of Photography
- *La rivale dell'imperatrice* (1951), Cinematography
- *Shadow of the Eagle* (1950), Director of Photography
- *The Interrupted Journey* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Private Angelo* (1949), Cinematography
- *The Weaker Sex* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill* (1948), Director of Photography
- *The October Man* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Mark of Cain* (1947), Director of Photography
- *London Town* (1946), Director of Photography
- *They Knew Mr. Knight* (1946), Director of Photography
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/i-know-where-im-going.md)
- *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Welcome, Mr Washington* (1944), Director of Photography
- *The Silver Fleet* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Lady from Lisbon* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Men of Tomorrow* (1942), Cinematography
- *Winter on the Farm* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Bampton Shows the Way* (1941), Cinematography
- *On the Night of the Fire* (1939), Camera Operator
- *Rhythm Racketeer* (1937), Camera Operator
- *Everything Is Rhythm* (1936), Camera Operator
- *M* (1931), Assistant Camera — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/film/m.md)

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