Biography
Gilbert Taylor (12 April 1914 – 23 August 2013) was an English cinematographer, sometimes credited as Gil Taylor. He began working in the film industry in 1929 as a camera assistant and served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
Taylor is known for his black-and-white work on Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Repulsion (1965) and Cul-de-sac (1966), as well as later colour films including Frenzy (1972), The Omen (1976) and Star Wars (1977). He collaborated with directors Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski, Richard Lester and George Lucas.
He received BAFTA nominations for best cinematography on Repulsion and Cul-de-sac, and the American Society of Cinematographers International Achievement Award in 2006.
