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name: "Harry Waxman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-waxman"
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imdb_id: "nm0005924"
tmdb_id: 83135
wikidata_id: "Q529749"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 April 1912"
died: "24 December 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:29:22.743946+00:00"
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# Harry Waxman

## Identity

Harry Waxman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-waxman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-waxman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005924
- **TMDB ID:** 83135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q529749
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Waxman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83135

Cinematographer. Born 3 April 1912 in London, England, UK. Died 24 December 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 April 1912, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 24 December 1984
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Waxman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q529749, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/83135

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Wicker Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md) (90)

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## Biography

Harry Waxman (3 April 1912 – 24 December 1984) was an English cinematographer. Born in London, he began his career as a darkroom assistant and camera operator at British International Pictures before serving with the RAF Film Unit during the Second World War.

From 1947 he worked as a director of photography on features. His credits include *Brighton Rock* (1948), *Swiss Family Robinson* (1960), *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), *The Nanny* (1965), *The Wicker Man* (1973) and *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976). He received a British Society of Cinematographers award for *Sapphire* (1959).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Fi1m 90, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

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

- *The Uncanny* (1977), Director of Photography
- *A Bridge Too Far* (1977), Lighting Camera
- *Find the Lady* (1976), Director of Photography
- *The Pink Panther Strikes Again* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Journey into Fear* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Blue Blood* (1974), Cinematography
- *Vampyres* (1974), Director of Photography
- *The Wicker Man* (1973), Director of Photography — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wicker-man.md)
- *What the Peeper Saw* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Endless Night* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Not Tonight, Darling* (1971), Cinematography
- *Mr. Forbush and the Penguins* (1971), Cinematography
- *The Beast in the Cellar* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Flight of the Doves* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Erotic Fantasies* (1971), Cinematography
- *There's a Girl in My Soup* (1970), Cinematography
- *Some Will, Some Won't* (1970), Cinematography
- *Wonderwall* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Till Death Us Do Part* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Twisted Nerve* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Anniversary* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Danger Route* (1967), Director of Photography
- *The Family Way* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Trygon Factor* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Khartoum* (1966), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Nanny* (1965), Director of Photography
- *She* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Crooks in Cloisters* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Mods and Rockers* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Stolen Hours* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Sword of Lancelot* (1963), Director of Photography
- *The Cracksman* (1963), Director of Photography
- *I Thank a Fool* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Day the Earth Caught Fire* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Partner* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Fury at Smugglers' Bay* (1961), Cinematography
- *Swiss Family Robinson* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Third Man on the Mountain* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Sapphire* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Nor the Moon by Night* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1957), Cinematography
- *The Baby and the Battleship* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Lost* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Hornet's Nest* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Contraband Spain* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Golden Link* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The Sleeping Tiger* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Father Brown* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Meet Mr. Callaghan* (1954), Lighting Camera
- *The Long Memory* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Gift Horse* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Green Grow the Rushes* (1951), Cinematography
- *Valley of the Eagles* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The Lady and the Bandit* (1951), Additional Director of Photography
- *Waterfront* (1950), Director of Photography
- *They Were Not Divided* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Trottie True* (1949), Director of Photography
- *To the Public Danger* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Brighton Rock* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Look Before You Love* (1948), Cinematography
- *Journey Together* (1945), Cinematography
- *Fly Away Peter* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Happy in the Morning: A Film Fantasy* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Co-operette* (1938), as Director of Photography

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