Biography
Jack Hildyard (17 March 1908 – 5 September 1990) was a British cinematographer. He began working in films in 1932 as a clapper boy at Elstree Studios and progressed to focus puller and camera operator on productions including Pygmalion (1938) and Henry V (1944). His first solo credit as cinematographer was on While the Sun Shines (1947).
Hildyard collaborated with director David Lean on The Sound Barrier (1952), Hobson's Choice (1954) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. A founding member of the British Society of Cinematographers, he received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. He photographed more than 80 films, among them Anastasia (1956), Suddenly, Last Summer (1959), 55 Days at Peking (1963), Casino Royale (1967) and The Wild Geese (1978). He was the brother of sound engineer David Hildyard.
