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name: "Michael Reed"
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born: "7 July 1929"
died: "15 December 2022"
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# Michael Reed

Cinematographer. Born 7 July 1929 in Canada. Died 15 December 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 7 July 1929, Canada
- **Died:** 15 December 2022
- **Active:** 1965–1969
- **Also known as:** Mike Reed
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Reed_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535692, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715586/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10178

## Biography

Michael Reed (also credited as Mike Reed) was a British cinematographer. He began his career in the early 1950s in the camera department at Hammer Films, working as a clapper loader and focus puller before becoming director of photography on films including *The Ugly Duckling* (1959) and several Hammer horror productions such as *The Gorgon* (1964), *Dracula: Prince of Darkness* (1966) and *Rasputin: The Mad Monk* (1966).

He served as second-unit director of photography on the James Bond films *Goldfinger* (1964), *Thunderball* (1965) and *You Only Live Twice* (1967). Reed was director of photography on *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969). His other credits include *Shout at the Devil* (1976), *The Passage* (1979) and television series such as *The Saint*, *The New Avengers* and *Philip Marlowe, Private Eye*.

Reed was a member of the British Society of Cinematographers. He died on 15 December 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Thunderball* (1965), Fi1m 66, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'* (2000), Acting
- *Wild Geese II* (1985), Cinematography
- *Kim* (1984), Director of Photography
- *John Wycliffe: The Morning Star* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Loophole* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Leopard in the Snow* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Passage* (1979), Director of Photography
- *No Longer Alone* (1978), Cinematography
- *The Stick Up* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, Director of Photography
- *Shout at the Devil* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Philadelphia, Here I Come* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Hiding Place* (1975), Cinematography
- *Galileo* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Diamonds on Wheels* (1973), Cinematography
- *The Hireling* (1973), Director of Photography
- *The Groundstar Conspiracy* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Z.P.G.* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Von Richthofen and Brown* (1971), Cinematography, Camera Operator
- *The McKenzie Break* (1970), Director of Photography
- *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/on-her-majestys-secret-service.md)
- *Guns in the Heather* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Fiction Makers* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Slave Girls* (1967), Director of Photography
- *A Ghost of a Chance* (1967), Cinematography
- *Our Man in Marrakesh* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Rasputin: The Mad Monk* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Dracula: Prince of Darkness* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Thunderball* (1965), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/thunderball.md)
- *The Pleasure Girls* (1965), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *The Legend of Young Dick Turpin* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Gorgon* (1964), Director of Photography
- *The Devil-Ship Pirates* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Farewell Performance* (1963), Director of Photography
- *In Search of the Castaways* (1962), Additional Photography
- *The Primitives* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Malpas Mystery* (1960), Cinematography
- *Linda* (1960), Director of Photography
- *October Moth* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Snowball* (1960), Director of Photography
- *The Professionals* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Devil's Bait* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Ugly Duckling* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Captured* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Adventures of Robin Hood* (1955), series, Director of Photography
- *Stock Car* (1955), Camera Operator

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