---
name: "Ronnie Taylor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ronnie-taylor"
fi1m_id: "ronnie-taylor"
imdb_id: "nm0853111"
tmdb_id: 11847
wikidata_id: "Q2166046"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "27 October 1924"
died: "3 August 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-23T04:00:16.769675+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."
---

# Ronnie Taylor

## Identity

Ronnie Taylor

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ronnie-taylor
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ronnie-taylor
- **IMDb ID:** nm0853111
- **TMDB ID:** 11847
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2166046
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2166046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11847

Cinematographer. Born 27 October 1924 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. Died 3 August 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 27 October 1924, Hampstead, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 3 August 2018
- **Active:** 1960–1989
- **Also known as:** Ronald Taylor, Ron Taylor
- **Frequently works with:** [John Briley](https://film.one/person/john-briley.md), [Richard Attenborough](https://film.one/person/richard-attenborough.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 81 (3), 1980s 73 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Music 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,024m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Taylor, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2166046, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853111/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11847

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Tommy*](https://film.one/film/tommy.md) (74), [*Gandhi*](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md) (73)

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## Biography

Ronnie Taylor (also credited as Ronald Taylor or Ron Taylor) was a British cinematographer. Born in Hampstead, London, he began his career in the film industry in the 1940s as a clapper boy and later worked extensively as a camera operator on films including *The Innocents* (1961), *The Devils* (1971), *Tommy* (1975) and *Star Wars* (1977).

Taylor became a director of photography in the 1970s. He collaborated with Richard Attenborough on *Gandhi* (1982), for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Cinematography with Billy Williams after stepping in mid-production. He also worked with Attenborough on *A Chorus Line* (1985) and *Cry Freedom* (1987), and with Dario Argento on *Opera* (1987). He received BAFTA nominations for *Gandhi* and *Cry Freedom*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Sea of Love* (1989), Fi1m 75, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)
- *Cry Freedom* (1987), Fi1m 72, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), Fi1m 73, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Star Wars* (1977), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md)
- *Tommy* (1975), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md)
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), Fi1m 82, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Fi1m 82, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Sleepless* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Phantom of the Opera* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Steal* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Redwood Curtain* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Good King Wenceslas* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Shadow of Obsession* (1994), Director of Photography
- *The Rainbow Thief* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Jewels* (1992), series, Director of Photography
- *Popcorn* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Sea of Love* (1989), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)
- *The Experts* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Opera* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Cry Freedom* (1987), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md)
- *Foreign Body* (1986), Director of Photography
- *A Chorus Line* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Splitz* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Champions* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Master of the Game* (1984), series, Director of Photography
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1983), Director of Photography
- *High Road to China* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Gandhi* (1982), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Savage Harvest* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Circle of Iron* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Big Sleep* (1978), Camera Operator
- *Valentino* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Star Wars* (1977), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md)
- *Tommy* (1975), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tommy.md)
- *Phantom of the Paradise* (1974), Camera Operator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/phantom-of-the-paradise.md)
- *Theatre of Blood* (1973), Camera Operator
- *Young Winston* (1972), Camera Operator
- *Savage Messiah* (1972), Camera Operator
- *The Devils* (1971), Camera Operator
- *Murphy's War* (1971), Aerial Camera
- *Deadfall* (1968), Camera Operator
- *The Bobo* (1967), Camera Operator
- *Finders Keepers* (1966), Camera Operator
- *The Wrong Box* (1966), Camera Operator
- *Traitor's Gate* (1964), Camera Operator
- *Two and Two Make Six* (1962), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *The Innocents* (1961), Camera Operator
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Camera Operator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/saturday-night-and-sunday-morning.md)
- *Web of Evidence* (1959), Camera Operator
- *Next to No Time* (1958), Camera Operator
- *The Hypnotist* (1957), Camera Operator
- *Seven Waves Away* (1957), Camera Operator
- *The Baby and the Battleship* (1956), Camera Operator
- *Lost* (1956), Camera Operator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1983: Best Cinematography (won), for *Gandhi*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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