Christian Schwarzwald

Documentarian

About

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Birth Place

Berlin, DE

Died

July 22, 1992

Cause of Death

Lung Cancer

Biography

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Child actor turned documentarian and director of photography whose career spanned 40 films over a 25-year period. Among his work as a cinematographer is Charlotte Zwerin's haunting "Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser." As a documentarian, Blackwood generally focused on artists and filmmakers. His films include "Observations Under The Volcano" (1988), a behind-the-scenes look at director...

Filmography

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Signed, Lino Brocka (1987)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Nik and Murray (1986)

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

Tapdancin' (1981)

Family & Companions

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Carolyn Marks Blackwood

Wife

Biography

Child actor turned documentarian and director of photography whose career spanned 40 films over a 25-year period. Among his work as a cinematographer is Charlotte Zwerin's haunting "Thelonius Monk: Straight, No Chaser." As a documentarian, Blackwood generally focused on artists and filmmakers. His films include "Observations Under The Volcano" (1988), a behind-the-scenes look at director John Huston's adaptation of Malcolm Lowry's novel; "Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel" (1978), and "Signed, Lino Brocka" (1987), a portrait of the eminent Filipino director. His "Private Conversations: On the Set of `Death of a Salesman'" (1985), a documentary about the filming of German director Volker Schlondorff's interpretation of the Arthur Miller play, won the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Signed, Lino Brocka (1987)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Nik and Murray (1986)

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

Tapdancin' (1981)

All By Myself (1981)

Yesterday's Witness (1979)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (1998)

Cinematographer

Director Of Photography

Nik and Murray (1986)

Director Of Photography

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

Cinematographer

Tapdancin' (1981)

Cinematographer

All By Myself (1981)

Cinematographer

Not Reconciled, or "Only Violence Helps Where It Rules" (1969)

Camera Operator

Writer (Feature Film)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)

Producer (Feature Film)

Signed, Lino Brocka (1987)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Nik and Murray (1986)

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

All By Myself (1981)

Tapdancin' (1981)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)

Editing (Feature Film)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Nik and Murray (1986)

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Signed, Lino Brocka (1987)

My Life For Zarah Leander (1987)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Observations Under the Volcano (1984)

Director (Special)

Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of "Death of a Salesman" With Dustin Hoffman (1985)

Cinematography (Special)

Paul Simon: Born at the Right Time (1993)

Director Of Photography

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989)

Director Of Photography

Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of "Death of a Salesman" With Dustin Hoffman (1985)

Cinematographer

Pablo Picasso: The Legacy of a Genius (1982)

Camera Operator

Producer (Special)

Private Conversations: The Making of the Television Adaptation of "Death of a Salesman" With Dustin Hoffman (1985)

Misc. Crew (Special)

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1989)

Life Events

Family

Michael Blackwood

Brother

Documentarian.

Companions

Carolyn Marks Blackwood

Wife

Bibliography

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