Douglas Milsome

Douglas Milsome BSC, ASC (born 1939) is an English cinematographer.

A former camera operator for John Alcott on films like A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, and The Shining, Milsome worked on Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, following Alcott's death in 1986.

Biography

Milsome was born in Hammersmith, London, England, in 1939.

Sometimes credited as Doug Milsome, perhaps his most-widely seen work is Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He collaborated with Stanley Kubrick and John Alcott in the 1970s, as camera operator and second-unit photographer, and became Kubrick's director of photography for Full Metal Jacket. Known for his mastery of difficult focus techniques, tested especially with the idiosyncratic lenses used on Barry Lyndon to film scenes by candlelight, he was consulted for Kubrick's final project, Eyes Wide Shut.

Milsome has gravitated toward genres such as science fiction and fantasy, where he is known for his brooding style. He is member of both the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.

His son, Mark Milsome (1963–2017), was also a camera operator, and was killed during a shoot. At the inquest, the coroner ruled it an "accidental death".

Filmography Film

Direct-to-video Year Title Director Notes 1998 Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights Alan Mehrez With Mark Woods 2003 Dracula II: AscensionPatrick Lussier 2005 Dracula III: Legacy2006 The Hard Corps Sheldon Lettich Second in Command Simon Fellows 2008 The Shepherd: Border Patrol Isaac Florentine

Documentary film Year Title Director Note 2002 Standing in the Shadows of Motown Paul Justman With Lon Stratton

Television Year Title Director Notes 1988 The Dirty Dozen Kevin ConnorDouglas Hickox 3 episodes 2021 Wrongfully Convicted John Wolfe

Miniseries Year Title Director 1989 Lonesome Dove Simon Wincer 1991 Great Expectations Kevin Connor 1990 Family of Spies Stephen Gyllenhaal 2002 Johnson County War David S. Cass Sr.

TV movies