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Christian Blackwood

Director · 1942–1992 · Berlin, Germany

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Biography

Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.

Directed 23

1990s

  1. 1990

    Real Sex

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    Motel

    Director

  2. 1988

    POV

    Director

    78
  3. 1987

    Signed: Lino Brocka

    Director

  4. 1986

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Director

  5. 1985

    Aznavour: Breaking America

    Director

  6. 1984

    The Soldier's Tale

    Director

  7. Observations Under the Volcano

    Director

  8. 1982

    All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

    Director

  9. 1981

    Edith Head

    Director

  10. Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera

    Director

  11. 1980

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Director

  2. 1976

    Yesterday's Witness

    Director

  3. Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Director

  4. 1972

    Isamu Noguchi

    Director

  5. 1970

    Summer in the City

    Director

  6. Jim Dine: London

    Director

  7. David Hockney's Diaries

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

    Director

  2. 1968

    Monk

    Director

  3. Monk in Europe

    Director

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  1. Tapdancin'

    Director

Produced 11

1980s

  1. 1989

    Motel

    Producer

  2. 1987

    Signed: Lino Brocka

    Producer

  3. 1986

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Producer

  4. 1984

    Observations Under the Volcano

    Producer

  5. 1982

    All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

    Producer

  6. 1981

    Edith Head

    Producer

  7. 1980

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1978

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Producer

  2. 1976

    Yesterday's Witness

    Producer

  3. Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Monk

    Producer

Other crew 10

1980s

  1. 1987

    Signed: Lino Brocka

    Cinematography

  2. 1986

    Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

    Cinematography

  3. 1982

    All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

    Cinematography

  4. Philip Guston: A Life Lived

    Cinematography

1970s

  1. 1972

    Larry Rivers

    Cinematography

  2. 1970

    San Domingo

    Cinematography

1960s

  1. 1969

    Christo: Wrapped Coast

    Cinematography

  2. 1968

    Monk

    Cinematography

  3. 1967

    Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966

    Cinematography

  4. 1965

    Not Reconciled

    Cinematography

Camera 9

2000s

  1. 2003

    Conversations with Philip Guston

    Director of Photography

1980s

  1. 1989

    Motel

    Director of Photography

  2. 1988

    Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

    Director of Photography

  3. 1984

    Observations Under the Volcano

    Director of Photography

1970s

  1. 1978

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Director of Photography

  2. 1970

    Summer in the City

    Director of Photography

  3. Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

    Director of Photography

1960s

  1. 1969

    Harlem Theater

    Director of Photography

Edited 2

1980s

  1. 1980

    Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

    Editor

1970s

  1. 1978

    Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

    Editor

Acted in 1

Wrote 1

1980s

  1. 1987

    Signed: Lino Brocka

    Writer