# Gerry Fisher

Gerry Fisher, B.S.C. (23 June 1926 – 2 December 2014) was an English cinematographer.

## Biography

He was born in London in 1926. Early employment by Kodak and De Havilland Aircraft was followed by service in the Royal Navy during WW II. Fisher then worked as a clapper boy at Alliance Riverside Studios, Twickenham, and as assistant cameraman on documentaries for Wessex Films, before becoming a Focus puller at Shepperton Studios. After years in this capacity on films such as An Inspector Calls (1954), he was promoted to camera operator on Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), before finally becoming director of photography on Joseph Losey's Accident (1967). He collaborated with Losey on a further seven films, including The Go-Between in 1971. In 1976 Fisher was nominated for the Best Cinematography Award by the British Society of Cinematographers, for Aces High, and in 1977 was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the same film. In 1977 he was nominated in the César Awards for Best Cinematography for Monsieur Klein.
The film directors Fisher frequently collaborated with included Losey, Tony Richardson, Sidney Lumet, John Huston, William Peter Blatty, John Frankenheimer and, latterly, Michael Ritchie.
Fisher and his wife retired to The Film and Television Charity's Glebelands Care Home at Wokingham in Berkshire. He died on 2 December 2014, at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in nearby Reading, at the age of 88.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director |
| 1967 | Accident | Joseph Losey |
| 1967 | The Mikado | Stuart Burge |
| 1968 | Sebastian | David Greene |
| 1968 | Interlude | Kevin Billington |
| 1968 | Amsterdam Affair | Gerry O'Hara |
| 1968 | Secret Ceremony | Joseph Losey |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Sidney Lumet |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Tony Richardson |
| 1970 | Ned Kelly | Tony Richardson |
| 1970 | Macho Callahan | Bernard L. Kowalski |
| 1970 | All the Right Noises | Gerry O'Hara |
| 1971 | The Go-Between | Joseph Losey |
| 1971 | See No Evil | Richard Fleischer |
| 1971 | Man in the Wilderness | Richard C. Sarafian |
| 1971 | Malpertuis | Harry Kümel |
| 1972 | The Amazing Mr. Blunden | Lionel Jeffries |
| 1973 | The Offence | Sidney Lumet |
| 1973 | Bequest to the Nation | James Cellan Jones |
| 1973 | A Doll's House | Joseph Losey |
| 1974 | Butley | Harold Pinter |
| 1974 | S*P*Y*S | Irvin Kershner |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Richard Lester |
| 1975 | Brannigan | Douglas Hickox |
| 1975 | Dogpound Shuffle | Jeffrey Bloom |
| 1975 | The Romantic Englishwoman | Joseph Losey |
| 1975 | The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother | Gene Wilder |
| 1976 | Aces High | Jack Gold |
| 1976 | Monsieur Klein | Joseph Losey |
| 1977 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | Don Taylor |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Marty Feldman |
| 1978 | Roads to the South | Joseph Losey |
| 1978 | Fedora | Billy Wilder |
| 1979 | Wise Blood | John Huston |
| 1979 | Don Giovanni | Joseph Losey |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | William Peter Blatty |
| 1981 | Rends-moi la clé! | Gérard Pirès |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | John Huston |
| 1981 | Wolfen | Michael Wadleigh |
| 1982 | Un matin rouge | Jean-Jacques Aublanc |
| 1983 | Lovesick | Marshall Brickman |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Mel Damski |
| 1983 | Les mots pour le dire | José Pinheiro |
| 1985 | The Holcroft Covenant | John Frankenheimer |
| 1986 | Highlander | Russell Mulcahy |
| 1987 | Man on Fire | Élie Chouraqui |
| 1987 | Orn | Fred de Fooko |
| 1988 | Running on Empty | Sidney Lumet |
| 1989 | Dead Bang | John Frankenheimer |
| 1989 | Black Rainbow | Mike Hodges |
| 1990 | The Fourth War | John Frankenheimer |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | William Peter Blatty |
| 1991 | Company Business | Nicholas Meyer |
| 1992 | Diggstown | Michael Ritchie |
| 1994 | Cops and Robbersons | Michael Ritchie |
| 1996 | When Saturday Comes | Maria Giese |
| 1997 | K | Alexandre Arcady |
| 1999 | Furia | Alexandre Aja |
* ↑ Also credited as producer
Short film
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1972 | The Man and the Snake | Sture Rydman |
| 1981 | Le physique et le figuré | Serge Gainsbourg |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1973 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jack Gold | Episode "Conflict" (aka "Catholics") |
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Mike Hodges | Miniseries |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1984 | Samson and Delilah | Lee Philips |
| 1993 | The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Michael Ritchie |

## Awards and nominations

BAFTA Awards
| Year | Award | Title | Result |
| 1971 | Best Cinematography | The Go-Between | Nominated |
| 1976 | Best Cinematography | Aces High | Nominated |
British Society of Cinematographers
| Year | Award | Title | Result |
| 1976 | Best Cinematography | Aces High | Nominated |
| 2008 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
César Awards
| Year | Award | Title | Result |
| 1976 | Best Cinematography | Monsieur Klein | Nominated |