# 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

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1983 | Wild Horses | Derek Morton | |
| 1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Stanley Kubrick | |
| 1988 | Hawks | Robert Ellis Miller | |
| 1989 | The Beast of War | Kevin Reynolds | |
| 1990 | Desperate Hours | Michael Cimino | |
| 1991 | If Looks Could Kill | William Dear | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds | |
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Uli Edel | |
| 1993 | Sunset Grill | Kevin Connor | |
| 1995 | Rumpelstiltskin | Mark Jones | |
| 1996 | The Sunchaser | Michael Cimino | |
| 1997 | Breakdown | Jonathan Mostow | |
| 1998 | Legionnaire | Peter MacDonald | |
| 2000 | Highlander: Endgame | Doug Aarniokoski | |
| 2000 | Dungeons & Dragons | Courtney Solomon | |
| 2002 | Ritual | Avi Nesher | |
| 2006 | The Legend of Simon Conjurer | Stuart Paul | With Howard Atherton |
| 2007 | Until Death | Simon Fellows | |
| 2010 | Frenchy | Jean-Claude Van Damme | |
| 2017 | Bitter Harvest | George Mendeluk | |
| 2018 | The Ghost | Garrick L. Hamm | Short film |
| 2019 | Eve | Rory Kindersley | |
| 2022 | Kingslayer | Stuart Brennan | |
| 2022 | House Red | Coz Greenop | |
| 2023 | 1066 | Robin Jacob | |
| 2024 | Warchief | Stuart Brennan | |
| 2024 | Assassin's Guild | Stuart Brennan | |
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1998 | Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights | Alan Mehrez | With Mark Woods |
| 2003 | Dracula II: Ascension | Patrick Lussier | |
| 2005 | Dracula III: Legacy | Patrick Lussier | |
| 2006 | The Hard Corps | Sheldon Lettich | |
| 2006 | 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 Connor Douglas 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
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1989 | The Hollywood Detective | Kevin Connor |
| 1991 | Diana: Her True Story | Kevin Connor |
| 1993 | Spies | Kevin Connor |
| 1994 | Seasons of the Heart | Lee Grant |
| 1994 | Following Her Heart | Lee Grant |
| 1995 | Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart | Kevin Connor |
| 1995 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Kevin Connor |
| 1995 | Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story | Kevin Connor |
| 1998 | Glory & Honor | Kevin Hooks |
| 2002 | Santa, Jr. | Kevin Connor |