death_place death_date years_active birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation death_cause
east sussex , united kingdom 19 february 2008 1963 -- 1999 margate , united kingdom british 23 march 1925 david watkin -lrb- cinematographer -rrb-
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david watkin -lrb- cinematographer -rrb-

david watkin bsc -lrb- 23 march 1925 -- 19 february 2008 -rrb- was a british cinematographer , an innovator who was among the first directors of photography to experiment heavily with the usage of bounce light as a soft light source .
he worked with such film directors as richard lester , peter brook , tony richardson , mike nichols , ken russell , franco zeffirelli , sidney lumet and sydney pollack .
in 1985 , watkin won the academy award for best cinematography for his work on `` out of africa '' .
he received lifetime achievement awards in 2004 from the british society of cinematographers and the cinematographic-centric camerimage film festival in Łódź , poland .
in `` chariots of fire '' , he `` helped create one of the most memorable images of 1980s cinema : the opening sequence in which a huddle of young male athletes pounds along the water 's edge on a beach '' to the film 's theme music by vangelis .
