Milsome, Douglas

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MILSOME, Douglas

(Doug Milsome)

PERSONAL

Born in England.

Addresses: Agent The Mirisch Agency, 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1801, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career: Cinematographer.

Member: British Society of Cinematographers, American Society of Cinematographers.

Awards, Honors: British Film Institute Award, camera operation, for Highlander; New York Film Critics Circle Award nomination, 1987, British Critics Circle Award, 1989, Academy Award nomination, all for Full Metal Jacket; Emmy Award nomination, 1989, and American Society of Cinematographers Award, both for Lonesome Dove; American Society of Cinematographers Award, for Return to Lonesome Dove; DVDX Award nomination, best cinematography in a DVD premiere movie, 2003, for Dracula II: Ascension.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Takes This Job and Shove It, Avco Embassy Pictures, 1981.

Wild Horses, Satori, 1983.

Full Metal Jacket (also known as Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket ), Warner Bros., 1987.

Hawks, Skouras Pictures, 1988.

The Beast of War (also known as The Beast ), Columbia, 1988.

Desperate Hours, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1990.

If Looks Could Kill (also known as Teen Agent ), Warner Bros., 1991.

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Warner Bros., 1991.

(As Doug Milsome) Body of Evidence (also known as Deadly Evidence ), MetroGoldwynMayer, 1993.

Sunset Grill, New Line Cinema, 1993.

(Second unit) Nowhere to Run, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1993.

(As Doug Milsome) Rumpelstiltskin, Spelling Films International, 1996.

(As Doug Milsome) The Sunchaser, Warner Bros., 1996.

(As Doug Milsome) Breakdown, Paramount, 1997.

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, 1998.

Legionnaire, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1998.

Highlander: Endgame, Miramax, 2000.

Dungeons & Dragons (also known as Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie ), New Line Cinema, 2000.

Ritual (also known as Tales from the Crypt Presents: Revelation and Tales from the Crypt Presents: Voodoo ), Miramax, 2001.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown (documentary; also known as Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Story of the Frank Brothers ), Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Dracula II: Ascension (also known as Wes Craven Presents Dracula II: Ascension ), Buena Vista Home Video, 2003.

Dracula III: Legacy, Dimension Films, 2004.

Film Work:

Camera assistant, The Yellow Rolls Royce, 1964.

Camera assistant, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, 1964.

Camera assistant, Modesty Blaise, 1965.

Camera assistant, Sands of the Kalahari, 1965.

Camera assistant, When Eight Bells Toll, 1969.

Focus puller, Barry Lyndon, Warner Bros., 1975.

(As Doug Milsome) Assistant camera, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (also known as La grande cuisine, Ein Kochtopf voller Leichen, Qualcuno sta uccidendo i piu grandi cuochi d'europa, Die Schlemmerorgie, Someone Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe, and Too Many Chefs ), Warner Bros., 1978.

Focus assistant and photographer: second unit, The Shining (also known as Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining "), Warner Bros., 1980.

Camera assistant, Ragtime, 1980.

Second unit photographer, Race for the Yankee Zephyr (also known as Gold Hunt and Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr ), ARC, 1981.

Second unit camera operator, Better Late Than Never (also known as Whose Little Girl Are You? ), Warner Bros., 1982.

Second unit camera operator, Yentl, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1983.

Camera operator, Space Riders, 1983.

(As Doug Milsome) Second unit camera operator, The Bounty, Orion, 1984.

Camera operator, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, Warner Bros., 1984.

(As Doug Milsome) Aerial camera operator, A View to a Kill (also known as Ian Fleming's "AViewtoa Kill "), MetroGoldwynMayer/United Artists Entertainment Company, 1985.

Camera operator, Plenty, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1985.

Camera operator, King David, Paramount, 1985.

Camera operator, Highlander, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1986.

Lighting cameraman, Full Metal Jacket (also known as Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket ), Warner Bros., 1987.

Camera operator, The Beast of War (also known as The Beast ), Columbia, 1988.

Camera operator, Desperate Hours, MetroGoldwynMayer, 1990.

Additional photographer, The Last of the Mohicans, Twentieth CenturyFox, 1992.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (documentary), Warner Bros., 2001.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

Dirty Dozen: The Series, Fox, 1988.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989.

(As Doug Milsome) Great Expectations, The Disney Channel, 1989.

Family of Spies, CBS, 1990.

Diana: Her True Story, NBC, 1993.

Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

The Old Curiosity Shop, The Disney Channel, 1995.

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story, NBC, 1995.

(Second unit) Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995.

Johnson County War, Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Television Second Unit Director; Miniseries:

Return to Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1993.

Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

The Hollywood Detective, USA Network, 1989.

Seasons of the Heart, NBC, 1994.

Following Her Heart, NBC, 1994.

Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart, NBC, 1995.

(Second unit) An Unfinished Affair, ABC, 1996.

(As Doug Milsome) Glory & Honor, TNT, 1998.

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights, HBO, 1999.

(As Doug Milsome) Santa, Jr., Hallmark Channel, 2002.

Television Camera Operator; Movies:

Following Her Heart, NBC, 1994.

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