Christian Blackwood

Directing·Jul 7, 1942·Berlin, Germany

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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.

Film	Credit
Conversations with Philip Guston2003 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis1990 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Motel1989 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser1988 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Signed: Lino Brocka1987 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’1986 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Aznavour: Breaking America1985 · Director	Director
The Soldier's Tale1984 · Director	Director
Observations Under the Volcano1984 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story1982 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Edith Head1981 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera1981 · Director	Director
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush1980 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel1978 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Yesterday's Witness1976 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Hollywood's Musical Moods1976 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Isamu Noguchi1972 · Director	Director
Summer in the City1970 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing1970 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Jim Dine: London1970 · Director	Director
David Hockney's Diaries1970 · Director	Director
Harlem Theater1969 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann1969 · Director	Director
Monk1968 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Monk in Europe1968 · Director	Director
LLockenköpfchen1967 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
The Murderers Are Among Us1946 · Otto Brückner	Otto Brückner
JJuilliardDirector	Director
Tapdancin'Director	Director