Basil Emmott

Personal Info

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Camera

Gender

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Birthday

1894-07-05 (82 years old)

Deathday

1976-01-23

Place of Birth

Kennington, London, England, UK

Basil Emmott

Biography

Basil Emmott (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson. Emmott worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. Directors Emmott worked with included Michael Powel...

Production

1938

They Drive by Night

as Director of Photography

1929

Drifters

as Director of Photography

1935

Crime Unlimited

as Director of Photography

1965

Curse of the Fly

as Director of Photography

1956

Wicked as They Come

as Director of Photography

1957

The Long Haul

as Director of Photography

1961

Pit of Darkness

as Director of Photography

1955

Secret Venture

as Cinematography

1954

The Green Buddha

as Director of Photography

1961

Rag Doll

as Director of Photography

1955

Joe Macbeth

as Director of Photography

1961

The Wind of Change

as Director of Photography

1962

Strongroom

as Director of Photography

1958

I Was Monty's Double

as Director of Photography

1964

Blind Corner

as Director of Photography

1936

Crown v. Stevens

as Director of Photography

1934

Something Always Happens

as Director of Photography

1944

Time Flies

as Director of Photography

1935

Man of the Moment

as Director of Photography

1932

The Lodger

as Director of Photography

1954

Companions in Crime

as Director of Photography

1955

Track the Man Down

as Director of Photography

1944

It Happened One Sunday

as Director of Photography

1936

Faithful

as Cinematography

1963

Walk a Tightrope

as Director of Photography

1957

Town on Trial

as Director of Photography

1939

1938

Thank Evans

as Director of Photography

1929

To What Red Hell

as Director of Photography

1941

The Prime Minister

as Director of Photography

1960

The Enemy General

as Director of Photography

1937

You Live and Learn

as Director of Photography

1943

The Peterville Diamond

as Director of Photography

1932

In a Monastery Garden

as Director of Photography

1933

As Good as New

as Director of Photography

1933

The Bermondsey Kid

as Director of Photography

1939

Confidential Lady

as Director of Photography

1933

Her Imaginary Lover

as Director of Photography

1933

High Finance

as Director of Photography

1933

I Adore You

as Director of Photography

1933

Mayfair Girl

as Director of Photography

1924

The Eleventh Commandment

as Director of Photography

1942

Flying Fortress

as Director of Photography

1941

Atlantic Ferry

as Director of Photography

1929

The Feather

as Director of Photography

1935

The Black Mask

as Director of Photography

1923

Young Lochinvar

as Director of Photography

1962

The Painted Smile

as Cinematography

1940

The Briggs Family

as Director of Photography

1940

Dr. O'Dowd

as Director of Photography

1940

Hoots Mon

as Director of Photography

1940

The Midas Touch

as Director of Photography

1961

The Breaking Point

as Cinematography

1930

Big Business

as Director of Photography

1930

Spanish Eyes

as Director of Photography

1931

Chin Chin Chinaman

as Director of Photography

1931

The Officers' Mess

as Director of Photography

1932

Lucky Ladies

as Director of Photography

1932

The Marriage Bond

as Director of Photography

1931

The Rosary

as Director of Photography

1932

Flat No. 9

as Director of Photography

1932

The Missing Rembrandt

as Director of Photography

1932

Frail Women

as Director of Photography

1932

Her Night Out

as Director of Photography

1932

The River House Ghost

as Director of Photography

1932

The Silver Greyhound

as Director of Photography

1932

When London Sleeps

as Director of Photography

1933

This Acting Business

as Director of Photography

1922

Rob Roy

as Director of Photography

1936

The Brown Wallet

as Director of Photography

1936

Educated Evans

as Director of Photography

1940

That’s The Ticket

as Director of Photography

1934

The Church Mouse

as Director of Photography

1965

Be My Guest

as Director of Photography

1927

Quinneys

as Director of Photography

1927

The Arcadians

as Director of Photography

1928

Sailors Don't Care

as Director of Photography

1927

The Glad Eye

as Director of Photography

1934

No Escape

as Director of Photography

1935

Mr. What's-His-Name?

as Director of Photography

1940

His Brother’s Keeper

as Director of Photography

1935

A Glimpse of Paradise

as Director of Photography

1935

What’s in a Name?

as Director of Photography

1938

The Singing Cop

as Director of Photography

1933

Call Me Mame

as Cinematography

1939

Murder Will Out

as Cinematography

1937

Mayfair Melody

as Director of Photography

1938

Double or Quits

as Director of Photography

1938

Thistledown

as Director of Photography

1934

The Girl in Possession

as Director of Photography

1935

Father and Son

as Director of Photography

1937

The Vulture

as Director of Photography

1935

The Girl in the Crowd

as Director of Photography

1935

Someday

as Director of Photography

1938

Quiet, Please

as Director of Photography

1937

Side Street Angel

as Director of Photography

1936

Hail and Farewell

as Director of Photography

1937

It’s Not Cricket

as Director of Photography

1936

Fair Exchange

as Director of Photography

1953

The Tell-Tale Heart

as Director of Photography

1938

Dangerous Medicine

as Director of Photography

1937

The Man Who Made Diamonds

as Director of Photography

1936

Gaol Break

as Director of Photography

1963

Tomorrow at Ten

as Director of Photography

1930

The Great Game

as Director of Photography

1945

The Man from Morocco

as Director of Photography

1935

Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

as Director of Photography

1944

Bell-Bottom George

as Director of Photography

1943

Miss London Ltd.

as Director of Photography

1935

Get Off My Foot

as Director of Photography

1939

A Gentleman's Gentleman

as Director of Photography

1940

George and Margaret

as Director of Photography

1935

So You Won't Talk

as Director of Photography

1956

Johnny, You're Wanted

as Director of Photography

1963

Live It Up!

as Director of Photography

1929

The Co-Optimists

as Director of Photography

1956

Home and Away

as Director of Photography

1955

Cross Channel

as Director of Photography

1947

The Master of Bankdam

as Director of Photography

1963

The Break

as Director of Photography

1933

The Thirteenth Candle

as Director of Photography

1938

Everything Happens to Me

as Director of Photography

1938

The Return of Carol Deane

as Director of Photography

1937

Change for a Sovereign

as Director of Photography

1936

Gypsy

as Director of Photography

1936

Where's Sally?

as Director of Photography

1934

The Office Wife

as Director of Photography

1933

Little Fella

as Director of Photography

1922

A Prince of Lovers

as Cinematography

1935

Widow's Might

as Director of Photography

1933

The Stolen Necklace

as Director of Photography

1933

Little Miss Nobody

as Director of Photography

1933

Enemy of the Police

as Director of Photography

1933

The Melody-Maker

as Director of Photography

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