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Name: Chris Menges
Full/Alt. name: Christopher Menges
Date of Birth: Sunday September 15 1940
Born: Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)
Partial Biography: As an Academy Award-winning cinematographer who made the successful segue to directing features, Chris Menges has carved out a successful, but understated career. Menges got his start as an assistant…Full Chris Menges Biography…

The Reader (2009) 15 (Contains strong sex)Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Righteous Kill (2008) 15 (Contains strong language and violence)Assistant Location Manager (New York)
The Visitor (2008) 15 (Contains infrequent strong language)Location Assistant
Stop-Loss (2008) 15 (Contains strong language and bloody war violence)Director of Photography, B Camera Operator
Notes On A Scandal (2007) 15 (Contains strong language and sex references)Director of Photography
Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The (2006) 15 (for language, violence land sexuality)Director of Photography
North Country (2006) 15 (Contains strong sex references, language and moderate sexual violence)Steadicam Operator, Director of Photography, A Camera Operator
Tickets (2005) 15 (Contains very strong language)Director of Photography (Episode 3)
Criminal (2005) 15 (Contains strong language)Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Concert for George (2003) PG (Contains mild nudity and sexual innuendo)Cinematographer

British Independent Film Award (2001) Lifetime Achievement
British Independent Film Award for Lifetime Achievement (2001)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award (1996) Best Cinematography - "Michael Collins"
Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1988) - "A World Apart"
New York Film Critics Circle Award (1988) Best Director - "A World Apart"