Christopher Challis

Christopher Challis
BSC, FRPS
Born
Christopher George Joseph Challis

(1919-03-18)18 March 1919
London, England
Died31 May 2012(2012-05-31) (aged 93)
Bristol, England
OccupationCinematographer
President of the British Society of Cinematographers
In office
1962–1964
Preceded byOswald Morris
Succeeded byGeoffrey Unsworth

Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS (18 March 1919 – 31 May 2012) was an English cinematographer. He was well-known for his collaborations with the directing duo of Powell and Pressburger, and worked on more than 70 feature films from the 1940s onwards. He won a BAFTA Award for his work on Arabesque (1966), among four total nominations.

Challis was the 6th President of the British Society of Cinematographers, serving from 1962 to 1964.

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