Jack Hildyard

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Jack Hildyard BSC
Hildyard (left) being interviewed on location in Rome filming of Lion of the Desert (1979)
Born	Denis John Hildyard (1908-03-17)March 17, 1908 London, England
Died	September 5, 1990(1990-09-05) (aged 82) Weybridge, Surrey, England
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1934-1985
Organization	British Society of Cinematographers
Relatives	David Hildyard (brother)

Denis John "Jack" Hildyard^[1] BSC (17 March 1908 – 5 September 1990) was an English cinematographer. He worked on more than 80 films during his career, spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s, and was a founding member of the British Society of Cinematographers.^[2] He won an Academy Award for his work on The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957),^[3] and was nominated for three times for the BAFTA Award for Best British Cinematographer.