Ben Davis, BSC

British Society of Cinematographers

The British Society of Cinematographers was formed in 1949 by Bert Easey, 23 August 1901 - 28 February 1973, the then head of the Denham and Pinewood studio camera departments.The stated objectives at the formation of the BSC were...

 (born 1961) is an English cinematographer

Cinematographer

A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

 best known for his work with producer-director Matthew Vaughn

Matthew Vaughn

Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch and directing the films Layer Cake , Stardust and Kick-Ass...

. His major works include Kick-Ass (2010), Hannibal Rising (2007), Stardust (2007) and Layer Cake

Layer Cake (film)

Layer Cake is a 2004 British crime thriller produced and directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J...

(2004).

Career

Ben Davis started his career at Samuelsons Camera House, now a part of the motion picture equipment company Panavision

Panavision

Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product...

. He worked as clapper loader, focus puller, and camera operator in both feature films and commercials. During this period he worked with Billy Williams

Billy Williams (cinematographer)

Billy Williams OBE, BSC is a British cinematographer.Williams was responsible for shooting a number of films, including Women in Love , Gandhi , for which he won an Oscar, and On Golden Pond . Williams joined his father, also named Billy, as an apprentice cameraman, remaining with him for four years...

, Douglas Slocombe

Douglas Slocombe

Douglas Slocombe OBE, BSC, A.S.C. is a British cinematographer who has enjoyed a long career in the British film industry...

 and Roger Deakins

Roger Deakins

Roger Antony Deakins, ASC, BSC is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers. Deakins is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers...

. He began his career as a cinematographer shooting spots. His first major feature film as a cinematographer was the 2002 British film Miranda

Miranda (2002 film)

Miranda is a 2002 British comedy film starring Christina Ricci, Kyle MacLachlan, John Simm, John Hurt, Tamsin Greig and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Classified as a Romance/Thriller according to IMDb.-Plot:...

.

Filmography

• Miranda
  Miranda (2002 film)
  Miranda is a 2002 British comedy film starring Christina Ricci, Kyle MacLachlan, John Simm, John Hurt, Tamsin Greig and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Classified as a Romance/Thriller according to IMDb.-Plot:...
  
   (2002)
• Layer Cake (film)
  Layer Cake (film)
  Layer Cake is a 2004 British crime thriller produced and directed by Matthew Vaughn, in his directorial debut. It is based on the novel Layer Cake by J. J...
  
  (2004)
• Imagine Me & You
  Imagine Me & You
  Imagine Me & You is a 2005 British-American comedy-romance film written and directed by Ol Parker. It centres on the relationship between Rachel, played by Piper Perabo and Luce, played by Lena Headey, who meet on Rachel's wedding day. The movie takes its title from a line in the song "Happy...
  
  (2005)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• Stardust (2007)
• Virgin Territory
  Virgin Territory
  Virgin Territory is a 2007 romantic comedy film based upon Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. It has also been known under the working titles The Decameron, Angels and Virgins, Guilty Pleasures and Chasing Temptation. The film's Italian title Decameron Pie pays tribute to both the title of the...
  
  (2007)
• Incendiary
  Incendiary (film)
  Incendiary is a 2008 British drama film portraying the aftermath of a terrorist attack at a football match. It is directed by Sharon Maguire and stars Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, and Matthew Macfadyen. It is about an adulterous woman's life that is torn apart when her husband and...
  
  (2008)
• Franklyn
  Franklyn
  Franklyn is a 2008 British film written and directed by Gerald McMorrow as his debut feature. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, it stars Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green and Sam Riley. Shooting took place in London in the fourth quarter of 2007. Franklyn held its world premiere at the 52nd London Film Festival...
  
  (2008)
• Kick-Ass (2010)
• Tamara Drewe
  Tamara Drewe (film)
  Tamara Drewe is a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Frears.The screenplay was written by Moira Buffini, based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name written by Posy Simmonds...
  
  (2010)
• The Rite (2011)
• The Debt (2011)
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is an upcoming British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden and written by Ol Parker. The film stars Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Dev Patel, Tom Wilkinson and Maggie Smith. The plot follows the life of a group of British retirees staying in an elderly home in...
  
  (2012)
• Wrath of the Titans
  Wrath of the Titans
  Wrath of the Titans is an upcoming fantasy film and sequel to the 2010 film, Clash of the Titans. The film stars Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Édgar Ramírez, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell and Rosamund Pike with Jonathan Liebesman directing a screenplay by Dan Mazeau, David...
  
  (2012)

External links

• Official Website