Douglas Slocombe
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Born in Putney to a Russian mother and a journalist father, he earned a mathematics degree at the Sorbonne before pursuing photography and wartime documentary work, experiences that led to his first cinematography assignments for the British Ministry of Information. A long association with Ealing Studios in the 1940s and 1950s saw him shape the look of classics such as Kind Hearts and Coronets, Th…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources