Basil Emmott
Basil Emmott (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson. Emmott worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. Directors Emmott worked with included Michael Powell, Arthur B. Woods, Val Guest and Lance Comfort.
They Drive by Night
(Director of Photography)
Drifters
(Director of Photography)
Crime Unlimited
(Director of Photography)
Curse of the Fly
(Director of Photography)
Wicked as They Come
(Director of Photography)
The Long Haul
(Director of Photography)
Pit of Darkness
(Director of Photography)
Secret Venture
(Cinematography)
The Green Buddha
(Director of Photography)
Rag Doll
(Director of Photography)
Joe Macbeth
(Director of Photography)
The Wind of Change
(Director of Photography)
Strongroom
(Director of Photography)
I Was Monty's Double
(Director of Photography)
Blind Corner
(Director of Photography)
Crown v. Stevens
(Director of Photography)
Something Always Happens
(Director of Photography)
Time Flies
(Director of Photography)
Man of the Moment
(Director of Photography)
Companions in Crime
(Director of Photography)
Track the Man Down
(Director of Photography)
The Lodger
(Director of Photography)
It Happened One Sunday
(Director of Photography)
Faithful
(Cinematography)
Walk a Tightrope
(Director of Photography)
Town on Trial
(Director of Photography)
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
(Cinematography)
Thank Evans
(Director of Photography)
To What Red Hell
(Director of Photography)
The Prime Minister
(Director of Photography)
The Enemy General
(Director of Photography)
You Live and Learn
(Director of Photography)
The Peterville Diamond
(Director of Photography)
In a Monastery Garden
(Director of Photography)
As Good as New
(Director of Photography)
The Bermondsey Kid
(Director of Photography)
Confidential Lady
(Director of Photography)
Her Imaginary Lover
(Director of Photography)
High Finance
(Director of Photography)
I Adore You
(Director of Photography)
The Eleventh Commandment
(Director of Photography)
Mayfair Girl
(Director of Photography)
Flying Fortress
(Director of Photography)
Atlantic Ferry
(Director of Photography)
The Feather
(Director of Photography)
The Black Mask
(Director of Photography)
Young Lochinvar
(Director of Photography)
The Painted Smile
(Cinematography)
The Briggs Family
(Director of Photography)
Dr. O'Dowd
(Director of Photography)
Hoots Mon
(Director of Photography)
The Midas Touch
(Director of Photography)
The Breaking Point
(Cinematography)
Big Business
(Director of Photography)
Spanish Eyes
(Director of Photography)
Chin Chin Chinaman
(Director of Photography)
The Officers' Mess
(Director of Photography)
Lucky Ladies
(Director of Photography)
The Marriage Bond
(Director of Photography)
The Rosary
(Director of Photography)
Flat No. 9
(Director of Photography)
The Missing Rembrandt
(Director of Photography)
Frail Women
(Director of Photography)
Her Night Out
(Director of Photography)
The River House Ghost
(Director of Photography)
The Silver Greyhound
(Director of Photography)
When London Sleeps
(Director of Photography)
This Acting Business
(Director of Photography)
Rob Roy
(Director of Photography)
The Brown Wallet
(Director of Photography)
Educated Evans
(Director of Photography)
That’s The Ticket
(Director of Photography)
The Church Mouse
(Director of Photography)
Be My Guest
(Director of Photography)
Quinneys
(Director of Photography)
The Arcadians
(Director of Photography)
Sailors Don't Care
(Director of Photography)
The Glad Eye
(Director of Photography)
No Escape
(Director of Photography)
Mr. What's-His-Name?
(Director of Photography)
A Glimpse of Paradise
(Director of Photography)
What’s in a Name?
(Director of Photography)
His Brother’s Keeper
(Director of Photography)
The Singing Cop
(Director of Photography)
Call Me Mame
(Cinematography)
Murder Will Out
(Cinematography)
Mayfair Melody
(Director of Photography)
Thistledown
(Director of Photography)
Double or Quits
(Director of Photography)
The Girl in Possession
(Director of Photography)
Father and Son
(Director of Photography)
The Vulture
(Director of Photography)
The Girl in the Crowd
(Director of Photography)
Someday
(Director of Photography)
Quiet, Please
(Director of Photography)
It’s Not Cricket
(Director of Photography)
Side Street Angel
(Director of Photography)
Fair Exchange
(Director of Photography)
Hail and Farewell
(Director of Photography)
The Tell-Tale Heart
(Director of Photography)
Dangerous Medicine
(Director of Photography)
The Man Who Made Diamonds
(Director of Photography)
Gaol Break
(Director of Photography)
Tomorrow at Ten
(Director of Photography)
The Great Game
(Director of Photography)
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
(Director of Photography)
So You Won't Talk
(Director of Photography)
Get Off My Foot
(Director of Photography)
A Gentleman's Gentleman
(Director of Photography)
George and Margaret
(Director of Photography)
Live It Up!
(Director of Photography)
Johnny, You're Wanted
(Director of Photography)
The Man from Morocco
(Director of Photography)
Bell-Bottom George
(Director of Photography)
Miss London Ltd.
(Director of Photography)
The Co-Optimists
(Director of Photography)
Home and Away
(Director of Photography)
Cross Channel
(Director of Photography)
The Master of Bankdam
(Director of Photography)
The Break
(Director of Photography)
The Thirteenth Candle
(Director of Photography)
Everything Happens to Me
(Director of Photography)
The Return of Carol Deane
(Director of Photography)
Change for a Sovereign
(Director of Photography)
Gypsy
(Director of Photography)
Where's Sally?
(Director of Photography)
The Office Wife
(Director of Photography)
Little Fella
(Director of Photography)
A Prince of Lovers
(Cinematography)
Widow's Might
(Director of Photography)
The Stolen Necklace
(Director of Photography)
Little Miss Nobody
(Director of Photography)
Enemy of the Police
(Director of Photography)
The Melody-Maker
(Director of Photography)
Battle of the V-1
(Director of Photography)
The Blue Squadron
(Cinematography)