Christian Blackwood
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.
Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann
(Director)
Conversations with Philip Guston
(Director of Photography)
The Soldier's Tale
(Director)
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
(Director)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
(Director)
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
(Cinematography)
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
(Producer)
Observations Under the Volcano
(Director of Photography)
Observations Under the Volcano
(Producer)
Observations Under the Volcano
(Director)
Signed: Lino Brocka
(Director)
Signed: Lino Brocka
(Writer)
Jim Dine: London
(Director)
All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
(Cinematography)
All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
(Director)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
(Editor)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
(Director of Photography)
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
(Producer)
Harlem Theater
(Director of Photography)
Summer in the City
(Director)
Sex-Business: Made in Pasing
(Director of Photography)
Philip Guston: A Life Lived
(Cinematography)
San Domingo
(Cinematography)
Motel
(Director)
Motel
(Producer)
Edith Head
(Producer)
Edith Head
(Director)
All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
(Producer)
Hollywood's Musical Moods
(Producer)
Hollywood's Musical Moods
(Director)
Monk
(Cinematography)
Monk
(Producer)
Christo: Wrapped Coast
(Cinematography)
Aznavour: Breaking America
(Director)
Signed: Lino Brocka
(Cinematography)
Signed: Lino Brocka
(Producer)
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
(Editor)
Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush
(Producer)
Yesterday's Witness
(Producer)
Motel
(Director of Photography)
Summer in the City
(Director of Photography)
Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis
(Director of Photography)
Monk in Europe
(Director)
Monk
(Director)
Not Reconciled
(Cinematography)
Yesterday's Witness
(Director)
David Hockney's Diaries
(Director)
Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966
(Cinematography)
Larry Rivers
(Cinematography)
Isamu Noguchi
(Director)
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
(Director)