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Max Samett

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Max Samett was born in November 1928 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for A Horseman Riding By (1978), The Onedin Line (1971) and Blake's 7 (1978).
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    • Known for

    Nigel Havers in A Horseman Riding By (1978)
    A Horseman Riding By
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Peter Gilmore and Anne Stallybrass in The Onedin Line (1971)
    The Onedin Line
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Blake's 7 (1978)
    Blake's 7
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    Ben Aris, David Griffin, Diane Holland, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane, and Su Pollard in Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
    Hi-de-Hi!
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Arthur Bostrom, Kirsten Cooke, Sue Hodge, Gorden Kaye, Richard Marner, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, and Guy Siner in 'Allo 'Allo! (1982)
      'Allo 'Allo!
      8.4
      TV Series
      • film lighting cameraman
      • film cameraman
      • 1984–1989
    • You Rang, M'Lord? (1988)
      You Rang, M'Lord?
      8.7
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1988
    • Ben Aris, David Griffin, Diane Holland, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane, and Su Pollard in Hi-de-Hi! (1980)
      Hi-de-Hi!
      6.7
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1981–1988
    • Duncan Dares
      6.2
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1985–1987
    • Micro Live (1983)
      Micro Live
      7.7
      TV Series
      • film camera
      • 1987
    • General Studies (1976)
      General Studies
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1986
    • Favourite Walks
      TV Series
      • photographer
      • 1985
    • Grange Hill (1978)
      Grange Hill
      7.2
      TV Series
      • film camera
      • 1985
    • Nigel Hawthorne, Paul Eddington, and Derek Fowlds in Yes Minister (1980)
      Yes Minister
      8.6
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1984
    • Maths Counts (1982)
      Maths Counts
      TV Series
      • film cameraman (as Max Sammett)
      • 1984
    • The 20th Century Remembered
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1983
    • The Crystal Cube (1983)
      The Crystal Cube
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • cameraman: film
      • 1983
    • Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, and Brian Wilde in Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
      Last of the Summer Wine
      7.1
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1982–1983
    • Turns (1982)
      Turns
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 1982–1989
    • Ronnie Barker in Open All Hours (1976)
      Open All Hours
      7.6
      TV Series
      • film cameraman
      • 1982

    Cinematographer

    • The Man Who Made Beamish
      TV Movie
      • photography
      • 1986
    • 25 Minutes Peace? (1979)
      25 Minutes Peace?
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 1979
    • Behind the Scenes
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 1977
    • John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
      Monty Python's Flying Circus
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Max Sammett)
      • 1969–1974

    Personal details

    • Official site
      • British Entertainment History Project interview
    • Alternative names
      • Max Sammet
    • Born
      • November 1928
      • Pancras, London, England, UK
    • Spouses
        Susan Mockford1965 - ? (divorced, 3 children)

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    • Trivia
      Member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT).

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