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- Gilbert Taylor was born on April 21, 1914 in Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Flash Gordon (1980) and The Omen (1976). He was married to Dee Vaughan and Eileen Donnelly. He died on August 23, 2013 in Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK.
- SpousesDee Vaughan(1967 - August 23, 2013) (his death)Eileen Donnelly(1940 - ?) (1 child)
- He served in the RAF for six years during WWII, filming the results of night-time raids over Germany at the request of Winston Churchill.
- Close personal friend of Roman Polanski.
- When the British film industry went through hard times in the mid-1970s, he and his wife set up a dairy farm with 250 cattle.
- He was a founder member of the British Society of Cinematographers and won a lifetime achievement award from the organisation in 2001.
- With his wife, he operated a dairy farm with 250 head of cattle in the 1970's.
- [re shooting Dr. Strangelove (1964) with Stanley Kubrick] Stanley could handle a camera, so I told him, 'For all this war stuff, we'll both put on battle dresses and take Arriflexes into the action. We'll film it just like combat cameramen.'
- I am most happy to be remembered as the man who set the look for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). I wanted 'Star Wars' to have clarity because I don't think space is out of focus.
- [Re Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and George Lucas who...] avoided all meetings and contact with me from Day 1, so I read the extra-long script many times and made my own decisions as to how I would shoot the picture.
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