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Robert Paynter is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography British born on 12 march 1928 at London (United-kingdom)

Robert Paynter

Robert Paynter
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Birth name Robert William Paynter
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 march 1928 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 october 2010 (at 82 years) at Isle of Wight (United-kingdom)

Robert William Paynter BSC (12 March 1928 – 20 October 2010) was an English cinematographer.

After leaving the Mercers' School in the City of London at the age of 15, Paynter entered the film industry as a camera trainee with the Government Film Department.

He is widely known for his collaboration with John Landis and Michael Winner.

Biography

Au cinéma, Robert Paynter débute comme chef opérateur sur quinze courts métrages documentaires, sortis de 1953 à 1966.

Suivent vingt-cinq longs métrages de fiction (américains, britanniques ou en coproduction) entre 1969 et 1991 — avant un ultime documentaire sorti cette même année 1991 —, principalement aux côtés des réalisateurs Michael Winner ou John Landis.

Du premier, citons Scorpio (1973, avec Burt Lancaster et Alain Delon) et Le Grand Sommeil (1978, avec Robert Mitchum et Sarah Miles) ; du second, mentionnons Un fauteuil pour deux (1983, avec Dan Aykroyd et Eddie Murphy) et Drôles d'espions (1985, avec Chevy Chase et Dan Aykroyd).

Parmi les autres films dont il dirige les prises de vues, signalons Superman 2 de Richard Lester (1980, avec Christopher Reeve et Margot Kidder) et La Petite Boutique des horreurs de Frank Oz (1986, avec Rick Moranis et Ellen Greene).

En marge de cette activité principale, Robert Paynter apparaît comme acteur dans trois films de John Landis, Drôles d'espions précité, Série noire pour une nuit blanche (1985, avec Jeff Goldblum et Michelle Pfeiffer, dont il est aussi chef opérateur), et enfin Cadavres à la pelle (avec Simon Pegg et Andy Serkis), sorti en 2010, année de sa mort.

Enfin, à la télévision, il est directeur de la photographie sur une série (1974) et deux téléfilms (1983 et 1987).

Best films

Superman II (1980)
(Director of Photography)
Trading Places (1983)
(Director of Photography)
Superman III (1983)
(Director of Photography)
Spies Like Us (1985)
(Director of Photography)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
(Director of Photography)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Michael Winner
Michael Winner
(11 films)
John Landis
John Landis
(8 films)
Frank Oz
Frank Oz
(5 films)
Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Paynter (30 films)

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Actor

Burke & Hare, 1h31
Directed by John Landis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Black comedy
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Christopher Lee, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry
Roles le docteur distingué
Rating60% 3.049993.049993.049993.049993.04999
The film opens in Edinburgh. Narration by Angus the Hangman explains how the corpses of the hanged are transported to Dr. Robert Knox for dissection. Knox's rival, Dr. Alexander Monro, wants the steady supply of cadavers but is forced to rely on severed limbs for dissection. Monro's assistant Charles Darwin arrives with a forged letter directing that all corpses thenceforth must be sent to Monro. Angus tells Knox's assistant, Patterson, the news. Patterson delivers the message to Knox.
Into the Night, 1h55
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Dan Aykroyd, David Bowie, David Cronenberg
Roles garde de la sécurité
Rating64% 3.2007053.2007053.2007053.2007053.200705
Upon discovering that his wife is having an affair, depressed insomniac Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) drives to LAX on his friend Herb's (Dan Aykroyd) suggestion. There he is surprised by a beautiful jewel smuggler, Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), who lands on his car and begs him to drive her away from four Iranians who are chasing her. She persuades him to drive her to various locations, and he becomes embroiled in her predicament. After becoming increasingly exasperated with her demands, he discovers that Diana has smuggled priceless emeralds from the Shah of Iran's treasury into the country, and is being pursued by various assorted assailants, including the aforementioned agents of a criminal Iranian expatriate and a British hitman (David Bowie).
Spies Like Us, 1h42
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, James Daughton
Roles Dr. Gill
Rating63% 3.1988553.1988553.1988553.1988553.198855
Austin Millbarge is a geekish, basement-dwelling codebreaker for The Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an envoy, takes the foreign service exam under peer pressure. Millbarge and Fitz-Hume meet during the test, on which Fitz-Hume openly attempts to cheat after an attempt to seduce his immediate supervisor in exchange for the answers backfires. Millbarge, however, was forced to take the test, having had only one day to prepare after his supervisor gives him a notice that was two weeks old.

Cameraman

Rock-A-Doodle, 1h16
Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Glen Campbell, Sorrell Booke, Christopher Plummer, Charles Nelson Reilly, Ellen Greene, Sandy Duncan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.002473.002473.002473.002473.00247
Chanticleer is a rooster, whose job is to wake the sun up every morning, but the Grand Duke of Owls, who hates sunshine sabotages him to make it look like the sun comes up on its own without Chanticleer's crow. Detested by the farm animals, he leaves the farm to look for work in the city. Afterward, perpetual darkness and rainfall threaten the farm with flooding. Turning out to be a story read to a young human boy named Edmond, it seems that the flooding has found his family and when his mother goes to help them stop it, he calls out to Chanticleer and is heard by the Grand Duke himself who takes a dislike to Edmond's attempts to foil his plans. He turns him into a kitten to devour him, but he is saved at the last second by Pattou, a bloodhound from Chanticleer's farm. He is accompanied by Snipes, a claustrophobic magpie, and Peepers, an intellectual field mouse, as well as several animals from the farm hoping to find Chanticleer and apologize to him for their behavior. Edmond accompanies Pattou, Snipes and Peepers to the city while the rest of the animals remain at Edmond's house. En route, they are attacked by Hunch; the Duke's diminutive nephew, assigned by him to stop Edmond and the others from finding Chanticleer. They narrowly escape and enter the city.
The Secret Garden, 1h40
Directed by Alan Grint
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Barret Oliver, Billie Whitelaw, Derek Jacobi, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, Colin Firth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5506353.5506353.5506353.5506353.550635
Strike It Rich, 1h27
Directed by James Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Robert Lindsay, Molly Ringwald, John Gielgud, Max Wall, Richenda Carey, Marius Goring
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48% 2.433112.433112.433112.433112.43311
The story is set in the 1950s. A young American woman living in London, Cary Porter (played by Ringwald), recently started working at a large multinational firm where she meets accountant Ian Bertram (played by Lindsay). He falls head over heels in love with her and soon proposes. The head of the company, Herbert Dreuther (played by Gielgud), offers them a wedding and to pay for a honeymoon in Monte Carlo, as well as the use of his yacht.
When the Whales Came, 1h40
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Paul Scofield, David Threlfall, Helen Mirren, Barbara Jefford, Jeremy Kemp, John Hallam
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0519153.0519153.0519153.0519153.051915
Two children named Gracie Jenkins and Daniel Pender are best friends living on the island of Bryher. They enjoy sailing wooden boats that they make off the numerous beaches, but the tide carries their favorite one across to a forbidden bay. This is the home of a local hermit nicknamed the Birdman, whom all the children are forbidden to go near and whom none of the adults trust. This is partly due to him being born on a nearby island named Samson which all locals avoid, as they say it is cursed. On stormy nights he goes over to Samson and can be seen sending lantern signals out to sea.
Little Shop of Horrors, 1h34
Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, Levi Stubbs
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.548413.548413.548413.548413.54841
In September 1963, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) and his colleague, Audrey (Ellen Greene), work at Mushnik's Flower Shop, lamenting they cannot escape the slums of New York City, living in a run-down, beat up neighborhood referred to as "Skid Row." Struggling from a lack of customers, Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia) prompts to close the store, only for Audrey to suggest displaying an unusual plant Seymour owns. Immediately attracting a customer, Seymour explains he bought the plant, which he dubbed "Audrey II", from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse. Attracting business to Mushnik's shop, the plant soon starts dying, worrying Seymour. Accidentally pricking his finger, he then discovers Audrey II needs human blood to thrive.
Into the Night, 1h55
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Farnsworth, Dan Aykroyd, David Bowie, David Cronenberg
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2007053.2007053.2007053.2007053.200705
Upon discovering that his wife is having an affair, depressed insomniac Ed Okin (Jeff Goldblum) drives to LAX on his friend Herb's (Dan Aykroyd) suggestion. There he is surprised by a beautiful jewel smuggler, Diana (Michelle Pfeiffer), who lands on his car and begs him to drive her away from four Iranians who are chasing her. She persuades him to drive her to various locations, and he becomes embroiled in her predicament. After becoming increasingly exasperated with her demands, he discovers that Diana has smuggled priceless emeralds from the Shah of Iran's treasury into the country, and is being pursued by various assorted assailants, including the aforementioned agents of a criminal Iranian expatriate and a British hitman (David Bowie).
National Lampoon's European Vacation, 1h34
Directed by Amy Heckerling
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Le thème des vacances, Road movies
Actors Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, Eric Idle
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0999853.0999853.0999853.0999853.099985
The Griswold family competes in a game show called Pig in a Poke and wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Europe. In a whirlwind tour of western Europe, chaos of all sorts ensues. They stay in a fleabag London hotel with a sloppy, tattooed Cockney desk clerk (Mel Smith). While in their English rental car, a yellow Austin Maxi, Clark drives the family endlessly around the busy Lambeth Bridge Roundabout for hours, unable to maneuver his way out of traffic. His tendency to drive on the wrong side of the road causes frequent accidents, including accidentally knocking over a bicyclist (Eric Idle), who reappears throughout the film. At Stonehenge, Clark backs the car into an ancient stone monolith, toppling all the stones like dominoes, which they do not even notice as they happily leave the scene.
Spies Like Us, 1h42
Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, James Daughton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1988553.1988553.1988553.1988553.198855
Austin Millbarge is a geekish, basement-dwelling codebreaker for The Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an envoy, takes the foreign service exam under peer pressure. Millbarge and Fitz-Hume meet during the test, on which Fitz-Hume openly attempts to cheat after an attempt to seduce his immediate supervisor in exchange for the answers backfires. Millbarge, however, was forced to take the test, having had only one day to prepare after his supervisor gives him a notice that was two weeks old.
The Muppets Take Manhattan, 1h34
Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Children's films
Actors Jim Henson, Art Carney, Frank Oz, Louis Zorich, Julianna Donald, Linda Lavin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3974653.3974653.3974653.3974653.397465
Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College by entertaining their fellow graduates with their theatrical production of Manhattan Melodies. Upon the suggestion of taking the show to Broadway, the Muppets proceed with the idea, certain they will become stars instantly. Arriving in Manhattan, the group meet producer Martin Price but soon discover he is a con artist named Murray Plotsky upon the arrival of the police. Plotsky is arrested, leaving the Muppets’ hopes dashed. They try other theatrical producers but has no success, their morale and finances taking a nosedive.
Scream for Help, 1h29
Directed by Michael Winner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Marie Masters, David Allen Brooks, Corey Parker, Bruce Boa, Clare Burt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.900182.900182.900182.900182.90018
A teenage girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tries to tell other people about it, no one will believe her.
Superman III, 2h
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about computing, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross
Roles Director of Photography
Rating50% 2.505392.505392.505392.505392.50539
Gus Gorman, a chronically unemployed loser, discovers he has a talent for computer programming and gets a job at the Metropolis-based conglomerate Webscoe. Gus, dissatisfied with his pay, embezzles from his employer using a technique known as salami slicing, which brings Gus to the attention of CEO Ross Webster. Webster is intrigued by the computer's potential to aid him in his schemes to rule the world financially. Joined by his sister Vera and his "psychic nutritionist," Lorelei Ambrosia, Webster blackmails Gus into helping him.