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Gerry Turpin(1925-1997)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
  • Additional Crew
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Gerry Turpin was born on 1 September 1925 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. Gerry was a cinematographer, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and The Whisperers (1967). Gerry died on 16 September 1997 in North Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England, UK.
BornSeptember 1, 1925
DiedSeptember 16, 1997(72)
BornSeptember 1, 1925
DiedSeptember 16, 1997(72)
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  • Won 2 BAFTA Awards
    • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

Known for

Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
Peeping Tom
7.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1960
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
7.0
  • Cinematographer
  • 1969
Edith Evans in The Whisperers (1967)
The Whisperers
7.1
  • Cinematographer(photographed by)
  • 1967
Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley in Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
7.6
  • Cinematographer(photographed by)
  • 1964

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Ladies Who Do (1963)
    Ladies Who Do
    6.9
    • camera operator
    • 1963
  • West 11 (1963)
    West 11
    6.5
    • camera operator
    • 1963
  • Stolen Hours (1963)
    Stolen Hours
    6.3
    • camera operator (as Gerald Turpin)
    • 1963
  • We Joined the Navy (1962)
    We Joined the Navy
    5.5
    • camera operator
    • 1962
  • Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro, and Bobby Vee in Play It Cool (1962)
    Play It Cool
    5.6
    • camera operator
    • 1962
  • Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (1962)
    Ring-A-Ding Rhythm!
    5.9
    • camera operator (as Gerry Turner)
    • 1962
  • Night of the Eagle (1962)
    Night of the Eagle
    6.9
    • camera operator
    • 1962
  • Jayne Mansfield in Playgirl After Dark (1960)
    Playgirl After Dark
    5.9
    • camera operator
    • 1960
  • Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)
    Peeping Tom
    7.6
    • camera operator
    • 1960
  • Honeymoon (1959)
    Honeymoon
    6.2
    • additional photography
    • 1959
  • Too Many Crooks (1959)
    Too Many Crooks
    6.9
    • camera operator (as Gerald Turpin)
    • 1959
  • Jocelyn Lane, Jeremy Spenser, and Frankie Vaughan in Wonderful Things (1958)
    Wonderful Things
    5.6
    • camera operator
    • 1958
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor, Anna Neagle, and Anthony Quayle in The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
    The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
    6.3
    • camera operator
    • 1958
  • Your Past Is Showing (1957)
    Your Past Is Showing
    6.8
    • camera operator
    • 1957
  • Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Lemmon in Fire Down Below (1957)
    Fire Down Below
    6.0
    • camera operator (as Gerald Turpin)
    • 1957

Cinematographer

  • The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
    The Doctor and the Devils
    6.1
    • director of photography
    • 1985
  • James Mason, Raquel Welch, James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane in The Last of Sheila (1973)
    The Last of Sheila
    7.2
    • director of photography
    • 1973
  • Young Winston (1972)
    Young Winston
    6.7
    • director of photography
    • 1972
  • What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972)
    What Became of Jack and Jill?
    5.5
    • Cinematographer
    • 1972
  • Anne Heywood in I Want What I Want (1972)
    I Want What I Want
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1972
  • The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970)
    The Man Who Had Power Over Women
    5.2
    • director of photography
    • 1970
  • Peter Sellers and Sinéad Cusack in Hoffman (1970)
    Hoffman
    6.8
    • director of photography
    • 1970
  • Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
    Oh! What a Lovely War
    7.0
    • director of photography
    • 1969
  • Marcello Mastroianni and Elaine Taylor in Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
    Diamonds for Breakfast
    4.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1968
  • Deadfall (1968)
    Deadfall
    5.7
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1968
  • Edith Evans in The Whisperers (1967)
    The Whisperers
    7.1
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1967
  • The Bobo (1967)
    The Bobo
    5.5
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1967
  • Shirley Knight and Al Freeman Jr. in Dutchman (1966)
    Dutchman
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 1966
  • The Wrong Box (1966)
    The Wrong Box
    6.7
    • Cinematographer (photographed by)
    • 1966
  • Morgan! (1966)
    Morgan!
    6.5
    • Cinematographer (photography)
    • 1966

Additional Crew

  • Anne Heywood in I Want What I Want (1972)
    I Want What I Want
    5.8
    • additional sequences
    • 1972

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Gerry Turner
  • Born
    • September 1, 1925
    • Wandsworth, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • September 16, 1997
    • North Cotswold, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Twice BAFTA-award winning cinematographer, in films from 1945 as a camera assistant at Ealing. Noted for his work with directors Bryan Forbes and Richard Attenborough. Invented the Turpin Colorflex Process (further developed as Lightflex in 1973) employed in the film Young Winston (1972).

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