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.

Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel

POV

The Soldier's Tale

Motel

モンク

Signed: Lino Brocka

Observations Under the Volcano

Katja Mann: Ein Leben mit Thomas Mann

Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush

Jim Dine: London

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

Summer in the City

Edith Head

Hollywood's Musical Moods

Aznavour: Breaking America

モンク・イン・ヨーロッパ

Yesterday's Witness

David Hockney's Diaries

Isamu Noguchi

Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera

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