Christian Blackwood
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 7, 1942
- Place of birth
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- July 22, 1992
Biography
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.
Movies with Christian Blackwood
- The Murderers Are Among Us 1946 · ★ 6.8
Movies directed by Christian Blackwood
- The Soldier's Tale 1984 · ★ 6.9
- Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel 1978 · ★ 7.7
- Signed: Lino Brocka 1987 · ★ 4.4
- Motel 1989 · ★ 6.7
- Observations Under the Volcano 1984 · ★ 4.5
- All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story 1982 · ★ 7.0
- Edith Head 1981 · ★ 8.0
- Monk 1968 · ★ 5.0
- Yesterday's Witness 1976 · ★ 7.0
- Katja Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann 1969
- Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush 1980
- Jim Dine: London 1970
- Summer in the City 1970
- Hollywood's Musical Moods 1976
- Aznavour: Breaking America 1985
- Monk in Europe 1968
- David Hockney's Diaries 1970
- Isamu Noguchi 1972
- Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ 1986
- Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera 1981