# Gerry Turpin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerry_Turpin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gerry_Turpin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Turpin > Source revision: 1257290268 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cinematographer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Gerald Leslie "Gerry" Turpin''' (1 September 1925, [Wandsworth](/source/Wandsworth), [London](/source/London) – 16 September 1997, [North Cotswold](/source/North_Cotswold), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire)) was an English cinematographer. ==Biography== Turpin began his career in 1945 at [Ealing Studios](/source/Ealing_Studios) as a camera assistant to [Douglas Slocombe](/source/Douglas_Slocombe) and [Stanley Pavey](/source/Stanley_Pavey). From 1953, he worked as a camera operator, and worked with Pavey, [Gordon Dines](/source/Gordon_Dines), [Desmond Dickinson](/source/Desmond_Dickinson), [Otto Heller](/source/Otto_Heller), [Gilbert Taylor](/source/Gilbert_Taylor), [Reginald H. Wyer](/source/Reginald_H._Wyer) and [Harry Waxman](/source/Harry_Waxman). He made his first film as [director of photography](/source/director_of_photography), ''[The Queen's Guards](/source/The_Queen's_Guards)'' (1961) with director [Michael Powell](/source/Michael_Powell). For his first collaboration with [Bryan Forbes](/source/Bryan_Forbes), ''[Seance on a Wet Afternoon](/source/Seance_on_a_Wet_Afternoon)'' (1964), he received a nomination at the [British Academy Film Awards](/source/British_Academy_Film_Awards) in 1965. For a later film with Forbes, ''[The Whisperers](/source/The_Whisperers)'' (1967), he received a [BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Cinematography), and for ''[Oh! What a Lovely War](/source/Oh!_What_a_Lovely_War)'' (1969), [Richard Attenborough](/source/Richard_Attenborough)'s directorial debut, he received the 1969 [BSC](/source/British_Society_of_Cinematographers) Best Cinematography Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.bscine.com/2011/bsc-best-cinematography-award/|title=404: Not found | British Society of Cinematographers}} and his second BAFTA. On Attenborough's, ''[Young Winston](/source/Young_Winston)'' (1972), Turpin used a camera lens mounted device he had developed called ColorFlex which represented an alternative to conventional pre-exposure ([flashing](/source/Flashing_(cinematography))) of negative film in the lab. The pre-exposure of the film material means dark areas of the image are brightened. From 1973, Turpin developed his ColorFlex system into a comprehensive system called Lightflex which was used by cameramen such as [Oswald Morris](/source/Oswald_Morris) (''[The Wiz](/source/The_Wiz_(film))'', 1978), [Freddie Francis](/source/Freddie_Francis) (''[Dune](/source/Dune_(1984_film))'', 1984), [Sven Nykvist](/source/Sven_Nykvist) (''[Swann in Love](/source/Swann_in_Love_(film))'', 1984), [Adam Greenberg](/source/Adam_Greenberg_(cinematographer)) (''[La Bamba](/source/La_Bamba_(film))'', 1987) and [Jost Vacano](/source/Jost_Vacano) (''[Total Recall](/source/Total_Recall_(1990_film))'', 1990). At the [56th Academy Awards](/source/56th_Academy_Awards) in 1984, Turpin received a technical Oscar (Scientific and Engineering Award) for Flex. ==Filmography== ===As cinematographer=== * ''[The Queen's Guards](/source/The_Queen's_Guards)'' (1961) * ''[Séance on a Wet Afternoon](/source/S%C3%A9ance_on_a_Wet_Afternoon)'' (1964) (photographed by) * ''[The Wrong Box](/source/The_Wrong_Box)'' (1966) (photographed by) * ''[Dutchman](/source/Dutchman_(film))'' (1967) * ''[The Whisperers](/source/The_Whisperers)'' (1967) (photographed by) * ''[The Bobo](/source/The_Bobo)'' (1967) (photographed by) * ''[Deadfall](/source/Deadfall_(1968_film))'' (1968) * ''[Diamonds for Breakfast](/source/Diamonds_for_Breakfast_(film))'' (1968) * ''[Oh! What a Lovely War](/source/Oh!_What_a_Lovely_War)'' (1969) * ''[Hoffman](/source/Hoffman_(film))'' (1970) (director of photography) * ''[The Man Who Had Power Over Women](/source/The_Man_Who_Had_Power_Over_Women)'' (1970) * ''[I Want What I Want](/source/I_Want_What_I_Want_(film))'' (1972) * ''[What Became of Jack and Jill?](/source/What_Became_of_Jack_and_Jill%3F)'' (1972) * ''[Young Winston](/source/Young_Winston)'' (1972) (director of photography) * ''[The Last of Sheila](/source/The_Last_of_Sheila)'' (1973) (director of photography) * ''[The Doctor and the Devils](/source/The_Doctor_and_the_Devils)'' (1985) ====Television==== * ''[The Human Jungle](/source/The_Human_Jungle_(TV_series))'' (1 episode, 1964) ** "The Man Who Fell Apart" (1964) * ''[The Avengers](/source/The_Avengers_(TV_series))'' (5 episodes, 1965) ** "[Death at Bargain Prices](/source/Death_at_Bargain_Prices)" (1965) ** "[The Master Minds](/source/The_Master_Minds)" (1965) ** "[The Murder Market](/source/The_Murder_Market)" (1965) ** "[Dial a Deadly Number](/source/Dial_a_Deadly_Number)" (1965) ** "[Too Many Christmas Trees](/source/Too_Many_Christmas_Trees)" (1965) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0878045}} {{BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography}} {{British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Turpin, Gerry}} Category:1925 births Category:1997 deaths Category:English cinematographers Category:Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners {{UK-film-bio-stub}} {{Cinematographer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gerry Turpin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Turpin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Turpin?action=history)). 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