Arthur Ibbetson

Arthur Ibbetson BSC (8 September 1922 in Bishop Auckland, England – 19 October 1997 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) was a British cinematographer.

Biography
Ibbetson was born in Bishop Auckland, England in 1922, and died from cancer in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.

Starting out as a child actor in 1935, his best-known projects as a cinematographer were films with or for children, including Whistle Down the Wind (1961), The Railway Children (1970) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Awards

 * Nominee, Best Cinematography, British Society of Cinematographers, The Bounty (1984)
 * Nominee, Best Cinematography (for a Series or Special), Emmy Award, Witness for the Prosecution (1982)
 * Winner, Best Cinematography (for a Series or Special), Emmy Award, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)
 * Nominee, Best Cinematography, Academy Award, Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
 * Nominee, Best Cinematography, BAFTA, The Chalk Garden (1964)
 * Nominee, Best Cinematography, BAFTA, Nine Hours to Rama (1963)

Selected filmography

 * Poet's Pub (1949)
 * The Horse's Mouth (1958)
 * The Angry Silence (1960)
 * The League of Gentlemen (1960)
 * There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
 * Tunes of Glory (1960)
 * Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
 * The Inspector (1962)
 * Nine Hours to Rama (1963)
 * Murder at the Gallop (1963)
 * The Chalk Garden (1964)
 * Fanatic (1965)
 * A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
 * Inspector Clouseau (1968)
 * Where Eagles Dare (1968)
 * Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
 * The Railway Children (1970)
 * When Eight Bells Toll (1971)
 * Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
 * Frankenstein: The True Story (1973, TV)
 * It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975)
 * A Little Night Music (1978)
 * The Medusa Touch (1979)
 * The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
 * The Bounty (1984)
 * Santa Claus: The Movie (1984)
 * Babes in Toyland (1986)