Arthur Ibbetson BSC (8 September 1922 in Bishop Auckland, England – 19 October 1997 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) was a British cinematographer.^[1]

Biography

Ibbetson was born in Bishop Auckland, England in 1922, and died from cancer in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.^[2]

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).^[3]

Awards

• Nominee, Best Cinematography, British Society of Cinematographers, The Bounty (1984)^[3]
• Nominee, Best Cinematography (for a Series or Special), Emmy Award, Witness for the Prosecution (1982)^[4]
• Winner, Best Cinematography (for a Series or Special), Emmy Award, Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)^[4]
• Nominee, Best Cinematography, Academy Award, Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)^[5]
• Nominee, Best Cinematography, BAFTA, The Chalk Garden (1964)^[6]
• Nominee, Best Cinematography, BAFTA, Nine Hours to Rama (1963)^[7]

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)