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Alan Hume

Born October 16, 1924 · London, England, UK

Died July 13, 2010 · aged 85

Alan Hume (16 October 1924 – 13 July 2010) was an English cinematographer. He served as director of photography on many of the Carry On films and three James Bond films (For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View to a Kill). Other notable films include Return of the Jedi (1983), Supergirl (1984), Lifeforce (1985), and A Fish Called Wanda (1988).

Known For

A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill · 1985

A View to a Kill

MovieAdventureAction

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi · 1983

Return of the Jedi

MovieAdventureAction

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only · 1981

For Your Eyes Only

MovieAdventureAction

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Octopussy

Octopussy · 1983

MovieAdventureAction

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

Supergirl

Supergirl · 1984

MovieAdventureFantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Lifeforce

Lifeforce · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda · 1988

A Fish Called Wanda

MovieComedyCrime

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

Caveman

Caveman · 1981

MovieComedyAdventure

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Filmography

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A View to a Kill

A View to a Kill · 1985

A View to a Kill

MovieAdventureAction

A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

Director of Photography

Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi · 1983

Return of the Jedi

MovieAdventureAction

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

Director of Photography

For Your Eyes Only

For Your Eyes Only · 1981

For Your Eyes Only

MovieAdventureAction

A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.

Director of Photography

Octopussy

Octopussy · 1983

MovieAdventureAction

James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.

Director of Photography

Supergirl

Supergirl · 1984

MovieAdventureFantasy

After losing a powerful orb, Kara, Superman's cousin, comes to Earth to retrieve it and instead finds herself up against a wicked witch.

Director of Photography

Lifeforce

Lifeforce · 1985

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Director of Photography

A Fish Called Wanda

A Fish Called Wanda · 1988

A Fish Called Wanda

MovieComedyCrime

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection.

Director of Photography

Caveman

Caveman · 1981

MovieComedyAdventure

Disgraced and cast out of his tribe for lusting after Lana, the mate of the tribe's head muscle man, Atouk stumbles along gathering other misfits and learning a bit about the world outside of his cave. Eventually he and friends Lar and Tala learn the secrets of fire, cooked meat, and how to defend themselves from the brutal, yet very stupid dinosaurs.

Director of Photography

The Land That Time Forgot

The Land That Time Forgot · 1974

The Land That Time Forgot

MovieScience FictionAction

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals.

Director of Photography

Carry On Cowboy

Carry On Cowboy · 1965

Carry On Cowboy

MovieComedyWestern

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.

Director of Photography

The Legend of Hell House

The Legend of Hell House · 1973

The Legend of Hell House

MovieHorrorMystery

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

Director of Photography

Runaway Train

Runaway Train · 1985

MovieActionThriller

A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.

Director of Photography

Eye of the Needle

Eye of the Needle · 1981

Eye of the Needle

MovieDramaThriller

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.

Director of Photography

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors · 1965

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.

Director of Photography

Carry On Sergeant

Carry On Sergeant · 1958

Carry On Sergeant

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.

Camera Operator

The People That Time Forgot

The People That Time Forgot · 1977

The People That Time Forgot

MovieAdventureFantasy

Major Ben McBride organizes a mission to the Antarctic wastes to search for his friend who has been missing in the region for several years. McBride's party find themselves in a world populated by primitive warriors and terrifying prehistoric creatures, all of whom they must evade in order to get back safely

Director of Photography

The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods · 1980

The Watcher in the Woods

MovieFantasyHorror

After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.

Cinematography

Without a Clue

Without a Clue · 1988

MovieComedyCrime

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.

Director of Photography

Carry On Cleo

Carry On Cleo · 1964

Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Julius Caesar.

Director of Photography

Carry On Doctor

Carry On Doctor · 1967

Carry On Doctor

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

Director of Photography

Warlords of Atlantis

Warlords of Atlantis · 1978

Warlords of Atlantis

MovieAdventureFantasy

Searching for the lost world of Atlantis, Prof. Aitken, his son Charles and Greg Collinson are betrayed by the crew of their expedition's ship, attracted by the fabulous treasures of Atlantis. The diving bell disabled, a deep sea monster attacks the boat. They are all dragged to the bottom of the sea where they meet the inhabitants of the lost continent, an advanced alien race that makes sailors their slaves.

Director of Photography

Carry On Columbus

Carry On Columbus · 1992

Carry On Columbus

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

Director of Photography

The Tenth Man

The Tenth Man · 1988

MovieDramaTV Movie

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.

Director of Photography

Carry On Henry

Carry On Henry · 1971

MovieAdventureComedy

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it without provoking war with Marie's cousin, the King of France. Perhaps if she had an affair...

Director of Photography

The Avengers

The Avengers · 1961

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Director of Photography

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt · 1989

Tales from the Crypt

SeriesComedyMystery

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

Director of Photography

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

Acapulco H.E.A.T. · 1993

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

Acapulco H.E.A.T. is a 1993 syndicated television series that followed the Hemisphere Emergency Action Team [H.E.A.T.], a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico and recruited by C-5, a secret government coalition, to fight terrorism and international crime. The team kept a low profile, by acting as models and photographers who represented a Beach Fashion enterprise.

Director of Photography

Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper · 1988

Jack the Ripper

SeriesDramaMystery

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

Cinematography

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story · 1989

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story

The true story of Barbara Hutton, who had inherited $40 million by the age of 6. This insight explores the effects that money can have on one's life, loves, and careers.

Director of Photography

For the Love of Ada

For the Love of Ada · 1970

For the Love of Ada

For the Love of Ada is an ITV sitcom broadcast from April 1970 to December 1971. Created by Vince Powell and Harry Driver, the series stars Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles as senior citizens Ada Cresswell and Walter Bingley, who find that as romance blossoms, so does emotional turmoil.

Director of Photography