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1897 C. M. Hepworth Animated Photogr. 97 A hand-camera man chooses a time when such figures are not in the way: the cinematographer can do the same, but a hundred people may surge in front of his instrument before the exposure is finished.

1911 Illustr. London News 7 Jan. 15 By an extraordinary coincidence, a cinematographer was taking films for a living-picture when disaster came to the aeroplane.

1941 Times 28 Aug. 2/3 Both the King, who is a keen amateur cinematographer, and the Queen took a close personal interest in the making of the film.

1985 N. R. Fitch Sylvia Beach & Lost Generation viii. 174 Perhaps it was through Sylvia [Beach] that he [sc. John Dos Passos] met the Russian cinematographer Sergei Eisenstein.

2016 B. Smaill Regarding Life v. 100 Frank Hurley, a member of Shackleton's 1914–1917 expedition and Herbert Ponting, who accompanied Captain Scott on his 1910–13 journey, are the earliest cinematographers to shoot footage in Antartica.

1927 Financial Times 23 Nov. 14/1 Mr. Banfield has gathered around him a strong technical staff..consisting of Mr. Leslie Eveleigh, F.R.P.S., Assistant Director; Mr. Phil Ross, A.R.P.S., Cinematographer; [etc.].

1963 Illustr. London News 22 June 984/3 Prior to working as a director, Mr. Maté was, for a number of years, a cinematographer.

1991 D. J. Petrie Creativity & Constraint in Brit. Film Industry vii. 169 Powell and Pressburger..benefitted enormously from the contributions of key individuals including cinematographer Jack Cardiff..and composer Brian Easdale.

2013 F. Francis & T. Dalton Freddie Francis v. 79 The director will plan each scene and compose it in his mind's eye but when it comes to shooting those ideas it is really the cinematographer who makes it all possible.