Director of photography/director
Vincent Cox, international award-winning Director of Photography, has spent many years in the film industry. Starting as clapper/loader at Pinewood Studios, he was trained by the great British cinematographers, Geoff Unsworth, Wilkie Cooper, Lionel Baines and others, on such English classics as A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, FLOODS OF FEAR, SEA OF SAND, SUMMER HOLIDAY and the enormously successful TV series THE SAINT with Roger Moore. Subsequently filming in British and American studios and on remote locations around the world, Vincent became adept at resolving technical problems in order to achieve the best images. His nomination to membership of the famed American Society of Cinematographers was richly deserved recognition of a remarkable and imaginative lensing career. Returning to his homeland in the 1980s, Vincent now works mainly between South Africa and the United Kingdom. With the development of computer generated images, Vincent uses the new technologies to enhance his work on film. His hobbies include precision target shooting, aviation and restoring classic motor cars. He is an aircraft owner with a current private pilot licence.
RECENT CREDITS:
FEATURE FILMS
2007 Gallow Walker Action Unit DP
2006 EdgarAllan Poe's The Raven, David DeCoteau/Rapid Heart Pictures
2006 Red Cherry various commercials
2005/2006 Backstage E.TV soap opera, Scandal E.TV, various commercials
2004/2005 Hotel Rwanda 2nd Unit Director/ DP – Producer Alex Ho
2004 Red Dust 2nd Unit DP – BBC Films/Video Vision
2003 Commercials various
2002 Orson Welles Tales from the Black Museum for Towers of London
2002 Fascination Heart of Stone Productions U.K. Limited
2001 Vintage Aircraft UniTal UK/SA
2000 The Red Telephone - Atlas Film and TV Productions
FEATURE FILMS FOR PEAKVIEWING/TRANSATLANTIC, UK
2000 BESERKERS, THE MEEKSVILLE GHOST
2000/1999 HOODED ANGLES
1999 PETS, AFRICA
1998 MERLIN – THE RETURN, THE LITTLE UNICORN, THE LAST LEPRECHAUN, FILLIGOGGIN, CHILDREN’S PUPPET SERIES FOR TV
1997 NATURAL RHYTHMS 4 PART MINI SERIES FOR SABC
THE WINNERS PRESTIGE FILM FOR HONG KONG JOCKEY
CLUB'S MUSEUM OF HORSE RACING
THE HIDDEN CITY 2 13 PART TV SERIES FOR
PARAGON/SABC/DANDELION UK
1996 BRIDGE OF TIME SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS
1996 COMMERCIALS INCLUDING TOP SPORT GENERIC TITLES FOR
SABC - MOTION CONTROL
1995 THE HIDDEN CITY 26 PART TV SERIES. DIRECTOR & DP 2nd Unit
1994 SOWETO GREEN TORON
FROM 1991 - 1993 VINCENT WAS LIVING IN LOS ANGELES. HIS WORK INCLUDED "HOW TO LIVE WITH H.I.V." AND ADDITIONAL CAMERAS FOR "ROBIN HOOD MEN IN TIGHTS".
PRIOR TO 1991 VINCENT'S CREDITS AS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, FEATURE FILMS IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDE:
INI/FILM VENTURE'S ANY MAN'S DEATH, DIRECTOR TOM CLEGG, WITH JOHN SAVAGE,
MIA SARA, WILLIAM HICKEY, MICHAEL LERNER, ERNEST BORGNINE
INI/FILM VENTURE'S MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN ALIVE , DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN
MARNHAM, WITH MERETE VAN KAMP, SHANNON TWEED, JAMES LUISI
WARNER BROTHERS' ACT OF PIRACY, DIRECTOR JOHN 'BUD' CARDOS, WITH
GARY BUSEY, RAY SHARKEY, BELINDA BAUER
NU WORLD'S TERMINATOR WOMAN, DIRECTOR MICHEL QISI
UNITAL'S VOICE IN THE DARK WITH JOHN SAVAGE, LUCKY DUBE
FOCUS FILM'S JEWEL OF THE GODS WITH MARIUS WEYERS, SANDRA PRINSLOO AND MORE ...
VINCENT HAS DIRECTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED MORE THAN 300 COMMERCIALS FOR CLIENTS, INCLUDING DATSUN-NISSAN, PROCTOR
& GAMBLE, DAIRYBELLE, RAYBAN SUNGLASSES, ETC.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
An international award-winning Director of Photography, Vincent has spent over thirty years in the film industry, starting as Clapper Boy on A NIGHT TO REMEMBER (the second Titanic epic) under Geoff Unsworth at Pinewood, working on British classics such as SEA OF SAND directed by Guy Green (GREAT EXPECTATIONS) under Wilkie Cooper, and subsequently Focus Puller on SUMMER HOLIDAY starring Cliff Richards, and the enormously successful TV series THE SAINT with Roger Moore, under Lionel Baines.
Working his way up through the ranks of the camera department in various parts of the world - the UK, Europe, North and South America and Africa, Australia, Hong Kong and Ceylon - Vincent's nomination to membership of the famed American Society of Cinematographers in 1977 was richly deserved recognition of a remarkable and imaginative lensing career throughout those years. Returning to his native South Africa in 1980, Vincent was a founder member of UniTal (Pty.) Ltd., a company formed to make film and TV product for the international market. During the 1980s he started directing; at first pictures for the local market, later utilising his technical knowledge on features for the international market.
Vincent's hobbies include precision target shooting, aviation - he holds a current private pilot's licence and owns a DHC Chipmunk-22, which is available for hire on film shoots and regularly spotted over the Johannesburg skyline - and restores classic motor cars. He is a black belt Judo, was previously a provincial gymnast and still runs a regular 10 miles weekly. He also adapts and designs equipment for specialised photographic purposes.
Vincent is creative and innovative by nature, and works calmly and quickly, if required, without losing picture quality. His credits are internationally recognised and attested to by his active membership of the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.), whose quality requirements remain at the highest standards worldwide.
SPECIAL TALENTS
SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT DESIGN
CURRENT PRIVATE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT OWNER
(De Havilland Chipmunk – DHC-22 available for hire for film shoots)
PROFICIENT WEAPONS HANDLER
SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF LAB PROCEDURES (formerly employed in laboratory)
SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECTS (BLUE AND GREEN SCREEN)
EQUALLY PROFICIENT ON FILM AND VIDEO
Contacts:
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 77344313
Mobile +44 (0)771 446 2400
Suite 3,6 Brewer Street, Soho, London W1F 0SB, UK
Email: unital@netactive.co.za
Johannesburg
Tel : +27 (0)11 728 1422
PO Box 52737, Saxonwold 2132, South Africa
Cape Town
Tel : +27 (0) 21 4261145
United Kingdom
