Biography
Christian Blackwood was an American film director and cinematographer. He was initially a child actor, then a cinematographer acclaimed for his work in Charlotte Zwerin's Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser. But his major work was as the director of over 80 films, mostly documentaries, over a 25-year career. His most famous films are Observations Under The Volcano and On the Set of Death of a Salesman, behind-the-scenes looks at the creation of movies by John Huston and Volker Schlöndorff from the famous novel and play. The latter film won him the grand prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Christian Blackwood died in 1992 of lung cancer. He was married to film writer, producer and fine art photographer, Carolyn Marks Blackwood. His film archives are stored in the Museum of Modern Art.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 43
Director 19
Producer 2
TV Shows 1
self 1

Conversations with Philip Guston (2003)

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (1997)

Art in an Age of Mass Culture (1991)

Butoh: Body on the Edge of Crisis (1990)

Motel (1989)

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)

Frank Gehry: The Formative Years (1988)

Signed: Lino Brocka (1987)

The Soldier's Tale (1984)

Philip Guston: A Life Lived (1982)

Edith Head (1981)

Yesterday's Witness (1976)

Christo: Works in Progress (1974)

Jasper Johns: Decoy (1973)

Isamu Noguchi (1972)

American Art in the 1960s (1972)

Robert Motherwell: Summer of 1971 (1972)

Larry Rivers (1972)

San Domingo (1970)

Summer in the City (1970)

Sex-Business: Made in Pasing (1970)

Scenes Seen with Allen Jones (1970)

Jim Dine: London (1970)

David Hockney's Diaries (1970)

Harlem Theater (1969)

Christo: Wrapped Coast (1969)

Monk in Europe (1968)

Monk (1968)

Hans Werner Henze: Summer of 1966 (1967)

...und dann bye bye (1966)

Charly May (1965)

Not Reconciled (1965)

The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)

Aznavour: Breaking America
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-07-07
Deathday
1992-07-22 (50 years old)
Birth Place
Berlin,
Relationships
Carolyn Marks Blackwood (1992 - 1992)
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Christian Schwarzwald
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