Ernest Steward

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{{Short description|British cinematographer}}
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'''Ernest Steward''' [[British Society of Cinematographers|BSC]] (11 September 1910<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0829103/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 IMDb: Ernest Steward] Retrieved 2012-12-12</ref> or 8 January 1914<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lesgensducinema.com/affiche_acteur.php?mots=ernest+steward&nom_acteur=STEWARD%20Ernest&ident=64192&debut=0&record=0&from=ok|title=STEWARD Ernest|date=|website=www.lesgensducinema.com|publisher=|access-date=2017-01-03}}</ref> – 8 April 1990)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713085648/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9fd4effd BFI Database: Ernest Steward] Retrieved 2012-12-12</ref> was a British [[cinematographer]].

Born in [[London, England]], he began his career – as with most cinematographers of his era – as a [[camera operator]]. His early credits in this field included ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) and ''[[London Belongs to Me]]'' (1948).

As Director of Photography, he filmed mostly light-hearted comedies. He made several for producer [[Betty Box]], including the [[Doctor in the House|''Doctor'']] films, based on the books by [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]], ''[[A Tale of Two Cities (1958 film)|A Tale of Two Cities]]'' (1958) and ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' (1959). He was cinematographer for the ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' comedy series, beginning with ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]'' in 1958, eventually alternating with [[Alan Hume]] as regular DoP. Between 1950 and 1971 he was the cinematographer on practically all the films directed by [[Ralph Thomas]], a total of 32 productions, and others, too, such as ''[[House of Mystery (1961 film)|House of Mystery]]'' (1961), and ''[[Seven Keys (film)|Seven Keys]]'' (1962).

Steward also worked on TV, on such series as ''[[The Human Jungle (TV series)|The Human Jungle]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]'' and ''[[The Professionals (TV series)|The Professionals]]''.

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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0829103|name=Ernest Steward}}
*[https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/ernest-steward] Interview British Entertainment History Project
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