Oswald Morris was raised in Middlesex and attended the Bishopshalt School.
13 Facts About Oswald Morris
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Oswald Morris's career was interrupted by World War II, during which he served as a radio operator and navigator before becoming a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force, flying Lancaster bomber raids over Italy, France and Germany.
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Oswald Morris completed 30 operational tours before being transferred to Transport Command for the duration of the war.
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Oswald Morris achieved the rank of flight lieutenant and winning both the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Force Cross.
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Oswald Morris was the camera operator for Lean's Oliver Twist.
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Oswald Morris first acted as director of photography on Golden Salamander.
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Oswald Morris collaborated with director John Huston on eight films, beginning with Moulin Rouge and including Moby Dick.
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Morris' brother Reginald H Morris was a cinematographer based in Canada.
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Oswald Morris was a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998.
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In 1966, Oswald Morris married Lee Turner, a member of the continuity production staff on the Franco Zeffirelli film of The Taming of the Shrew.
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Oswald Morris died on March 17,2014, at the age of 98 at his home in Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England.
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Oswald Morris's survivors included his three children, 10 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.
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In June 2009, the recently completed central building of the National Film and Television School was officially named the Oswald Morris Building in his honour.