Appendix: Studios where Robert Krasker worked as a Director of Photography

Note: The years listed after the names of films directly beneath the names of each studio are the years when the films were in production there and not the years when the films were released.

Canada

Hollyburn Studios, Hollyburn Mountain, West Vancouver

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  • Wikipedia – Panorama Film Studios – “Panorama Film Studios, sometimes referred to as Hollyburn Film Studios, was a two sound stage and projection/dubbing theater complex constructed circa 1960 in the lower foothills of Hollyburn Mountain at West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was financed with help from UK investor(s) including Lord Folkestone, hence the name of the paved private road that ran from the Upper Levels Highway (Trans-Canada Highway 1) to the large studio parking lot. The studio address was 2280 Folkestone Way. Dirt mountain roads led from behind the studio up the side of Hollyburn mountain, at the time totally pristine tree-covered land. The building was eventually demolished and today the area is residential.”

France

Billancourt Studios, Paris

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  • Wikipedia – Billancourt Studios – “Billancourt Studios was a film studio in Paris which operated between 1922 and 1992. Located in Boulogne-Billancourt, it was one of the leading French studios. It was founded in the silent era by Henri Diamant-Berger. During the Second World War the studio was used by Continental Films, a company financed by the German occupiers. They are also known as the Paris-Studio-Cinéma.”

Ireland

Ardmore Studios, Bray

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  • Ardmore Studios – website
  • Wikipedia – Ardmore Studios – “Ardmore Studios, in Bray, County Wicklow, is Irelands’s only four wall studio. It opened in 1958 under the management of Emmet Dalton and Louis Elliman. Since then, it has evolved through many managements and owners. It has been the base for many successful Irish and international productions, including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold to Fair City, Braveheart, My Left Foot and Veronica Guerin.”

Italy

Cinecittà Studios, Rome

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  • Cinecittà – website
  • Wikipedia – Cinecittà – “Cinecittà Studios is a large film studio in Rome, Italy. With an area of 400,000 square metres (99 acres), it is the largest film studio in Europe, and is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were constructed during the Fascist era as part of a plan to revive the Italian film industry.”

Titanus Studios, Rome

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  • Wikipedia – Titanus – “Titanus is an Italian film production company, founded in 1904 by Gustavo Lombardo (1885–1951). The company’s headquarters are located at 28 Via Sommacampagna, Rome and its studios on the Via Tiburtina, 13 km from the centre of Rome.”

Spain

Estudios Chamartín, Madrid

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  • Wikipedia – Estudios Chamartín – “The Chamartín Cinematographic Studios (inaugurated on April 17, 1941 in Madrid, Spain) was a cinematographic complex designed by Rafael Bergamín. They ended up being part of the RTVE studios from 1984 to 2009 under the name of Buñuel Studios, formerly Bronston Studios. Currently they have been demolished and replaced by a housing complex.”

United Kingdom

Denham Film Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire

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  • Wikipedia – Denham Film Studios – “Denham Film Studios was a British film production studio operating from 1936 to 1952, founded by Alexander Korda. Notable films made at Denham include Brief Encounter and David Lean’s Great Expectations. From the 1950s to the 1970s the studio became best known for recording film music, including the scores for Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Star Wars. The studio buildings were demolished in 1981 and the site re-landscaped as a business park; as of 2017 it has been turned over to residential use.”

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Elstree, Hertfordshire

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  • Wikipedia – Elstree Studios – “Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England. Production studios have been located in the area since 1914 when film production began there.”

Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

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  • Wikipedia – Pinewood Studios – “Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. It is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of central London. The studio has been the base for many productions over the years from large-scale films to television programmes, commercials, and pop promos. It is well known as the home of the James Bond and Carry On film franchises.”

Merton Park Studios, Merton Park, South London

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  • Wikipedia – Merton Park Studios – “Merton Park Studios, opened in 1929, was a British film production studio located at Long Lodge, 269 Kingston Road in Merton Park, South London. In the 1940s, it was owned by Piprodia Entertainment, Nikhanj Films and Film Producers Guild.”

MGM-British Studios, Elstree Way, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

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  • Wikipedia – MGM-British Studios – “MGM-British was a subsidiary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer initially established (as MGM London Films Denham) at Denham Film Studios in 1936. It was in limbo during the Second World War; however, following the end of hostilities, a facility was acquired in Borehamwood (one of several known as Elstree Studios), which remained in use until it was closed in 1970.”

Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey

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  • Wikipedia – Walton Studios – “Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England. Hepworth was a pioneering studio in the early 20th century and released the first film adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland, 1903). The decline of the British cinematic production industry in the mid-20th century led to a decline in work for the facility, and after failing to financially survive as a television production outlet it was eventually closed in 1961. The studio was subsequently demolished and the land was sold for house-building.”

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire

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  • Wikipedia – Pinewood Studios – “Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England. It is approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of central London. The studio has been the base for many productions over the years from large-scale films to television programmes, commercials, and pop promos. It is well known as the home of the James Bond and Carry On film franchises.”

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London

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  • Wikipedia – Riverside Studios – “Riverside Studios is an arts centre on the banks of the River Thames in Hammersmith, London, England. The venue plays host to contemporary performance, film, visual art exhibitions and television production. Having closed for redevelopment in September 2014, Riverside Studios reopened in August 2019 with one of the first television broadcasts from Studio 1 being Channel 4’s UK election coverage. In March 2023 the Riverside board announced it was placing the theatre into administration because of debt incurred during the redevelopment.”

Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey

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  • Wikipedia – Shepperton Studios – “Shepperton Studios is a film studio located in Shepperton, Surrey, England, with a history dating back to 1931. It is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group…. After re-opening in 1945, the studios changed hands. When Sir Alexander Korda purchased British Lion Films, he also acquired a controlling interest in Sound City and Shepperton Studios. Among the films in which he was involved during this period were The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949) which was shot both at the studios and on location and has been referred to as the best British film noir.”

Worton Hall Studios, Isleworth, Hounslow, West London

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  • Wikipedia – Isleworth Studios – “Worton Hall Studios were based on Worton Hall, in Isleworth…. Films produced here include Invader (1936) with Buster Keaton; Under Secret Orders (1937) otherwise called Mademoiselle Docteur, with Erich von Stroheim; The Small Back Room (1949); State Secret (1950) with Douglas Fairbanks Jnr. Shooting of The Third Man began here in 1948 before moving to Shepperton.”

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