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Arthur Ibbetson | |
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| Born | 8 September 1922 Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England |
| Died | 19 October 1997 (aged 75) Hillingdon, London, England |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1949–1986 |
Arthur Ibbetson BSC (8 September 1922 in Bishop Auckland, England – 19 October 1997 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England) was a British cinematographer.
Ibbetson was born in Bishop Auckland, England in 1922, and died from cancer in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.
Starting out as a child actor in 1935, some of his best-known projects as a cinematographer were films with or for children, including Whistle Down the Wind (1961), The Railway Children (1970) and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). However, he was also the cinematographer for a number of other major films of the 1960s, including The Angry Silence (1960), The League of Gentlemen (1960), Where Eagles Dare (1968) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).