Brother of Oscar®-winning cinematographer Jack Hildyard. Sound recordist and mixer who started in British films as an uncredited boom operator after WW II. Notable credits include BERMUDA AFFAIR (1956), BONJOUR TISTESSE (1958), SOLOMON AND SHEBA (1959), THE SUNDOWNERS (1960), THE 300 SPARTANS (1962), 55 DAYS AT PEKING (1963), THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1964), BATTLE OF THE BULGE (1965), JUDITY (1966), THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE HONEY POT and DOCTOR FAUSTUS (all 1967), BARBARELLA and BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL (both 1968), THE APPOINTMENT, THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA and KRASNAYA PALATKA / THE RED TENT (all 1969), HORNETS' NEST (1970), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and PUPPET ON A CHAIN (both 1971), CABARET and MAN OF LA MANCHA (both 1972), THE DOVE (1974), THE MESSAGE, THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA and THE NEXT MAN (all 1976), CROSS OF IRON and THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (both 1977), A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, FEDORA and WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (all 1978), ASHANTI (1979), THE SEA WOLVES (1980), INCHON (1981), SAFARI 3000 (1982), THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE and YENTL (both 1983), CHAMPIONS and FIRESTARTER (both 1984), TURTLE DIARY and MARIE (both 1985), RAW DEAL and SKY BANDITS (both 1986), HAMBURGER HILL (1987), and A SUMMER STORY and WITHOUT A CLUE (both 1988). Working extensively in television from 1985, Hildyard's last projects were the TV mini-series "Traffik" (1989) for Channel 4 Television and the made-for-TV movie "To Be the Best" (1992).  Sound 1971: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (w. Gordon K. McCallum)  Sound 1972: CABARET (w. Robert Knudson) 2 nominations, 2 Awards