Born in London, England. Celebrated English cinematographer who began his career as a newsreel cameraman during WW II, when he filmed the German invasions of Poland and Holland. Slocombe subsequently joined Ealing Studios, where he shot such acclaimed films as KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949) and THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951), and later contributed to landmark British features of the 1960s including THE L-SHAPED ROOM (1963) and THE SERVANT (1963). Slocombe's more recent credits include JULIA (1977) for Fred Zinnemann, and INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) for Steven Spielberg. He's famous for never using a light meter on the set of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981). Other notable (non-nominated) cinematography credits include THE BIG BLOCKADE and LIGHTS OUT IN EUROPE (uncredited) (both 1940), GREEK TESTAMENT (1942), FOR THOSE IN PERIL (1944), PAINTED BOATS and DEAD OF NIGHT (both 1945), THE CAPTIVE HEART (1946), HUE AND CRY, THE LOVES OF JOANNA GODDEN and IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY (all 1947), SARABAND and ANOTHER SHORE (both 1948), A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY (1949), DANCE HALL and CAGE OF GOLD (both 1950), THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951), HIS EXCELLENCY and MANDY (both 1952), THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (1953), THE LOVE LOTTERY and LEASE OF LIFE (both 1954), LUDWIG II and TOUCH AND GO (both 1955), SAILOR BEWARE (1956), THE MAN IN THE SKY, THE SMALLES SHOW ON EARTH, BARNACLE BILL and DAVY (all 1957), TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER (1958), CIRCUS OF HORRORS and THE BOY WHO STOLE A MILLION (both 1960), TASTE OF FEAR and THE YOUNG ONES (both 1961), FREUD (1962), THE THIRD SECRET and GUNS AT BATASI (both 1964), PROMISE HER ANYTHING and HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (both 1965), THE BLUE MAX (1966), THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, ROBBERY and FATHOM (all 1967), BOOM and THE LION IN WINTER (both 1968), THE ITALIAN JOB (1969), THE MUSIC LOVERS (1970), MURPHY'S WAR (1971), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973), THE GREAT GATSBY and THE MAIDS (both 1974), ROLLERBALL (1975), HEDDA (1975), THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA (1976), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977), CARAVANS (1978), LOST AND FOUND and THE LADY VANISHES (both 1979), NIJINSKY (1980), NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN and THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (both 1983), WATER (1985), LADY JANE (1986), and his last film, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989).  Nominated for Cinematography 1972: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT  Nominated for Cinematography 1977: JULIA  Nominated for Cinematography 1981: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 3 nominations