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Cinematographer · 1891 to 1970

Alfred Gilks

Best rated: Ruggles of Red Gap (7.1)

Films
17
Avg rating
6.20
Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

Alfred Gilks, cinematography career by TMDB rating5-film average
45678192519301935194019451950Ruggles of Red Gap 7.1The Painted Hills 4.2Career avg 6.20

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Alfred Gilks's career barcodecoolhot
192217 films1953
Current formLast 4: 6.20 vs career 6.20 (0.00)
  1. WLittle Miss Marker1934 · 6.5+0.3
  2. WRuggles of Red Gap1935 · 7.1+0.9
  3. LThe Painted Hills1951 · 4.2−2.0
  4. WAn American in Paris1951 · 7.0+0.8
As a cinematographer, films with 25+ votes

Alfred by the numbers

Average
6.20
4 rated films
Vote weighted
6.37
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±1.36
rating spread
Career
32y
1922 to 1953
Total votes
983
across every film
Best
7.1
Ruggles of Red Gap
Worst
4.2
The Painted Hills
Newest first

Filmography

Better together?

Alfred Gilks's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Harold S. Bucquet and Alfred Gilks movies · S. Sylvan Simon and Alfred Gilks movies · Leo McCarey and Alfred Gilks movies

Takes

On Alfred Gilks

1 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

  • Best Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1952
    Alfred Gilks; Ballet Photography by John Alton
    Won

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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