LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Taylor was a master of black and white and a master of different universes.
Taylor, the influential "Star Wars" cinematographer who worked on a number of stellar films alongside some of the world's most famous directors, died on Friday at the age of 99, according to the British Society of Cinematographers.
Dee Taylor, his wife, told the BBC News that her husband died at their home on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England.
Born in Bushey Heath, a small town 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of London, Taylor entered the British film industry as a teenager against the wishes of his father, who warned him that the movie business was full of ne'er-do-wells, according to a 2006 biographical sketch posted to the American Society of Cinematographers' website.