Person
Dick Pope
Camera · 1947–2024 · Bromley, Kent, England
Biography
Richard Campbell Pope (August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024) was a British cinematographer, known for his work with director Mike Leigh. Born in Bromley, Richard Campbell Pope took an early interest in photography. He trained at the Pathé lab in London, and began his career in 1968 working as a camera operator on documentaries. He began working as a cinematographer on feature films in the 1980s. He began his collaboration with Mike Leigh in 1990's Life is Sweet, and continued to work with him for over thirty years, until Hard Truths (2024).
Known for

The Illusionist
Director of Photography

Legend
Director of Photography

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Director of Photography

The Outfit
Director of Photography

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Camera Operator

Naked
Camera Operator

Thin Ice
Director of Photography

Happy-Go-Lucky
Director of Photography

Career Girls
Camera Operator

All or Nothing
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2024Hard TruthsDirector of Photography
- 2022The OutfitDirector of Photography
- 2020SupernovaDirector of Photography
- 2019Motherless BrooklynDirector of Photography
- 2019The Boy Who Harnessed the WindDirector of Photography
- 2018PeterlooDirector of Photography
- 2017AngelicaDirector of Photography
- 2015LegendDirector of Photography
- 2014The One and Only Mike LeighSelf
- 2014Mr. TurnerDirector of Photography
- 2014Cuban FuryDirector of Photography
- 2012Side by SideSelf
- 2012A Running JumpDirector of Photography
- 2012BernieDirector of Photography
- 2012Thin IceDirector of Photography
- 2010Another YearDirector of Photography
- 2010It's a Wonderful AfterlifeDirector of Photography
- 2008Me and Orson WellesDirector of Photography
- 2008Angus, Thongs and Perfect SnoggingDirector of Photography
- 2008Happy-Go-LuckyDirector of Photography
- 2007HoneydripperDirector of Photography
- 2006Man of the YearDirector of Photography
- 2006The IllusionistDirector of Photography
- 2005Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75Camera Operator
- 2005Friday Night ShirtDirector of Photography
- 2004Vera DrakeDirector of Photography
- 2002Nicholas NicklebyDirector of Photography
- 2002All or NothingDirector of Photography
- 2001Thirteen Conversations About One ThingDirector of Photography
- 2000The Way of the GunDirector of Photography
- 1999Topsy-TurvyDirector of Photography
- 1999The Debt CollectorDirector of Photography
- 1998Swept from the SeaDirector of Photography
- 1997Career GirlsCamera Operator
- 1996Nothing PersonalDirector of Photography
- 1996Secrets & LiesDirector of Photography
- 1995The Great KandinskyDirector of Photography
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureDirector of Photography
- 1994The Air Up ThereDirector of Photography
- 1993NakedCamera Operator
- 1993The Blackheath PoisoningsDirector of Photography
- 1992A Sense of HistoryDirector of Photography
- 1991Life Is SweetCamera Operator
- 1990The Reflecting SkinDirector of Photography
- 1988The Fruit MachineDirector of Photography
- 1987The Cure in OrangeCamera Operator
- 1987Coming Up RosesDirector of Photography
- 1986The Girl in the PictureDirector of Photography
- 1985The Women's Olamal: The Organisation of a Maasai Fertility CeremonyDirector of Photography
- 1984Nineteen Eighty-FourCamera Operator
- 1983Alan Bush: A LifeDirector of Photography
- 1981InseminoidCamera Operator
- 1980Rude BoyCamera Operator
- 1980Punk and Its AftershocksDirector of Photography
- 1980Women in RockDirector of Photography
- 1973A Bigger SplashCamera Operator
- 1969A Promise of BedCamera Operator
- 1968Loving FeelingClapper Loader
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