Adrian Biddle

Adrian Biddle
Born (1952-07-20)July 20, 1952
Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom
Died December 7, 2005(2005-12-07) (aged 53)
London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality British
Occupation Cinematographer
Years active 1986–2005

Adrian Biddle, BSC (20 July 1952 – 7 December 2005), was an English cinematographer.

Early years

Biddle was a talented swimmer in his youth, and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In 1967 the underwater photographer Egil Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice. Uncredited, he worked in this capacity on both the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971).

Career

After this, Biddle worked for Ridley Scott's advertising company R.S.A. where he worked on a large number of advertisements with Scott and when Scott moved into films, Biddle followed him.

On The Duellists (1977) he was working as a clapper loader, before advancing to the position of focus puller on Alien (1979).

Following Alien, Biddle returned to working as a cinematographer on advertisements. During this time he developed a number of new lighting techniques and worked on a number of famous campaigns. His most famous advertisement was 1984 (1984), directed by Ridley Scott, for Apple. The advert's photography, combined with a personal recommendation from Scott, prompted James Cameron to hire Biddle for Aliens (1986) after the original cinematographer Dick Bush left over creative differences with Cameron, Biddle stepped in to replace him in his first feature film role.[1]

Biddle was a cinematographer on a further 25 feature films, including Thelma and Louise (1991), for which he received a nomination for the Oscar for Best Cinematography. In 1997 he was voted European Cinematographer of the Year for his work on The Butcher Boy. The last film that he worked on, prior to his death from myocardial infarction, was V for Vendetta (2006) which was dedicated to his memory.

His brother is cinematographer Adam Biddle.

Filmography

Year Title Director Notes
1986 Aliens James Cameron
1987 The Princess Bride Rob Reiner
1988 Willow Ron Howard
1989 The Dawning Robert Knights
The Tall Guy Mel Smith
1991 Thelma and Louise Ridley Scott
1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise Ridley Scott
1994 City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold Paul Weiland
1995 Judge Dredd Danny Cannon
1996 101 Dalmatians Stephen Herek
1997 The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan
Event Horizon Paul W. S. Anderson
Fierce Creatures Robert Young & Fred Schepisi
1998 Holy Man Stephen Herek
1999 The World Is Not Enough Michael Apted
The Mummy Stephen Sommers
2000 The Weight of Water Kathryn Bigelow
Gangster No. 1 Paul McGuigan
102 Dalmatians Kevin Lima
2001 The Mummy Returns Stephen Sommers
2002 Reign of Fire Rob Bowman
2003 Shanghai Knights David Dobkin
2004 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Beeban Kidron
Laws of Attraction Peter Howitt
2005 An American Haunting Courtney Solomon
2006 V for Vendetta James McTeigue

References

  1. Alien Quadrillogy DVD Set, Aliens Special Features: 'This Time Its War' (1985) production documentary

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