Dick Pope (cinematographer)

Dick Pope
Born	1947 (age 68–69) Bromley, Kent, England
Occupation	Cinematographer

Richard "Dick" Pope, B.S.C. (born 1947) is a British cinematographer who has worked numerous times with British film director Mike Leigh. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award, for The Illusionist^[1] and Mr. Turner.^[2]

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Director	Other notes
1980	Women in Rock	Wolfgang Büld	Documentary
	Punk and Its Aftershocks		Documentary Alternative title: British Rock
1985	The Girl in the Picture	Cary Parker
1986	Coming Up Roses	Stephen Bayly
1987	Porterhouse Blue	Robert Knights	TV series: 4 episodes
1990	The Reflecting Skin	Philip Ridley
	Dark City	Chris Curling
	Life is Sweet	Mike Leigh
1992	A Sense of History		Short film
1993	Naked
1994	The Air Up There	Paul Michael Glaser
1995	Nothing Personal	Thaddeus O'Sullivan
	An Awfully Big Adventure	Mike Newell
1996	Secrets & Lies	Mike Leigh
1997	Career Girls
	Swept from the Sea	Beeban Kidron	Alternative title: Amy Foster
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Mike Leigh
	The Debt Collector	Anthony Neilson
2000	The Way of the Gun	Christopher McQuarrie
2001	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing	Jill Sprecher
2002	Nicholas Nickleby	Douglas McGrath
2004	Vera Drake	Mike Leigh
2006	Man of the Year	Barry Levinson
	The Illusionist	Neil Burger	San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated—Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated—ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
2007	Honeydripper	John Sayles
2008	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging	Gurinder Chadha
	Me and Orson Welles	Richard Linklater
	Happy-Go-Lucky	Mike Leigh
2010	Another Year
	It's a Wonderful Afterlife	Gurinder Chadha
2011	Thin Ice	Jill Sprecher
	Bernie	Richard Linklater
2012	A Running Jump	Mike Leigh	Short film
2014	Mr. Turner		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Vulcan Award Nominated—Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated—ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
	Cuban Fury	James Griffiths
2015	The Pros	Cecilia Torquato	Short film
	Legend	Brian Helgeland

Other credits

• Urgh! A Music War (1981) (camera operator)
• The X-Files (1998) (director of photography: London unit)

Academy Awards and nominations

• 2007 – The Illusionist (nominated) Academy Award Best Achievement in Cinematography
• 2014 – Mr. Turner (nominated) Academy Award Best Achievement in Cinematography^[2]

Other awards and nominations

• 1988 – Porterhouse Blue (nominated) BAFTA TV Award Best Film Cameraman
• 1990 – The Reflecting Skin (won) - Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival Best Cinematography
• 1995 – Nothing Personal (nominated) Camerimage Golden Frog
• 1996 – Secrets & Lies (won) Camerimage Golden Frog
• 1999 – Camerimage - Special Award Best Duo: Director - Cinematographer (Shared with: Mike Leigh)
• 2004 – Vera Drake (won) Camerimage Golden Frog
• 2006 – The Illusionist (won) San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - SDFCS Award - Best Cinematography
• 2007 – The Illusionist (nominated) American Society of Cinematographers ASC Award - Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases
• 2007 – The Illusionist (won) Camerimage Silver Frog
• 2014 – Mr. Turner (won) Cannes Film Festival Vulcan Award
• 2015 – Royal Photographic Society Lumière Award For major achievement in British cinematography, video or animation. ^[3]

References

1. The New York Times
2. Strang, Fay (15 January 2015). "Mr Turner’s Dick Pope called POOP by Academy’s president during live Oscar nominations". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
3. http://www.rps.org/awards/recent-ceremonies/2015-awards Accessed 20 September 2015

External links

• Dick Pope at the Internet Movie Database