Dick Pope

Known for
Camera
Born
August 3, 1947
Died
October 22, 2024 (aged 77)
Birthplace
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

Filmography

2024
Hard Truths poster

Hard Truths

Movie · Director of Photography

2022
The Outfit poster

The Outfit

Movie · Director of Photography

2020
Supernova poster

Supernova

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind poster

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Movie · Director of Photography

2019
Motherless Brooklyn poster

Motherless Brooklyn

Movie · Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator

2018
Peterloo poster

Peterloo

Movie · Director of Photography

2017
Angelica poster

Angelica

Movie · Director of Photography

2015
Legend poster

Legend

Movie · Director of Photography

2014
Cuban Fury poster

Cuban Fury

Movie · Director of Photography

2014
Mr. Turner poster

Mr. Turner

Movie · Director of Photography

2012
A Running Jump poster

A Running Jump

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

2012
Bernie poster

Bernie

Movie · Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

2012
Thin Ice poster

Thin Ice

Movie · Director of Photography

2010
Another Year poster

Another Year

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife poster

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Happy-Go-Lucky poster

Happy-Go-Lucky

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2008
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging poster

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Movie · Director of Photography

2008
Me and Orson Welles poster

Me and Orson Welles

Movie · Director of Photography

2007
Honeydripper poster

Honeydripper

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
Man of the Year poster

Man of the Year

Movie · Director of Photography

2006
The Illusionist poster

The Illusionist

Movie · Director of Photography

2005
Friday Night Shirt

Friday Night Shirt

Movie · Director of Photography

2005
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 poster

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75

Movie · Camera Operator

2004
Vera Drake poster

Vera Drake

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2002
All or Nothing poster

All or Nothing

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

2002
Nicholas Nickleby poster

Nicholas Nickleby

Movie · Director of Photography

2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing poster

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Movie · Director of Photography

2000
The Way of the Gun poster

The Way of the Gun

Movie · Director of Photography

1999
Topsy-Turvy poster

Topsy-Turvy

Movie · Director of Photography, Camera Operator

1999
The Debt Collector poster

The Debt Collector

Movie · Director of Photography

1998
Swept from the Sea poster

Swept from the Sea

Movie · Director of Photography

1997
Career Girls poster

Career Girls

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

1996
Secrets & Lies poster

Secrets & Lies

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Nothing Personal poster

Nothing Personal

Movie · Director of Photography

1996
Deadly Voyage poster

Deadly Voyage

Movie · Director of Photography

1995
An Awfully Big Adventure poster

An Awfully Big Adventure

Movie · Director of Photography

1995
The Great Kandinsky

The Great Kandinsky

Movie · Director of Photography

1994
The Air Up There poster

The Air Up There

Movie · Director of Photography

1993
Naked poster

Naked

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

1993
The Blackheath Poisonings poster

The Blackheath Poisonings

TV · Director of Photography · 3 eps

1992
A Sense of History poster

A Sense of History

Movie · Director of Photography

1991
Life Is Sweet poster

Life Is Sweet

Movie · Camera Operator, Director of Photography

1990
The Reflecting Skin poster

The Reflecting Skin

Movie · Director of Photography

1988
The Fruit Machine poster

The Fruit Machine

Movie · Director of Photography

1987
The Cure in Orange poster

The Cure in Orange

Movie · Camera Operator

1987
Coming Up Roses poster

Coming Up Roses

Movie · Director of Photography

1986
The Girl in the Picture poster

The Girl in the Picture

Movie · Director of Photography

1985
The Women's Olamal: The Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony

The Women's Olamal: The Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony

Movie · Director of Photography

1984
Nineteen Eighty-Four poster

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Movie · Camera Operator

1983
Alan Bush: A Life

Alan Bush: A Life

Movie · Director of Photography

1981
Inseminoid poster

Inseminoid

Movie · Camera Operator

1980
Rude Boy poster

Rude Boy

Movie · Camera Operator

1980
Punk and Its Aftershocks poster

Punk and Its Aftershocks

Movie · Director of Photography

1980
Women in Rock poster

Women in Rock

Movie · Director of Photography

1973
A Bigger Splash poster

A Bigger Splash

Movie · Camera Operator

1969
A Promise of Bed poster

A Promise of Bed

Movie · Camera Operator

1968
Loving Feeling poster

Loving Feeling

Movie · Clapper Loader