Dick Pope (cinematographer)

Richard Campbell Pope (3 August 1947 – 21 October 2024) was a British cinematographer, known for his work with director Mike Leigh.^[1]

Dick Pope
Pope in 2015
Born	Richard Campbell Pope (1947-08-03)3 August 1947 Bromley, Kent, England
Died	21 October 2024(2024-10-21) (aged 77)
Years active	1968–2024
Organization	British Society of Cinematographers
Spouse	Pat ​ (m. 1972)​
Children	2

Early life and career

Born in Bromley on 3 August 1947, Richard Campbell Pope took interest in photography at an early age.^[2]

Pope trained at the Pathé lab in London, and began his career working as a camera operator on documentaries. He then began working as a cinematographer on feature films in the 1980s before starting a collaboration with Mike Leigh in Life is Sweet (1990).

Personal life and death

Pope and his wife, Pat, whom he married in 1972, had two children.^[2]

He died on 21 October 2024 at the age of 77.^[3][4]

Filmography

Film

Short film

Year	Title	Director
1983	Six Days in Romandie	Lindsey Clennell
2005	Friday Night Shirt	Joanna Carrick
2007	Walking Away
2008	Intercom	Mark Gutteridge
2012	A Running Jump	Mike Leigh
2015	The Pros	Cecilia Torquato

Feature film

Year	Title	Director
1985	The Girl in the Picture	Cary Parker
1986	Coming Up Roses	Stephen Bayly
1990	The Reflecting Skin	Philip Ridley
	Dark City	Chris Curling
	Life Is Sweet	Mike Leigh
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
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	All or Nothing	Mike Leigh
	Nicholas Nickleby	Douglas McGrath
2004	Vera Drake	Mike Leigh
2006	Man of the Year	Barry Levinson
	The Illusionist	Neil Burger
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
2014	Mr. Turner	Mike Leigh
	Cuban Fury	James Griffiths
2015	Legend	Brian Helgeland
2018	Peterloo	Mike Leigh
2019	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind	Chiwetel Ejiofor
	Motherless Brooklyn	Edward Norton
2020	Supernova	Harry Macqueen
2022	The Outfit	Graham Moore
2024	Hard Truths	Mike Leigh

Television

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1982	Whoops Apocalypse	John Reardon	3 episodes
1985	The South Bank Show	Nigel Wattis	Episode "David Lean: A Life in Film"
1989	Forever Green	David Giles	6 episodes
1995	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	Coky Giedroyc	Episode "Life's a Bitch"
1996	Screen Two	John Mackenzie	Segment Deadly Voyage

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director
1987	Porterhouse Blue	Robert Knights
1992	The Blackheath Poisonings	Stuart Orme

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2006	The Illusionist	Best Cinematography	Nominated
2014	Mr. Turner[5]		Nominated

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Title	Category	Result
2006	The Illusionist	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Nominated
2014	Mr. Turner		Nominated

Satellite Awards

Year	Title	Category	Result
2014	Mr. Turner	Best Cinematography	Won
2019	Motherless Brooklyn		Nominated

Other awards

Year	Title	Awards/Nominations
2006	The Illusionist	New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Cinematography San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2014	Mr. Turner	British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography International Cinephile Society Award for Best Cinematography National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Vulcan Award Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - San Francisco Bay Area Film Award for Best Cinematography Nominated - Seattle Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2015	—	Royal Photographic Society Lumière Award for major achievement in British cinematography, video or animation[6]