IEC
#1: From interview [Doubleshot, 2014]
#2: "Topsy-Turvy" [1998]
Born: ? August 1947, Bromley, Kent, UK, as Richard Campbell Pope.
Career: Became interested in photography as a young boy. After his father gave him a Brownie box camera, he began making portraits of his family and neighbors. Later, an uncle who worked for the BBC suggested a career as a cameraman. He became a trainee at Pathé Film Laboratory in London and worked on camera crews on 'B' movies. He sharpened his eye while shooting television documentaries. Eventually, he began shooting music videos and dramatic films.
Ph commercials dir by David Hartley, a.o. Ph music videos, e.g. 'The Great Pretender' [1987, David Mallet; a: Freddie Mercury].
Appeared in the doc 'Wiecej swiatla. Festiwal Operatorów Filmowych Camerimage '97' [1997, Piotr Lazarkiewicz; ph: Adam Sikora; 54m].
Awards: BAFTA TV Award nom [1988] for 'Porterhouse Blue'; Sitges IFF 'Best Cinematography Award' [1990] for 'The Reflecting Skin'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1995] for 'Nothing Personal'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [1996] for 'Secrets & Lies'; Camerimage Special Award 'Best Duo' [1999; with dir Mike Leigh]; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' Award [2004] for 'Vera Drake'; 'Oscar' AA nom [2006], ASC Award nom [2006] & Camerimage 'Silver Frog' Award [2006] for 'The Illusionist'; BAFTA Film Award nom [2014], ASC Film Award nom [2014] & 'Oscar' AA nom [2014] for 'Mr. Turner'.
[Left] with dir Mike Leigh
FILMS | |
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1975 |
Profit by Risk Control [ep 'Security' (30m) dir by Michael Darlow] c; comm doc series; for the Commercial Union Assurance Company |
1976 |
Take Three - A Film for the Schools Council Drama Project [John Michael Slater] 16mm/c; comm doc/64m; cph: Roger Deakins; for the Schools Council |
1980 |
Punk and Its Aftershocks/British Rock [- Ready for the 80's] [Wolfgang Büld] c; mus doc/85m; follow-up to W. Büld's doc 'Punk in London' (1977) |
1980 |
Women in Rock/Girls Bite Back [Wolfgang Büld] c; mus doc/38m |
1980 |
Urgh! A Music War/Both Sides Live [Derek Burbidge] c; concert film/124m; cph: John Metcalfe, David Scott, John Simmons, a.o.; filmed in August/September 1980 at various locations in France, the UK and the USA |
1983 |
Alan Bush - A Life [Anna Ambrose] 16mm/c; mus doc/64m; cph: Roger Deakins |
1983 |
Six Days in Romandie [Lindsey Clennell] c; comm doc/29m; cph: Chris Connell; prod for TI-Raleigh |
1983 |
Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style [Terence Dixon] c/V; mus doc/76m; cph: John Sharaf, John McNulty, a.o. |
1985 |
The Girl in the Picture [Carrie Parker] c |
1986 |
Rhosyn a Rhith/Coming Up Roses [Stephen Bayly] 16mm-35bu/c; originally made as a tvm |
1987 |
Soweto [Michael Raeburn] uncompleted due to legal disputes |
1987 |
The Fruit Machine/Wonderland [Philip Saville] c; uwph: Mike Valentine |
1988 |
Mountains of the Moon [Bob Rafelson] c; addph; ph: Roger Deakins |
1989 |
Sophisticated Lady [David Mingay & David Robinson] 16mm/c; doc/80m; cph: Jack Hazan, a.o. |
1989 |
The Reflecting Skin [Philip Ridley] c |
1990 |
Life Is Sweet [Mike Leigh] c |
1991 |
London Film Festival Trailer 1991 [Mike Leigh] c; trailer/?m |
1992 |
The Secret Garden [Agnieszka Holland] c; co-addph; ph: Roger Deakins |
1992 |
Naked [Mike Leigh] c |
1992 |
The Air Up There [Paul Michael Glaser] c; replaced doph Jan Kiesser; Vancouver ph: Elliot Davis; 2uc South Africa: James Robb |
1993 |
Black Beauty [Caroline Thompson] c |
1994 |
An Awfully Big Adventure [Mike Newell] c |
1995 |
Nothing Personal [Thaddeus O'Sullivan] c |
1995 |
Secrets & Lies [Mike Leigh] c |
1996 |
Career Girls [Mike Leigh] c |
1996 |
Amy Foster/Swept from the Sea - The Story of Amy Foster [Beeban Kidron] p/c; 2uc: Jan Pester |
1996 |
[Dean Koontz's] Phantoms [Joe Chappelle] c; London ph; ph: Richard Clabaugh & Greg Littlewood |
1997 |
Croupier [Mike Hodges] c; uncred cph; ph: Mike Garfath |
1997 |
The X Files [Rob Bowman] s35/c; London unit ph; ph: Ward Russell |
1998 |
The Debt Collector [Anthony Neilson] c; 2uc: Jan Pester |
1998 |
Topsy-Turvy [Mike Leigh] c |
1999 |
The Way of the Gun [Christopher McQuarrie] c |
2000 |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider [Simon West] s35/c; uncred addph; ph: Peter Menzies Jr. |
2000 |
13 Conversations About One Thing [Jill Sprecher] c |
2001 |
All or Nothing [Mike Leigh] c |
2002 |
Nicholas Nickleby [Douglas McGrath] s35/c; title seq ph: Ray Evans |
2003 |
Bringing Balanchine Back [Richard Blanshard] HD/c/V; doc/80m (shorter version aired on PBS-tv in 2006); filmed July-August; prod New York City Ballet |
2003 |
Vera Drake [Mike Leigh] s16-35bu/c |
2004 |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Andrew Adamson] s35/c; co-2uc; ph: Donald McAlpine |
"The Illusionist"
2005 |
The Illusionist [Neil Burger] s35-to-35mm/c |
2005 |
Man of the Year [Barry Levinson] s35/c; 2uc: Jim Westenbrink; ph Washington DC: Murdoch Campbell; filmed 2005-06 |
2006 |
Honeydripper [John Sayles] s35-to-35mm/c |
2007 |
Happy-Go-Lucky [Mike Leigh] s35+v-to-35mm scope/c |
2007 |
Intercom [Mark Gutteridge] c; short/10m |
2007 |
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging [Gurinder Chadha] s35/c |
2008 |
Me and Orson Welles [Richard Linklater] scope/c |
2009 |
It's a Wonderful Afterlife [Gurinder Chadha] s35/c |
2009 |
Another Year [Mike Leigh] s35/c |
2010 |
Thin Ice/The Convincer [Jill Sprecher] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Julio Macat |
2010 |
Muse/Virtuoso [John Goldschmidt] pre-production |
2010 |
A Running Jump [Mike Leigh] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; short/35m; aph: Adam Dale; part of 'The Olympics - Four Short Films' comm by the London 2012 Festival |
2010 |
Bernie [Richard Linklater] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-digital/c; 2uc: Shane Kelly |
2012 |
Cuban Fury [James Griffiths] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; addph: Laurie Rose |
2013 |
Angelica [Mitchell Lichtenstein] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)/c |
2013 |
Mr. Turner [Mike Leigh] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus + Canon EOS C500) scope-to-digital/c |
2014 |
Legend [Brian Helgeland] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT Plus)/c |
2015 |
The Pros [Cecilia Torquato] HD/c; short/10m; filmed on 24 January in front of a live audience (Open Set) during GoKinema 2015 |
2017 |
Peterloo [Mike Leigh] HD (ARRI ALEXA SXT & Mini)/c |
2018 |
Motherless Brooklyn [Edward Norton] HD/c |
TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
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1970 |
The Hollywood Festival [prod: Bob Edwards & Greg Bailey] unfinished mus doc focusing particularly on 'Mungo Jerry' and the 'Grateful Dead'; cph: John Metcalfe & Andy Carchrae; filmed on 23-24 May at Madeley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, UK |
1974 |
Cancer Gas [Allan Segal] doc/26m; ep ITV/Granada-tv current affairs series (16mm) 'World in Action' |
1974 |
The Sakuddei [John Sheppard] doc/52m/16mm; ep ITV/Granada-tv doc series 'Disappearing World' |
1974 |
Why I Want to Be Leader [Linda McDougall] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' (1975) |
1975 |
Tip of the Iceberg [Steve Morrison] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' |
1975 |
Coming Out in Newport Pagnell [Peter Carr] doc/27m; cph: Mike Whittaker; ep 'World in Action' |
1975 |
Scotland - A Political Journey [Steve Morrison] 2-part (x 26m) doc; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
On the Road: The Strange Story of Victor Grayson [Peter Carr] doc/33m; cph: Ray Goode & Mike Thomson |
1976 |
In Labour [Linda McDougall & Steve Morrison] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
The Dark Societies [Gavin MacFadyen] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
Nuts and Bolts of the Economy [ep 'Somebody Has to Do It' dir by Michael Ryan] doc/26m; ?-part doc series for 'World in Action' |
1976 |
Mutiny on the Motorway [Steve Morrison] doc/26m; cph: Ivan Strasburg; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
Unemployment, Who Cares? [Colin Richards & Malcolm Southern] doc/26m; cph: Mike Dodds & George Turner; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
A School for Thought [Steve Morrison] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
Made in Hong Kong [- Child Labour] [Colin Richards & Malcolm Southern] doc/26m; cph: Mike Dodds & George Turner; ep 'World in Action' |
1976 |
Death by Request [Michael Ryan] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' (1977) |
1976 |
The Militants [Brian Blake & David Kemp] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' (1977) |
1977 |
Casualties of the Cuts [Sue Woodford & David Hart] doc/27m; cph: Brian Grainger; ep 'World in Action' |
1977 |
Protest and Reform [John Sheppard] doc/60m; ep 13-part series 'The Christians' |
1977 |
Punk Rock Magazines [Bruce MacDonald] doc/30m; cph: Barry Noakes; ep LWT-tv series 'The London Weekend Show' |
1978 |
Jean's Way [Michael Snow] doc/26m/16mm; ep religious affairs series 'Credo' |
1978 |
Take Care, This Place Is Unsafe [Simon Albery] doc/24m; cph: Jack Hazan & Bryan Loftus; ep 'World in Action' |
1978 |
The Killing of Bruno Busic, 1939-1978 [Geoffrey Seed] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' |
1978 |
It's Already Been Too Long [Brian Blake] doc/26m; cph: Arthur Smith; ep 'World in Action' |
1978 |
Inside Europe - The Summit [Charles Sturridge] doc/30m; cph: George Turner; ep 'World in Action' |
1978 |
Bengalis in London [Bob Bee] doc/25m; ep religious affairs series 'Credo' |
1978 |
The Reckoning [André Singer & Gavin MacFadyen] doc/26m; ep 'World in Action' (1979) |
1978 |
Fallen Hero [ep #4 dir by Roger Tucker] 12-part series, 1978 & 1979; 1st season (6 ep); for Granada-tv |
1979 |
The Do Gooders [ep 'Cash or Care?', 'Great Expectations', 'Do It Yourself', 'A Kind of Living', 'The End of the Road' & 'Care by Order' dir by John Longley] 6-part (x 38-45m) doc series; cph ('A Kind of Living'): Bryan Loftus |
1979 |
Islam [Michael Snow] doc/52m |
1979 |
[Jimmy Greaves -] Just for Today/The Jimmy Greaves Story [Berny Stringle] doc/60m (1980); cph: Roger Deakins |
1980 |
Converting Jews [Nigel Miller] doc/27m; ep religious affairs series 'Credo' |
1981 |
The Shattered Dream: Employment in the Eighties [John Carlaw] 4-part doc series; for LWT-tv |
1982 |
Whoops Apocalypse [ep #1 'Road to Jerusalem', #2 'Autumn Cannibalism' & #3 'How to Get Rid of It' dir by John Reardon] 6-part series; ph film seq; cph (#3): Mike Humphreys; also edited together (138m) |
1982 |
A Connemara Family [Melissa Llewelyn-Davies] doc/50m; ep 5-part (1982) BBC2-tv series 'Worlds Apart' |
1983 |
The Knockers' Tale [Jeff Perks] doc/40m; ep 8-part Channel 4 series 'Our Lives' |
1984 |
The Women's Olamal - The Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony [Melissa Llewelyn-Davies] doc/113m/16mm; cph: Barry Ackroyd |
1984 |
Diary of a Maasai Village [ep #1 'The Prophet's Family', #2 'Two Ways of Justice', #3 'Two Mothers', #4 'Two Journeys' & #5 'Nine Cows and an Ox' dir by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies] 5-part (x 49m) doc series; for BBC2-tv |
1984 |
David Lean: A Life in Film [Nigel Wattis] doc/150m; cph: Paul Bond & Les Young; ep series 'The South Bank Show' |
1984 |
Michael Crawford [Alan Benson] doc/?m; cph: Peter Middleton; seg of ep series 'The South Bank Show' |
1985 |
Billy Bragg [David Thomas] doc/?m; cph: Peter Middleton; seg of ep series 'The South Bank Show' |
1985 |
A World Market in Jobs [Stephen Engelhard & Judy Jackson] doc/60m; cph: Anne Cottringer & Christopher O'Dell; ep series 'The People Trade' |
1985 |
The Planets [ep #1 'The Children of the Sun', #2 'Venus and Mercury' & #3 'The Blue Planet' dir by Paul Fisher] 7-part doc series; cph: Gabriel Beristáin (#1) & Roger Pratt (#1-3); for Channel 4 |
1985 |
Man and Music: Composer and Court [ep #! 'Monteverdi at Mantua', #2 'Music at the Court of Louis XIV', #3 'Haydn and the Esterhazys' & #4 'Liszt in Weimar' dir by Tony Cash & (co-dir ep #4) Dennis Marks] 4-part mus doc series |
1985 |
In Between Days [Ted Cusby] doc/40m; ep BBC2-tv series '40 Minutes' |
1987 |
Porterhouse Blue [Robert Knights] 4-part miniseries |
1988 |
Forever Green [ep #1-6 dir by David Giles] 18-part series, 1989 & 1992; 1st series, 1989 (6 ep); wildlife ph: Simon King & Tony Shepherd |
1989 |
Dark City/Strong City [Chris Curling] tvm/97m; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen One' |
1991 |
The Blackheath Poisonings [Stuart Orme] 3-part miniseries |
1992 |
A Sense of History [Mike Leigh] tvm/30m |
1992 |
Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery [Terry Winsor] tvm |
1994 |
Pleasure [Ian Sharp] tvm; or ph Wayne Mottershead; for Channel 4 |
1994 |
The Great Kandinsky [Terry Winsor] tvm |
1994 |
Life's a Bitch [Coky Giedroyc] tvm/30m |
1995 |
Deadly Voyage [John Mackenzie] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
2017 |
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind [Chiwetel Ejiofor] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini)-to-UHD (scope)/c; addph: Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone; for Netflix |
MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1968 |
Loving Feeling/She Loved with Her Boots On [Norman J. Warren] clapper-loader; ph: Peter Jessop |
1969 |
Under the Table You Must Go [Arnold Louis Miller; mus doc/52m] co-c.asst; ph: Stanley A. Long; a trip around London's exciting clubs, pubs and discotheques |
1969 |
A Promise of Bed/This, That and the Other! [Derek Ford] co-camera; ph: Stanley A. Long |
1969 |
The Wife Swappers [Derek Ford] c.op; ph: Stanley A. Long |
1969 |
What's Good for the Goose/Girl Trouble [Menahem Golan] clapper-loader; ph: William Brayne |
1971 |
The Man Who Stole Uganda [John Sheppard; tv-doc/b&w/26m] c.asst; ph: Mike Whittaker; ep series 'World in Action' |
1974 |
A Bigger Splash [Jack Hazan; doc] co-c.op; ph: J. Hazan |
1980 |
Rude Boy [Jack Hazan & David Mingay] co-c.op; ph: J. Hazan |
1980 |
Inseminoid [Norman J. Warren] c.op; ph: John Metcalfe |
1984 |
Nineteen Eighty-Four/1984 [Michael Radford] co-c.op 2u; ph: Roger Deakins |
1986 |
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule/Tina! [David Mallet; tv-concert film] co-camera (c.op); ph: Nic Knowland & John Metcalfe |
1986 |
The Cure in Orange [Tim Pope; concert film/95m] co-c.op; ph: Chris Ashbrook; filmed on 9-10 August (Orange, France) |
1987 |
Cyndi Lauper in Paris [Andy Morahan; concert film] co-c.op; ph: Daniel Pearl |
1993 |
Peter Gabriel's Secret World [François Girard & (concert staged by) Robert Lepage; concert film/103m] co-c.op; ph: Peter Sinclair; filmed 16-17 November (Modena, Italy) |
1995 |
Queen - Champions of the World [Rudi Dolezal & Hannes Rossacher; mus doc/123m] co-camera; ph: Hermann Dunzendorfer & Jo Molitoris |
1996 |
AC/DC - No Bull [David Mallet; concert film/122m] co-c.op; ph: Peter Sinclair; filmed 10 July (Madrid, Spain) |
1997 |
Cats [David Mallet; musical] co-add c.op; ph: Nic Knowland |