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Dick Pope

Born August 3, 1947 · Bromley, Kent, England

Died October 22, 2024 · aged 77

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 …

Known For

Legend

MovieCrimeThriller

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

The Outfit

The Outfit · 2022

MovieCrimeDrama

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

The Illusionist

The Illusionist · 2006

The Illusionist

MovieFantasyDrama

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

Thin Ice

Thin Ice · 2012

MovieComedyCrime

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind · 2019

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

MovieDramaHistory

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn · 2019

Motherless Brooklyn

MovieDramaThriller

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four · 1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

Career Girls

Career Girls · 1997

MovieDramaComedy

A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.

Filmography

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Legend

MovieCrimeThriller

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

Director of Photography

The Outfit

The Outfit · 2022

MovieCrimeDrama

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

Director of Photography

The Illusionist

The Illusionist · 2006

The Illusionist

MovieFantasyDrama

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

Director of Photography

Thin Ice

Thin Ice · 2012

MovieComedyCrime

A dishonest insurance salesman's life quickly disintegrates during a Wisconsin winter when he teams up with a psychopath to steal a rare violin at the home of a reclusive farmer.

Director of Photography

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind · 2019

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

MovieDramaHistory

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Director of Photography

Motherless Brooklyn

Motherless Brooklyn · 2019

Motherless Brooklyn

MovieDramaThriller

New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.

Director of Photography

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four · 1984

Nineteen Eighty-Four

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

Camera Operator

Career Girls

Career Girls · 1997

MovieDramaComedy

A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.

Camera Operator

Supernova

Supernova · 2020

MovieRomanceDrama

Sam and Tusker, partners of 20 years, are traveling across England in their old RV visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with early-onset dementia two years ago, their time together is the most important thing they have. As the trip progresses, however, their ideas for the future clash, secrets come out, and their love for each other is tested as never before. Ultimately, they must confront the question of what it means to love one another in the face of Tusker’s illness.

Director of Photography

Naked

MovieDramaComedy

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

Camera Operator

Honeydripper

Honeydripper · 2007

MovieDramaMusic

In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

Director of Photography

All or Nothing

All or Nothing · 2002

Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

Director of Photography

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging · 2008

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

MovieComedyDrama

Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.

Director of Photography

Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles · 2008

Me and Orson Welles

MovieDramaHistory

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

Director of Photography

Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner · 2014

MovieHistoryDrama

Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.

Director of Photography

Man of the Year

Man of the Year · 2006

Man of the Year

MovieComedyRomance

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president to mock the political system and expose corruption in Washington. What begins as a publicity stunt quickly gathers unexpected momentum as his message resonates with frustrated voters.

Director of Photography

Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies · 1996

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

Director of Photography

Happy-Go-Lucky

Happy-Go-Lucky · 2008

MovieComedyDrama

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.

Director of Photography

The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun · 2000

The Way of the Gun

MovieActionCrime

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

Director of Photography

Tender Loving Care

Tender Loving Care · 2026

Tender Loving Care

MovieDramaComedy

Amy, a government child protection worker, moves back with her upbeat best friend Rosie, a social services officer facing daily anger and resentment. Amy's aging parents worry about her happiness while dealing with their own crisis.

In Memory Of

Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet · 1991

MovieComedyDrama

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.

Camera Operator

Bernie

MovieComedyCrime

In small-town Texas, affable and popular mortician Bernie Tiede strikes up a friendship with Marjorie Nugent, a wealthy widow well known for her sour attitude. When she becomes controlling and abusive, Bernie goes to great lengths to remove himself from her grasp.

Director of Photography

Hard Truths

Hard Truths · 2024

MovieDramaComedy

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

Director of Photography

Vera Drake

Vera Drake · 2004

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Director of Photography

The Blackheath Poisonings

The Blackheath Poisonings · 1993

The Blackheath Poisonings

SeriesCrimeDrama

The investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further discord among two feuding families tied together in business and marriage, living under the same roof.

Director of Photography