About

Known credits:
67
Birthday:
1947-08-03
Place of birth:
Bromley, Kent, England
Website:
N/A

Dick Pope

Overview

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

Acting
2014 The One and Only Mike Leigh Actor Self 59
Average
2012 Side by Side Actor Self 63
Fair

Camera
2024 Hard Truths Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2022 The Outfit Camera Director of Photography 67
Fair
2020 Supernova Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2019 Motherless Brooklyn Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
2019 Motherless Brooklyn Camera "B" Camera Operator 64
Fair
2019 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Camera Director of Photography 74
Good
2018 Peterloo Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2017 Angelica Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2015 Legend Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
2014 Mr. Turner Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2014 Cuban Fury Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2012 A Running Jump Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2012 A Running Jump Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
2012 Bernie Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2012 Bernie Camera "A" Camera Operator 63
Fair
2012 Thin Ice Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2010 Another Year Camera Camera Operator 63
Fair
2010 Another Year Camera Director of Photography 63
Fair
2010 It's a Wonderful Afterlife Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2008 Me and Orson Welles Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Camera Director of Photography 62
Fair
2008 Happy-Go-Lucky Camera Camera Operator 62
Fair
2007 Honeydripper Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2006 Man of the Year Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
2006 The Illusionist Camera Director of Photography 71
Good
2005 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
2005 Friday Night Shirt Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
2004 Vera Drake Camera Director of Photography 64
Fair
2004 Vera Drake Camera Camera Operator 64
Fair
2002 Nicholas Nickleby Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2002 All or Nothing Camera Camera Operator 61
Fair
2002 All or Nothing Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2000 The Way of the Gun Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1999 Topsy-Turvy Camera Camera Operator 60
Fair
1999 Topsy-Turvy Camera Director of Photography 60
Fair
1999 The Debt Collector Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1998 Swept from the Sea Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1997 Career Girls Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1997 Career Girls Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1996 Nothing Personal Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1996 Secrets & Lies Camera Director of Photography 68
Fair
1995 The Great Kandinsky Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1995 An Awfully Big Adventure Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1994 The Air Up There Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1993 Naked Camera Director of Photography 65
Fair
1993 Naked Camera Camera Operator 65
Fair
1993 The Blackheath Poisonings Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
1992 A Sense of History Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1990 Life Is Sweet Camera Camera Operator 61
Fair
1990 Life Is Sweet Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1990 The Reflecting Skin Camera Director of Photography 61
Fair
1988 The Fruit Machine Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1987 The Cure In Orange Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1987 Coming Up Roses Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1986 The Girl in the Picture Camera Director of Photography 58
Average
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four Camera Camera Operator 65
Fair
1983 Alan Bush: A Life Camera Director of Photography N/A
N/A
1981 Inseminoid Camera Camera Operator 55
Average
1980 Rude Boy Camera Camera Operator 58
Average
1980 Punk and Its Aftershocks Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1980 Women in Rock Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1973 A Bigger Splash Camera Camera Operator 59
Average
1969 A Promise of Bed Camera Camera Operator 58
Average