Dick Pope

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).

Most Famous Work

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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

(2019) Director of Photography

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Legend

(2015) Director of Photography

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The Outfit

(2022) Director of Photography

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The Illusionist

(2006) Director of Photography

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

(1984) Camera Operator

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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

(2008) Director of Photography

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Hard Truths

(2024) Director of Photography

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Naked

(1993) Director of Photography

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2014	Self	The One and Only Mike Leigh 2014-11-24 Movie
2012	Self	Side by Side 2012-08-19 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Director of Photography	Hard Truths 2024-12-06 Movie
2022	Director of Photography	The Outfit 2022-02-25 Movie
2020	Director of Photography	Supernova 2020-11-20 Movie
2019	Director of Photography	Motherless Brooklyn 2019-10-31 Movie
	"B" Camera Operator	Motherless Brooklyn 2019-10-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2019-02-14 Movie
2018	Director of Photography	Peterloo 2018-11-01 Movie
2017	Director of Photography	Angelica 2017-11-17 Movie
2015	Director of Photography	Legend 2015-09-09 Movie
2014	Director of Photography	Mr. Turner 2014-10-31 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cuban Fury 2014-02-14 Movie
2012	Camera Operator	A Running Jump 2012-06-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Running Jump 2012-06-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Bernie 2012-04-27 Movie
	"A" Camera Operator	Bernie 2012-04-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	Thin Ice 2012-02-17 Movie
2010	Director of Photography	Another Year 2010-11-05 Movie
	Camera Operator	Another Year 2010-11-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	It's a Wonderful Afterlife 2010-05-07 Movie
2008	Director of Photography	Me and Orson Welles 2008-09-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008-07-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Happy-Go-Lucky 2008-04-18 Movie
2007	Director of Photography	Honeydripper 2007-09-10 Movie
2006	Director of Photography	Man of the Year 2006-10-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Illusionist 2006-08-18 Movie
2005	Camera Operator	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 2005-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Friday Night Shirt 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Director of Photography	Vera Drake 2004-10-22 Movie
	Camera Operator	Vera Drake 2004-10-22 Movie
2002	Director of Photography	Nicholas Nickleby 2002-12-27 Movie
	Director of Photography	All or Nothing 2002-10-18 Movie
	Camera Operator	All or Nothing 2002-10-18 Movie
2001	Director of Photography	Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 2001-09-02 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	The Way of the Gun 2000-09-08 Movie
1999	Director of Photography	Topsy-Turvy 1999-12-15 Movie
	Camera Operator	Topsy-Turvy 1999-12-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Debt Collector 1999-06-25 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Swept from the Sea 1998-01-23 Movie
1997	Camera Operator	Career Girls 1997-06-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Career Girls 1997-06-01 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Nothing Personal 1996-10-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Secrets & Lies 1996-05-24 Movie
1995	Director of Photography	The Great Kandinsky 1995-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	An Awfully Big Adventure 1995-05-11 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	The Air Up There 1994-01-07 Movie
1993	Camera Operator	Naked 1993-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Naked 1993-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Blackheath Poisonings 1993-02-14 TV Show
1992	Director of Photography	A Sense of History 1992-09-12 Movie
1990	Camera Operator	Life Is Sweet 1990-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Life Is Sweet 1990-11-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Reflecting Skin 1990-08-28 Movie
1988	Director of Photography	The Fruit Machine 1988-11-04 Movie
1987	Camera Operator	The Cure In Orange 1987-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Coming Up Roses 1987-02-20 Movie
1986	Director of Photography	The Girl in the Picture 1986-01-01 Movie
1984	Camera Operator	Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984-11-09 Movie
1983	Director of Photography	Alan Bush: A Life 1983-01-01 Movie
1981	Camera Operator	Inseminoid 1981-01-23 Movie
1980	Camera Operator	Rude Boy 1980-07-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Punk and Its Aftershocks 1980-05-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Women in Rock 1980-01-01 Movie
1973	Camera Operator	A Bigger Splash 1973-10-31 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv