---
name: "Alan Pyrah"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-pyrah"
fi1m_id: "alan-pyrah"
imdb_id: "nm0701563"
tmdb_id: 1875683
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "17 June 1946"
died: "31 March 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:53:06.557814+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Pyrah

## Identity

Alan Pyrah

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-pyrah
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-pyrah
- **IMDb ID:** nm0701563
- **TMDB ID:** 1875683
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1875683

Cinematographer. Born 17 June 1946 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 31 March 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 17 June 1946, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 31 March 2021
- **Active:** 1984–1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0701563/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1875683

## Biography

Allan Pyrah was a British cinematographer who worked primarily in television. Credited variously as Alan Pyrah or Allan Pyrah, he served as director of photography or lighting cameraman on series including *Duty Free* (1984–1986), *Stay Lucky* (1989–1993) and *Emmerdale Farm*.

His other credits include the miniseries *A Dinner of Herbs* (2000) and *Catherine Cookson's The Secret* (2000), as well as episodes of *Where the Heart Is* and *Peak Practice*. Pyrah was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, where he also died in 2021.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Duty Free* (1984), Fi1m 34, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lost for Words* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Life and Crimes of William Palmer* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Circles of Deceit: Kalon* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Circles of Deceit: Dark Secret* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Circles of Deceit* (1993), Cinematography
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, Director of Photography
- *Shoot to Kill* (1990), Cinematography
- *Love with a Perfect Stranger* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Duty Free* (1984), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/tv/duty-free.md)
- *Airline* (1982), series, Director of Photography

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