---
name: "Andrew Dickson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-dickson"
fi1m_id: "andrew-dickson"
imdb_id: "nm0225614"
tmdb_id: 68047
wikidata_id: "Q4756805"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:47:38.163613+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."
---

# Andrew Dickson

## Identity

Andrew Dickson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-dickson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-dickson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0225614
- **TMDB ID:** 68047
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4756805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dickson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4756805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68047

Composer. Born 1 January 1945 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1945, London
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Simon Channing-Williams](https://film.one/person/simon-channing-williams.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $28m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dickson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4756805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68047

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Secrets & Lies*](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (84)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Naked*](https://film.one/film/naked.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Andrew Dickson is an English composer. Born in 1945 in Isleworth, London, he has composed extensively for film and television, and has worked in theatre as an actor, director, musical director, musician and composer.

He is best known for his long collaboration with director Mike Leigh, providing the music for *Meantime* (1983), *High Hopes* (1988), *Naked* (1993), *Secrets & Lies* (1996), *All or Nothing* (2002) and *Vera Drake* (2004). Dickson won the European Film Award for Best Composer for his work on *High Hopes*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmmusicreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *Naked* (1993), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Evening News* (2019), Music
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *All or Nothing* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *Someone Else's America* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Forget Me* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Naked* (1993), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *High Hopes* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Facelift* (1984), as pit orchestra
- *Meantime* (1983), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Composer 1989: European Film Award for Best Composer (won), for *High Hopes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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