---
name: "Dick Pope"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dick-pope"
fi1m_id: "dick-pope"
imdb_id: "nm0005836"
tmdb_id: 60085
wikidata_id: "Q684952"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "3 August 1947"
died: "22 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 11
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-01T23:06:57.561215+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."
---

# Dick Pope

## Identity

Dick Pope

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dick-pope
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dick-pope
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005836
- **TMDB ID:** 60085
- **Wikidata ID:** Q684952
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Pope_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60085

Cinematographer. Born 3 August 1947 in Bromley, Kent, England. Died 22 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 3 August 1947, Bromley, Kent, England
- **Died:** 22 October 2024
- **Active:** 1991–2024
- **Frequently works with:** [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Simon Channing-Williams](https://film.one/person/simon-channing-williams.md), [Timothy Spall](https://film.one/person/timothy-spall.md), [Georgina Lowe](https://film.one/person/georgina-lowe.md), [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md), [Lesley Manville](https://film.one/person/lesley-manville.md), [Claire Skinner](https://film.one/person/claire-skinner.md), [David Thewlis](https://film.one/person/david-thewlis.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (4), 2000s 80 (3), 2010s 76 (3), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 9 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Comedy 7, History 3, Crime 1, Music 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 23 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $143m across 11 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Pope_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q684952, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60085

## Coming up

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026-12-04), In Memory Of

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Topsy-Turvy*](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md) (88), [*Secrets & Lies*](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md) (88)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Naked*](https://film.one/film/naked.md) (84), [*Life Is Sweet*](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Another Year*](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) (87)
- **Hulu:** [*Hard Truths*](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Vera Drake*](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Dick Pope was a British cinematographer. Born in Bromley, Kent, he trained at the Pathé lab in London and began his career in 1968 as a camera operator on documentaries. He worked as a cinematographer on feature films from the 1980s and shot music videos in the 1970s and 1980s.

Pope collaborated with director Mike Leigh on eleven films from *Life is Sweet* (1990) to *Hard Truths* (2024), including *Naked* (1993), *Secrets & Lies* (1996), *Vera Drake* (2004), *Mr. Turner* (2014) and *Peterloo* (2018). He was nominated for Academy Awards for *The Illusionist* (2006) and *Mr. Turner*. Other credits include *Legend* (2015), *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019), *Motherless Brooklyn* (2019) and *The Outfit* (2022). He died in London in October 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (11)

- *Hard Truths* (2024), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *Legend* (2015), Fi1m 57, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Fi1m 84, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *Another Year* (2010), Fi1m 87, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Fi1m 72, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Camera Operator, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *Naked* (1993), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Camera Operator, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *Life Is Sweet* (1991), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md)

## Complete filmography (58)

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

- *Tender Loving Care* (2026), In Memory Of
- *Hard Truths* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-truths.md)
- *The Outfit* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Supernova* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Motherless Brooklyn* (2019), Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator
- *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Peterloo* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Angelica* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Legend* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-turner.md)
- *Cuban Fury* (2014), Director of Photography
- *A Running Jump* (2012), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Bernie* (2012), Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator
- *Thin Ice* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Another Year* (2010), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md)
- *It's a Wonderful Afterlife* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Me and Orson Welles* (2008), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/me-and-orson-welles.md)
- *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md)
- *Honeydripper* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Man of the Year* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Illusionist* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75* (2005), Camera Operator
- *Friday Night Shirt* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)
- *Nicholas Nickleby* (2002), Director of Photography
- *All or Nothing* (2002), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *Thirteen Conversations About One Thing* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Way of the Gun* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Director of Photography, Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *The Debt Collector* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Swept from the Sea* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Career Girls* (1997), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Nothing Personal* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Secrets & Lies* (1996), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/secrets-and-lies.md)
- *The Great Kandinsky* (1995), Director of Photography
- *An Awfully Big Adventure* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Air Up There* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Naked* (1993), Camera Operator, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/naked.md)
- *The Blackheath Poisonings* (1993), series, Director of Photography
- *A Sense of History* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Life Is Sweet* (1991), Camera Operator, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/life-is-sweet.md)
- *The Reflecting Skin* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Fruit Machine* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Cure in Orange* (1987), Camera Operator
- *Coming Up Roses* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Girl in the Picture* (1986), Director of Photography
- *The Women's Olamal: The Organisation of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Nineteen Eighty-Four* (1984), Camera Operator
- *Alan Bush: A Life* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Inseminoid* (1981), Camera Operator
- *Rude Boy* (1980), Camera Operator
- *Punk and Its Aftershocks* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Women in Rock* (1980), Director of Photography
- *A Bigger Splash* (1973), Camera Operator
- *A Promise of Bed* (1969), Camera Operator
- *Loving Feeling* (1968), as Clapper Loader
- *Untitled 13*, Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2015: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Mr. Turner*
- 2007: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Illusionist*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Golden Frog 2004: Golden Frog (won), for *Vera Drake*
- Golden Frog 1996: Golden Frog (won), for *Secrets & Lies*
- Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography 1990: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography (won), for *The Reflecting Skin*

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

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