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name: "Frank Tidy"
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wikidata_id: "Q34456633"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "17 May 1932"
died: "27 January 2017"
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updated: "2026-10-04T22:08:25.205920+00:00"
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# Frank Tidy

## Identity

Frank Tidy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-tidy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-tidy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0862777
- **TMDB ID:** 59955
- **Wikidata ID:** Q34456633
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tidy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34456633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59955

Cinematographer. Born 17 May 1932 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 27 January 2017.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 17 May 1932, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 27 January 2017
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tidy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34456633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862777/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59955

## Biography

Frank Tidy (17 May 1932 – 27 January 2017) was an English cinematographer. Born in Liverpool, he began his career in stop-motion animation before moving into cinematography. In 1965 he co-founded Valley Films with Roger Woodburn and Peter Biziou, and the company worked on hundreds of commercials, many directed by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

Tidy served as director of photography on Ridley Scott’s debut feature *The Duellists* (1977), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography. He collaborated frequently with director Andrew Davis, shooting five films including *Code of Silence* (1985), *The Package* (1989), *Under Siege* (1992), *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995) and *Chain Reaction* (1996). His other credits include *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992), *The Butcher’s Wife* (1991) and *Hoodlum* (1997). He died in Kent after suffering from dementia.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Under Siege* (1992), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Some Things That Stay* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Dead Husbands* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Third Twin* (1997), series, Director of Photography
- *Hoodlum* (1997), Director of Photography
- *A Holiday for Love* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Chain Reaction* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Getting Away with Murder* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Boys Next Door* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Steal Big Steal Little* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Black Fox: Good Men and Bad* (1995), Cinematography
- *Black Fox: The Price of Peace* (1995), Director of Photography
- *She Led Two Lives* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Wagons East!* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Medicine River* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Under Siege* (1992), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/under-siege.md)
- *Through the Eyes of a Killer* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot* (1992), Director of Photography
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Director of Photography
- *The Last Best Year* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Hitler's Daughter* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Kissing Place* (1990), Cinematography
- *Personals* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Package* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Slipstream* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Raggedy Rawney* (1988), Director of Photography
- *April Morning* (1988), Director of Photography
- *John and the Missus* (1987), Cinematography
- *Hot Pursuit* (1987), as Britisher · Director of Photography
- *Sweet Liberty* (1986), Director of Photography
- *One Magic Christmas* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Code of Silence* (1985), Cinematography
- *The Mean Season* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Grey Fox* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Lucky Star* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Duellists* (1977), Director of Photography

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1979: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Duellists*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography 1986: Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (nominated), for *One Magic Christmas*

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

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