---
name: "Kelvin Pike"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kelvin-pike"
roles: ["Camera operator"]
born: "1 January 1929"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T06:27:25.811381+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."
---

# Kelvin Pike

Camera operator. Born 1 January 1929 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Camera operator
- **Born:** 1 January 1929, Australia
- **Active:** 1964–1983
- **Also known as:** Kelvin Stuart Pike
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 92 (2), 1980s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 91 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $132m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683233/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1556557

## Biography

Kelvin Pike is an Australian-born cinematographer and camera operator. Born in 1929, he is based in the United Kingdom and worked extensively in British and international film production.

He is known for his camera operating credits on major productions including *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), *Where Eagles Dare* (1968) and *The Shining* (1980). He later served as director of photography on *The Dresser* (1983), *A Dry White Season* (1989) and other films of the 1980s. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Hampstead School in London.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Dresser* (1983), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dresser.md)
- *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Fi1m 92, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Fi1m 93, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Princess Caraboo* (1994), Camera Operator
- *Betsy's Wedding* (1990), Director of Photography
- *A Dry White Season* (1989), Director of Photography
- *A New Life* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Apprentice to Murder* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Spot Marks the X* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Strong Medicine* (1986), series, Cinematography
- *Strong Medicine* (1986), Cinematography
- *Bad Medicine* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Anna Karenina* (1985), Cinematography
- *The Dresser* (1983), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dresser.md)
- *Krull* (1983), Camera Operator
- *The Shining* (1980), Camera Operator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Chameleon Soho* (1979), Camera Operator
- *Valentino* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Luther* (1974), Camera Operator
- *Song of Norway* (1970), Camera Operator
- *Where Eagles Dare* (1968), Camera Operator
- *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968), Camera Operator — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/2001-a-space-odyssey.md)
- *Half a Sixpence* (1967), Camera Operator
- *Khartoum* (1966), Camera Operator
- *The Nanny* (1965), Camera Operator
- *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb* (1964), Camera Operator — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/dr-strangelove-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb.md)
- *The Mouse on the Moon* (1963), Camera Operator
- *Two Weeks in Another Town* (1962), Camera Operator
- *Mogambo* (1953), as Clapper Loader

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