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name: "Peter Jessop"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1930"
died: "16 June 2025"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:16:57.271180+00:00"
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# Peter Jessop

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1930 in Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Died 16 June 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1930, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 June 2025
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133739433, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422246/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47872

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md) (83)

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## Biography

Peter Jessop (1930–2025) was a British cinematographer. He was born in Cambridgeshire, England, and worked primarily in British film and television from the 1960s onwards.

He served as director of photography on episodes of the television series *The Avengers* (1961) in 1968–1969. His other credits include *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), *Reilly: Ace of Spies* (1983), *G.B.H.* (1991) and the films *The Monster Club* (1981), *Frightmare* (1974), *House of Whipcord* (1974) and *House of Mortal Sin* (1976). He received two BAFTA Award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, historyproject.org.uk, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Avengers* (1961), Fi1m 83, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

## Also known for

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Monster Club* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Frightmare* (1974), Director of Photography
- *House of Whipcord* (1974), Director of Photography
- *House of Mortal Sin* (1976), Director of Photography

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