Veteran British cinematographer Dick Pope, who worked with director Mike Leigh on 11 films, died on Tuesday, the British Cinematographers Guild said in a statement. He is 77 years old.
No cause of death was given, but Leigh told independent wire Pope underwent ‘major heart surgery’ before job start cruel truththeir final collaboration, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last month.
Pope was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in “Leigh” Mr Turner and mystery magician Directed by director Neil Burger. Pope and Leigh have also worked together in films such as life is sweet 1990nude, upside down, vera drake and secrets and lies.
In a 2019 interview with Film Review, Pope discussed his decades-long collaboration with Vivien Leigh and mentioned the films they had released at the time, Peterloo.
“This is hard to accept Peterloo In everything else we do together, because to me it all goes hand in hand and we have a shorthand for how to look at situations. The film took three and a half years to make, but that’s true of all of Mack’s films. I always say you’re not going to get rich waiting to work with Mike, so I often go out and do a lot of other things. Otherwise I would sit at home for a long time,” he said.
Born in 1947 in Bromley, Kent, Pope began his career in documentaries, notably the World in Action series. This brought a realism to Pope’s photography, which he carried into his early television series beginning in the early 1980s, including his work on Porterhouse Steak Blueis a 1987 Channel 4 comedy miniseries starring David Jason and Ian Richardson.
Pope eventually collaborated with many big-name directors, such as Beban Kidron, Mike Newell, Christopher McQuarrie, Barry Levinson, Richard Linklater, Gurinder Chadha, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Edward Norton. For his work, Pop won a record three Golden Frog Awards for Photography and Imagery.
“Dick was renowned as a great collaborator and passionate about the art form of cinematography. He was keen to embrace new technologies and ideas, while also ensuring that the skills and craftsmanship of his predecessors were not lost,” the British Cinematographers Guild said in a statement about Pop The death statement added.
