Dick Pope

Richard Campbell Pope (August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024) was a British cinematographer, known for his work with director Mike Leigh. Born in Bromley, Richard Campbell Pope took an early interest in photography. He trained at the Pathé lab in London, and began his career in 1968 working as a camera operator on documentaries. He began working as a cinematographer on feature films in the 1980s. He began his collaboration with Mike Leigh in 1990's Life is Sweet, and continued to work with him for over thirty years, until Hard Truths (2024).
Crew

Happy-Go-Lucky
Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Secrets & Lies
Director of Photography

Vera Drake
Director of Photography, Camera Operator

All or Nothing
Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Life Is Sweet
Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Man of the Year
Director of Photography

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Director of Photography

Topsy-Turvy
Director of Photography, Camera Operator

Another Year
Director of Photography, Camera Operator

A Running Jump
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Friday Night Shirt
Director of Photography

Rude Boy
Camera Operator

The Illusionist
Director of Photography

Naked
Camera Operator, Director of Photography

Me and Orson Welles
Director of Photography

Angelica
Director of Photography

Bernie
Director of Photography, "A" Camera Operator

Inseminoid
Camera Operator

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Director of Photography

Career Girls
Camera Operator, Director of Photography

The Reflecting Skin
Director of Photography

Legend
Director of Photography

The Cure In Orange
Camera Operator

Hard Truths
Director of Photography

The Air Up There
Director of Photography

An Awfully Big Adventure
Director of Photography

Nothing Personal
Director of Photography

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Camera Operator

Swept from the Sea
Director of Photography

Nicholas Nickleby
Director of Photography

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
Director of Photography

The Debt Collector
Director of Photography

A Bigger Splash
Camera Operator

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Director of Photography

Cuban Fury
Director of Photography

A Sense of History
Director of Photography

The Way of the Gun
Director of Photography

Mr. Turner
Director of Photography

Punk and Its Aftershocks
Director of Photography

Coming Up Roses
Director of Photography

Motherless Brooklyn
Director of Photography, "B" Camera Operator

Thin Ice
Director of Photography

Honeydripper
Director of Photography

Supernova
Director of Photography

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Camera Operator

Peterloo
Director of Photography

The Girl in the Picture
Director of Photography

The Outfit
Director of Photography

Alan Bush: A Life
Director of Photography
The Great Kandinsky
Director of Photography

The Fruit Machine
Director of Photography

Women in Rock
Director of Photography

A Promise of Bed
Camera Operator

Loving Feeling
Clapper Loader
