Dick Pope, the veteran British cinematographer best known for his decades-long collaboration with legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh has died. He was 77. The British Society of Cinematographers confirmed the news Tuesday with a statement.

Dick Pope, the esteemed British cinematographer who received Academy Award nominations for his exquisite work on "The Illusionist" and Mike Leigh‘s "Mr. Turner," has died at the age of 77. His death was confirmed by a publicist on his final film,

Dick Pope is dead. The Oscar-nominated cinematographer best known for his 34-year collaboration with Mike Leigh was 77.

Richard Pope, known as Dick, was born in Bromley, Kent in 1947. Having started out in current affairs television including ITV series World In Action, Pope began working on narrative TV in the 1980s, receiving a Bafta nomination for 1987 comedy mini-series Porterhouse Blue.

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The double Oscar nominee worked on 11 movies with the director, including ‘Mr. Turner,' ‘Secrets & Lies' and most recently 'Hard Truths.'

The Oscar-nominated DP behind "Mr. Turner" also worked with Christopher McQuarrie, Richard Linklater and John Sayles The post Dick Pope, Acclaimed Cinematographer and Frequent Mike Leigh Collaborator,

Richard Pope, the British cinematographer who collaborated with director Mike Leigh across his career and earned an Oscar nomination for his work lensing Leigh’s 2014 biopic “Mr. Turner,” has died. Pope’s death was confirmed by the British Society of Cinematographers in a statement released Tuesday.

Tom Hardy pays tribute to cinematographer and ‘lovely friend’ Dick Pope - Pope worked on the 2015 film Legend, starring Hardy as identical twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray.