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

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,

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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By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Dick Pope, the veteran British cinematographer who worked on 11 movies with director Mike Leigh, has died Tuesday, the British Society of Cinematographers said in a statement. He was 77. In a 2019 interview with Film ...

Dick Pope, a frequent collaborator of Mike Leigh (including for this year's Hard Truths), has died at the age of 77.

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.