Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Dick Pope has died. He was 77 years old.
The news was announced in a statement from the British Society of Cinematographers.
“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our friend and colleague Dick Pope BSC,” they wrote.
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Cinematographer Dick Pope has died at the age of 77. (Getty)
“Dick had a reputation for being a great collaborator and someone who was passionate about the art form of cinematography.
“We pay tribute to a great friend and colleague and our thoughts are with his family, especially his wife Pat, at this difficult time.”
Pope was best known for his work on Mr. Turner and Life is Sweet, among others.
The cinematographer began working in films in the late ’80s and continued working through the ’90s until the year of his death.
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Pope frequently collaborated with director Mike Leigh. (Getty Images for BFI)
He is also well known for collaborating with British writer and director Mike Leigh, working as a cinematographer on many of Leigh’s films over the years.
Pope was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography twice during his career.
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His first nomination was in 2006 for “The Illusionist.” He was nominated again in 2014 for his work on Mr. Turner.
Pope last worked on the 2024 film “Hard Truths,” directed by Lee and starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who previously starred in 1996’s “Secrets and Lies.”
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Lee recently told Indiewire that Pope underwent “major heart surgery” before this film.
Tributes for the cinematographer have begun pouring in on social media.
Actor Tom Hardy, who co-starred with Pope in the 2015 film Legend, remembered him as a “great friend and all-around legend” in a heartfelt message on Instagram.
“We are saddened to hear of the passing of cinematographer Dick Pope,” BAFTA said in a statement.
“Mr Pope, known for his long-standing collaboration with Mike Leigh, has been nominated twice for BAFTAs, for Porterhouse Blue in 1988 and Mr Turner in 2015.”
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