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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).

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2026
Tender Loving Care
Movie In Memory Of
2024
Hard Truths
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2022
The Outfit
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2020
Supernova
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2019
Motherless Brooklyn
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2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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2018
Peterloo
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2017
Angelica
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2015
Legend
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2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Movie Self
2014
Mr. Turner
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2014
Cuban Fury
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2012
Side by Side
Movie Self
2012
A Running Jump
Movie Camera Operator
2012
Bernie
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2012
Thin Ice
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2010
Another Year
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2010
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
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2008
Me and Orson Welles
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2008
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
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2008
Happy-Go-Lucky
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2007
Honeydripper
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2006
Man of the Year
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2006
The Illusionist
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2005
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band : Hammersmith Odeon, London '75
Movie Camera Operator
2005
Friday Night Shirt
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2004
Vera Drake
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2002
Nicholas Nickleby
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2002
All or Nothing
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2001
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
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2000
The Way of the Gun
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1999
Topsy-Turvy
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1999
The Debt Collector
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1998
Swept from the Sea
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1997
Career Girls
Movie Camera Operator
1996
Nothing Personal
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1996
Secrets & Lies
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1995
The Great Kandinsky
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1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
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1994
The Air Up There
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