Pope received Oscar nominations for his work on the mystery The Illusionist (2006), directed by Neil Burger, and Leigh’s Mr. Turner (2014).

He and Leigh also worked together on Life Is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993), Secrets & Lies (1996), Career Girl (1997), Topsy-Turvey (1999), All of Nothing (2000), Vera Drake (2004), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Another Year (2010) and Peterloo (2018).

“It’s very difficult to take Peterloo out of all the other work we’ve done together, because for me it all adds up to each other, and we have shorthand as to how we look at situations,” he said. “This film took three and a half years to make, but all of Mike’s films do, really. I’ve always said you wouldn’t get rich in waiting to work with Mike, so I often go out and do plenty of other stuff. Otherwise I’d be sitting at home for a long time.”

Born in Bromley, Kent in 1947, Pope began his career with documentaries, among them the World in Action series. That lent Pope’s camerawork a realism that he brought to early TV dramas starting in the 1980s like Porterhouse Blue, the 1987 comedy miniseries for Channel Four that starred David Jason and Ian Richardson. He received a BAFTA nomination for his work.

Pope also partnered with such other prominent directors as Beeban Kidron, Mike Newell, Christopher McQuarrie, Barry Levinson, Richard Linklater, Gurinder Chadha, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Edward Norton. He earned the Camerimage Golden Frog a record three times.

“Dick had a reputation for being a wonderful collaborator and someone who was passionate about the art form of cinematography,” the British Society of Cinematographers said. “He was keen to embrace new technologies and ideas while also ensuring the skills and crafts of those that came before him weren’t lost.”