Desmond Dickinson(1902-1986)

Cinematographer
Director
Camera and Electrical Department

Desmond Dickinson was born on 25 May 1902 in Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hamlet (1948), Detective Lloyd (1932) and The Avengers (1961). He died on 1 March 1986 in Surrey, England, UK.

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Known for

Hamlet

7.6

Movie

Cinematographer(photographer)

1948

Detective Lloyd

3.7

Movie

Cinematographer

1932

The Avengers

8.3

TV Series

Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)

C.O.D.: A Mellow Drama

6.3

Movie

Director

1929

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Cinematographer

The Body Vanished
5.7
- Cinematographer (photographed by)
- 2017
The Man from Nowhere
6.6
- Cinematographer (lighting cameraman)
- 1976
Nobody Ordered Love
7.0
- Cinematographer
- 1972
Beware My Brethren
5.3
- director of photography
- 1972
Tower of Evil
5.6
- director of photography
- 1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
6.1
- director of photography
- 1972
Burke & Hare
5.3
- director of photography
- 1972
Blood Suckers
3.9
- director of photography
- 1971
The Beast in the Cellar
4.9
- director of photography
- 1971
Trog
4.0
- director of photography
- 1970
Sophie's Place
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1969
Baby Love
5.7
- director of photography
- 1969
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
5.6
- Cinematographer
- 1968
Berserk
5.4
- director of photography
- 1967
The Alphabet Murders
5.3
- director of photography
- 1965

Director

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alternative names
- Desmond Dickenson
Born
- May 25, 1902
- Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK
Died
- March 1, 1986
- Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)

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British cinematographer, in films from the age of seventeen as a laboratory assistant. Graduated to lighting cameraman in the late 1920's, often put to work on low-budget 'quota quickies' for Gainsborough, Welsh-Pearson and Stoll studios. During World War II, he worked on propaganda and training films. Did his best work got Olivier ("Hamlet") and Asquith ("The Browning Version" (1951) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1952)) in the late 1940's and early 50's.