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Desmond Dickinson

Cinematographer / Screenwriter / Film Director | * 05/25/1902 († 83, 03/01/1986) | Norbiton, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Desmond Evelyn Otho Cockburn Dickinson B.S.C. (1902–1986) was a British cinematographer. He was cinematographer on Such Is the Law (1930). He directed Detective Lloyd (1932), notable as Britain's only talkie serial. During World War II he made morale boosting documentaries. He was the cinematographer for Laurence Olivier's version of Hamlet (1948), for which Dickinson won the International Award for Best Cinematography at the 1948 Venice Film Festival. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

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Movies with Desmond Dickinson as Crew(67)

Camera/Director of Photography1975 The Man from Nowhere
Camera/Director of Photography1972 The Fiend
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Nobody Ordered Love
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Burke & Hare
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Tower of Evil
Camera/Director of Photography1972 Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Camera/Director of Photography1971 Incense for the Damned
Camera/Director of Photography1970 The Beast in the Cellar
Camera/Director of Photography1970 Trog
Camera/Director of Photography1969 Baby Love
Camera/Director of Photography1967 Berserk
Camera/Director of Photography1965 The Alphabet Murders
Camera/Director of Photography1965 A Study in Terror
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Murder Ahoy
Camera/Director of Photography1964 Murder Most Foul
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Cairo
Camera/Director of Photography1963 Sparrows Can't Sing
Camera/Director of Photography1962 Two and Two Make Six
Camera/Director of Photography1961 Konga
Camera/Director of Photography1961 The Devil's Daffodil
Camera/Director of Photography1961 The Frightened City
Camera/Director of Photography1960 The City of the Dead
Camera/Director of Photography1959 Horrors of the Black Museum
Camera/Director of Photography1958 The Stowaway
Camera/Director of Photography1958 Intent to Kill
Crew/Cinematography1958 Orders to Kill
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Action of the Tiger
Camera/Director of Photography1957 Fire Down Below
Camera/Director of Photography1956 The Black Tent
Camera/Director of Photography1954 The Fate of Two Queens
Camera/Director of Photography1954 Loves of Three Queens
Camera/Director of Photography1953 The Man Between
Camera/Director of Photography1953 The Net
Camera/Director of Photography1952 The Importance of Being Earnest
Camera/Director of Photography1951 Encore
Camera/Director of Photography1951 The Browning Version
Camera/Director of Photography1950 Morning Departure
Camera/Director of Photography1950 The Woman in Question
Camera/Director of Photography1949 Madness of the Heart
Camera/Director of Photography1949 The Rocking Horse Winner
Camera/Director of Photography1949 The History of Mr. Polly
Camera/Director of Photography1948 Hamlet
Camera/Director of Photography1947 Hungry Hill
Camera/Director of Photography1943 Thursday's Child
Directing/Director1942 CEMA
Directing/Director1941 Eating Out with Tommy Trinder
Camera/Director of Photography1939 Eddie Carroll and His Orchestra
Camera/Director of Photography1939 The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Crew/Cinematography1939 The Body Vanished
Camera/Director of Photography1937 Night Ride
Crew/Cinematography1936 Sunshine Ahead
Camera/Director of Photography1935 City of Beautiful Nonsense
Camera/Director of Photography1933 Dick Turpin
Camera/Director of Photography1933 Love's Old Sweet Song
Camera/Director of Photography1933 Commissionaire
Camera/Director of Photography1932 Here's George
Camera/Director of Photography1932 The Callbox Mystery
Camera/Director of Photography1932 Detective Lloyd
Camera/Director of Photography1932 Threads
Camera/Director of Photography1932 The New Hotel
Camera/Director of Photography1932 Account Rendered
Camera/Director of Photography1931 Other People's Sins
Camera/Director of Photography1931 The House of Unrest
Camera/Director of Photography1931 The Great Gay Road
Camera/Director of Photography1931 Jealousy
Camera/Director of Photography1930 Such Is the Law
Camera/Director of Photography1928 The Guns of Loos

Full Name: Desmond Dickinson
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Sunday, 05/25 1902 (May) in Norbiton, Surrey, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Saturday, 03/01 1986 (March) in Surrey (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN)
Member of: British Society of Cinematographers
Desmond Dickinson frequently works together with these people:
Herman Cohen (9x, Crew)
Marianne Stone (8x, Actress)
Sinclair Hill (7x, Crew)
Anthony Asquith (6x, Crew)
Kenneth V. Jones (6x, Crew)
Norman Jones (5x, Crew)
Tony Osborne (5x, Crew)
Aben Kandel (5x, Crew)
Lance Comfort (5x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:295218, Added: 08/11/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024