Desmond Dickinson(1902-1986)

Cinematographer
Director
Camera and Electrical Department

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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 Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1961). He died on 1 March 1986 in Surrey, England, UK.

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Awards
- 1 win total

Known for

Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in Hamlet (1948)

7.5

Cinematographer(photographer)

1948

Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton, Emily Fitzroy, Wallace Geoffrey, Tracy Holmes, Jack Lloyd, and Humberston Wright in Detective Lloyd (1932)

Detective Lloyd

3.8

Cinematographer

1932

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir (1961)

Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir

8.3

TV Series

Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)

C.O.D.: A Mellow Drama

6.3

Director

1929

Credits

Cinematographer

The Man from Nowhere
6.6
- Cinematographer (lighting cameraman)
- 1976
Nobody Ordered Love
6.8
- Cinematographer
- 1972
The Fiend
5.3
- director of photography
- 1972
La Tour du diable
5.6
- director of photography
- 1972
Mais qui a tué tante Roo?
6.1
- director of photography
- 1972
Burke & Hare
5.3
- director of photography
- 1972
Suceurs de sang
4.0
- director of photography
- 1971
Le monstre des oubliettes
4.9
- director of photography
- 1971
L'abominable homme des cavernes
4.0
- director of photography
- 1970
Crooks and Coronets
5.9
- Cinematographer
- 1969
Baby Love
5.7
- director of photography
- 1969
L'Amateur
5.6
- director of photography
- 1968
Le cercle de sang
5.4
- director of photography
- 1967
ABC contre Hercule Poirot
5.3
- director of photography
- 1965
Sherlock Holmes contre Jack l'Éventreur
6.5
- director of photography
- 1965

Director

Camera and Electrical Department

Personal details

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

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Trivia
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.

Nickname
- Dickey

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