Roger Pratt (cinematographer)

Roger James Edward Pratt, BSC (born 27 February 1947) is a British cinematographer.

Roger Pratt
Born	(1947-02-27) 27 February 1947 Leicester, Leicestershire, UK
Alma mater	London Film School
Occupation	Cinematographer
Title	BSC

Biography

The son of an Anglican priest, Pratt attended Loughborough Grammar School and then undertook a gap year with Voluntary Service Overseas in Mali. He enrolled at Durham University in 1966, where he graduated from the General Arts programme in 1969. After Durham, Pratt returned down south to study at the London Film School.

Pratt first met Terry Gilliam, one of his most frequent collaborators, while he was working on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) as a clapper loader. Pratt has been the director of photography for more than 35 films, including Batman (1989), Frankenstein (1994), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Troy (2004), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Inkheart (2008) and The Karate Kid (2010). Other than Gilliam, his most recurring partnerships were with Roger Christian and Richard Attenborough.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in The End of the Affair.

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1980	Black Angel	Roger Christian
	The Spirit of Cheshire	Kevin T. Marsland
1981	The Dollar Bottom	Roger Christian
1982	The Tractor Factor	Stephen Frears
1983	The Crimson Permanent Assurance	Terry Gilliam	Segment of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1987	The Short and Curlies	Mike Leigh	TV short
1993	The Line, the Cross and the Curve	Kate Bush
2000	Not I	Neil Jordan	Segment of Beckett on Film

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1982	The Sender	Roger Christian
1985	Brazil	Terry Gilliam
1986	Mona Lisa	Neil Jordan
1988	Consuming Passions	Giles Foster
	High Hopes	Mike Leigh
	Paris by Night	David Hare
1989	Batman	Tim Burton
1991	The Fisher King	Terry Gilliam
1992	Year of the Comet	Peter Yates
1993	Shadowlands	Richard Attenborough
1994	Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Kenneth Branagh
1995	12 Monkeys	Terry Gilliam
1996	In Love and War	Richard Attenborough
1998	The Avengers	Jeremiah S. Chechik
1999	Grey Owl	Richard Attenborough
	The End of the Affair	Neil Jordan
2000	102 Dalmatians	Kevin Lima	With Adrian Biddle
	Chocolat	Lasse Hallström
2001	Iris	Richard Eyre
2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Chris Columbus
2004	Troy	Wolfgang Petersen
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Mike Newell
2007	Closing the Ring	Richard Attenborough
2008	Inkheart	Iain Softley
2009	Dorian Gray	Oliver Parker
2010	The Karate Kid	Harald Zwart
2013	Jadoo	Amit Gupta
2014	Keeping Rosy	Steve Reeves

Television

TV movie

Year	Title	Director
1983	Meantime	Mike Leigh
1985	Dutch Girls	Giles Foster
1987	Scoop	Gavin Millar
1991	Bernard and the Genie	Paul Weiland

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1985	The Planets	Paul Fisher	3 episodes
1989	4 Play	Michael Bradwell	Episode "Chains of Love"
1991	The Storyteller: Greek Myths	Tony Smith David Garfath Paul Weiland John Madden	4 episodes
1998	Performance	Richard Eyre	Episode "King Lear"

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1999	Academy Awards	Best Cinematography	The End of the Affair	Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2000			Chocolat	Nominated
1993	British Society of Cinematographers	Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film	Shadowlands	Nominated
1994			Mary Shelley's Frankenstein	Nominated
1999			The End of the Affair	Nominated
2000			Chocolat	Nominated
2005			Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	Nominated

External links

• Roger Pratt at IMDb