Roger Pratt, the Oscar-nominated British cinematographer who worked on two Harry Potter films and with major directors such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Kenneth Branagh, Mike Leigh, Lasse Hallström, Neil Jordan, Wolfgang Petersen and Richard Attenborough, has died. He was 77 years old.
The British Society of Cinematographers said he died in late 2024, but did not provide a specific date or cause.
Pratt received an Academy Award nomination for Jordan End of case (1999) and also photographed the director Mona Lisa (1986) and 2000 short Not me. Includes dozens of his credits Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); Burton Batman (1989); for me High hopes (1988); Gilliam Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991) and 12 monkey (1995); Branagh Frankenstein (1994); And Hallstrom chocolate (2000); And Petersen Troy (2004).
Pratt was also the preferred cameraman of the late two-time Academy Award winner Attenborough on numerous films including Shadowlands (1993), In love and war (1996), Gray owl (1999) and Close the ring (2007).
Born on February 27, 1947 in Leicester, Pratt attended the London Film School in the late 1960s but decided he did not want to direct. His focus was on camera and editing work, and it was his first production as an assistant cameraman Dark moments (1971) directed by fellow student Lee. He worked as a clapper loader in the 1975 classic comedy monty Python And The Holy Grail, Pratt formed what he called a “strange and close relationship” with Gilliam.
He began working on a number of short films in the early 1980s and made his DP debut with Sender in 1982. Among his first featured credits was a clip from Monty Python meaning of life (1983). He also did some television work and later worked as a cinematographer on features including iris collapsed, 102 Dalmatians And 2010 Karate kid.
In a 2003 interview with The New Yorker“Since my job is about big blocks of lights and metal cameras and laboratories, it makes me very hands-on — it's the opposite of art,” Pratt said. “I look at myself as an artist. Photography is based on science. Pictures are just chemicals in laboratories — light on paper — Images in silver halide – but transformed into living things.
Two-time BAFTA nominee for chocolate and end of case, Pratt received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Society of Cinematographers in 2023. He retired during the 2000s due to Alzheimer's disease.
There was no immediate news about survivors or services.
