Roger Pratt, the cinematographer behind “The Fisher King,” “Brazil” and Tim Burton’s “Batman” has died. He was 77.
The information was posted by way of the British Society of Cinematographers. “It’s with deepest unhappiness that we study of the passing of Roger Pratt BSC (1947-2024).” The information didn’t state when he died, nor did it share the reason for dying.
Pratt was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999 for his work on “The Finish of the Affair.” He was additionally a frequent collaborator of Terry Gilliam. Pratt and Gilliam labored on “Brazil,” “The Fisher King” and “12 Monkeys.”
Richard Attenborough was one other collaborator. Pratt labored on “Shadowlands” which gained the BAFTA for Finest British Movie.
He additionally labored on the “Harry Potter” movies together with, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques” and “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireplace.”
Pratt was born in 1947 within the British county of Leicester. Within the Nineteen Sixties, he enrolled on the London Movie College.
His first job was working at Chippenham Movies within the U.Okay. Pratt served as a clapper loader, and whereas there, he met Gilliam. In response to the British Society of Cinematographers, Gilliam recalled assembly Pratt. “We had been filming the Bridge of Loss of life sequence and wanted a dramatic shot wanting up on the bridge with the mountains within the distance. I caught the digicam on the sting of the cliff, however the lens wasn’t extensive sufficient. We had been a good distance from the highway, the sunshine was going. It was horrible. This man stated, ‘Simply give me a second’ and in a couple of minutes, whereas we had been nonetheless faffing round, he had run all the way in which down the mountain, forded the river, run up the opposite aspect, into the digicam truck, grabbed the correct lens and right here it was. We caught it on the digicam and acquired the shot. That was the second I fell in love with Roger.”
In 2023, Pratt acquired the British Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award.