British cinematographer Desmond Dickinson was seventeen when he secured his first lab-assistant job. Once he graduated to lighting cameraman, Dickinson was usually assigned to action-oriented films, notably Britain's only talkie serial, Detective Lloyd (1931). During the war years, Dickinson was kept busy shooting morale-boosting documentaries. His post-war years were his most artistically rewarding: Dickinson worked on such prestige productions as Olivier's Hamlet (1948), Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), and MGM's Anglo-American Technicolor costumer Ivanhoe. Often engaged by Hollywood production companies for their British-filmed productions, Dickinson worked in Tinseltown and once, as photographer of United Artists' Gentleman Marry Brunettes (1955). His last efforts included the Joan Crawford screamfests Berserk (1967) and Trog (1970). In 1958, Desmond Dickinson belatedly won a Venice Film Festival award for Hamlet.
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Tower of Evil
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1972 | |||
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The Fiend
Cinematographer |
1971 | |||
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The Horrors of Burke and Hare
Cinematographer |
1971 | |||
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Who Slew Auntie Roo?
Cinematographer |
1971 | |||
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Bloodsuckers
Cinematographer |
1970 | |||
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The Beast in the Cellar
Cinematographer |
1970 | |||
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Trog
Cinematographer |
1970 | |||
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Crooks and Coronets
Cinematographer |
1969 | |||
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Decline and Fall... of a Bird Watcher
Cinematographer |
1968 | |||
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Baby Love
Cinematographer |
1967 | |||
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Berserk!
Cinematographer |
1967 | |||
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A Study in Terror
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
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The Alphabet Murders
Cinematographer |
1965 | |||
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Murder Ahoy
Cinematographer |
1964 | |||
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Murder Most Foul
Cinematographer |
1964 | |||
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Cairo
Cinematographer |
1963 | |||
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Cinematographer |
1963 | |||
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A Change of Heart
Cinematographer |
1962 | |||
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Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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Konga
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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Mary Had a Little
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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The Frightened City
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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Foxhole in Cairo
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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Horror Hotel
Cinematographer, Screenwriter |
1960 | |||
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Les Mains D'Orlac
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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Malaga
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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Horrors of the Black Museum
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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Intent to Kill
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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Orders to Kill
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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Action of the Tiger
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1957 | |||
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Fire Down Below
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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The Black Tent
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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The Last Man to Hang
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
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Carrington V.C.
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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L'Amante di Paride
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Project M7
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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The Man Between
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Tonight at 8:30
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Encore
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Operation Disaster - Morning Departure
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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The Browning Version
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Morning Departure
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1950 | |||
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The Woman in Question
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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Madness of the Heart
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1949 | |||
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The History of Mr. Polly
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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The Rocking Horse Winner
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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Hamlet
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Hungry Hill
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Men of Two Worlds
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Thursday's Child
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Secret Mission
Special Effects |
1942 | |||
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Wings and the Woman
Special Effects |
1941 | |||
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Chamber of Horrors
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1940 | |||
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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Chips
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Scruffy
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Take off That Hat
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Holiday's End
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Song of the Forge
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1937 | |||
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King of Hearts
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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A Real Bloke
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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The City of Beautiful Nonsense
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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The Small Man
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Variety
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Danny Boy
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Song at Eventide
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Daughters of Today
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1933 | |||
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Dick Turpin
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Love's Old Sweet Song
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Here's George
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Other People's Sins
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Great Gay Road
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The House of Unrest
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Such Is the Law
Cinematographer |
1930 |
