Adrian Biddle,
B.S.C. (born on 20 July 1952 in Woolwich
, London
– 7 December 2005 in London), was an
English
cinematographer.
Early years
Biddle was a talented
swimmer in his youth,
and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In
1969 the underwater photographer
Egil
Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice. Uncredited, he worked
in this capacity on both the
James Bond
film
On Her
Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and
Murphy's War (1971).
Career
After this, Biddle worked for
Ridley
Scott's advertising company R.S.A. where worked on a large
number of advertisements with Scott and when Scott moved into
films, Biddle followed him.
On
The Duellists (1977) he
worked as a
clapper loader, before
advancing to the position of
focus
puller on
Alien
(1979).
Following
Alien, Biddle returned to working as a
cinematographer on advertisements. During this time he developed a
number of new lighting techniques and worked on a number of famous
campaigns.
His most famous ad was 1984 (1984), directed by
Ridley Scott, for Apple
. The
advert's photography, combined with a personal recommendation from
Scott, prompted
James Cameron to hire
Biddle as his cinematographer for the film
Aliens (1986), the first film Biddle
worked on in this role.
Biddle was a cinematographer on a further 25 feature films,
including
Thelma and
Louise (1991), for which he received a nomination for the
Oscar for Best
Cinematography. In 1997 he was voted European Cinematographer
of the Year for his work on
The
Butcher Boy. The last film that he worked on, prior to his
death from
myocardial
infarction, was
V for
Vendetta (2006) which was dedicated to his memory.
His brother is cinematographer
Adam Biddle.
Filmography (as cinematographer)
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