Get the latest gossip

Roger Pratt Dies: Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Who Worked On ‘Harry Potter’ Films, ‘Batman’, ‘Brazil’ & More Was 77


Roger Pratt, an Oscar-nominated cinematographer who worked on 'Harry Potter' films, Tim Burton's 'Batman', Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' and more, has died at 77.

Roger Pratt, an Oscar-nominated British cinematographer who worked on two Harry Potter films and with such top directors as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Kenneth Branagh, Mike Leigh, Lasse Hallström, Neil Jordan, Wolfgang Petersen and Richard Attenborough, has died. Pratt also was the go-to lenser for the late two-time Oscar winner Attenborough on several films including Shadowlands(1993), In Love and War(1996), Grey Owl(1999) and Closing the Ring(2007). He worked as a clapper loader on the classic 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where Pratt formed what he called “a strange and close relationship” with Gilliam.

Get the Android app

Or read this on Deadline

Read more on:

Photo of Roger Pratt

Roger Pratt

Photo of Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Related news:

News photo

Batman and Harry Potter cinematographer Roger Pratt dead at 77

News photo

'I stayed in tiny Cotswolds town where Harry Potter was filmed - what I found amazed me'

News photo

Gone Girl's David Fincher Reveals He Had a Meeting About Directing 'Harry Potter,' Shares What He Wanted His Take to Be