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Adrian Biddle
Highest Rated: 98% Aliens (1986)
Lowest Rated: 12% Holy Man (1998)
Birthday: Jul 20, 1952
Birthplace: London, England, UK
A leading cinematographer who began his career in association with director Ridley Scott, Adrian Biddle served as a camera assistant on Scott's first two features, "The Duellists" (1977) and "Alien" (1979), before establishing himself as a cinematographer on commercials. His first feature film as director of photography was James Cameron's slick, action-packed sequel, "Aliens" (1986), which he followed with the somewhat lighter, sun-dappled imagery of two charming, distinctive fantasy films, Rob Reiner's "The Princess Bride" (1987) and the George Lucas-Ron Howard adventure "Willow" (1988). For much of the 90s, Biddle alternated between sci-fi actioners ("Judge Dredd" 1995, "Event Horizon" 1997) and more character-driven pieces. He reteamed with Scott as cinematographer for the distaff road movie "Thelma and Louise" (1991) and provided the proper period lighting for Scott's otherwise disastrous "1492: The Conquest of Paradise" (1992). Biddle achieved the proper tones for the live-action version of "101 Dalmatians" (1996) and won particular praise for his superlative lensing of "The Butcher Boy" (1998).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73% | 90% | V for Vendetta | Cinematographer | - | 2006 |
| 13% | 35% | An American Haunting | Cinematographer | $16.3M | 2005 |
| 27% | 60% | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Cinematographer | $40.2M | 2004 |
| 18% | 47% | Laws of Attraction | Cinematographer | $17.8M | 2004 |
| 66% | 54% | Shanghai Knights | Cinematographer | $60.5M | 2003 |
| 42% | 49% | Reign of Fire | Cinematographer | $43.1M | 2002 |
| 46% | 63% | The Mummy Returns | Cinematographer | $202.0M | 2001 |
| 34% | 38% | The Weight of Water | Cinematographer | $102.6K | 2000 |
| 30% | 32% | 102 Dalmatians | Cinematographer | $66.9M | 2000 |
| 51% | 49% | The World Is Not Enough | Cinematographer | $126.9M | 1999 |
| 61% | 75% | The Mummy | Cinematographer | - | 1999 |
| 12% | 24% | Holy Man | Cinematographer | $12.1M | 1998 |
| 77% | 82% | The Butcher Boy | Cinematographer | $2.0M | 1997 |
| 39% | 40% | 101 Dalmatians | Cinematographer | $136.2M | 1996 |
| 15% | 31% | City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold | Clay Animation | $43.4M | 1994 |
| 86% | 82% | Thelma & Louise | Cinematographer | $43.3M | 1991 |
| 86% | 66% | The Tall Guy | Cinematographer | $91.1K | 1989 |
| 53% | 80% | Willow | Cinematographer | $55.6M | 1988 |
| 96% | 94% | The Princess Bride | Cinematographer | $26.9M | 1987 |
| 98% | 94% | Aliens | Cinematographer | $77.6M | 1986 |