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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)....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

An American Haunting - ( Director of Photography / 2006 / Released / )
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction - ( Director of Photography / 2006 / Released / )
V for Vendetta - ( Director of Photography / 2006 / Released / )
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - ( Director of Photography / 2004 / Released / Universal Studios Home Entertainment )
Laws of Attraction - ( Director of Photography / 2004 / Released / )
Shanghai Knights - ( Director of Photography / 2003 / Released / )
Gangster No. 1 - ( Director of Photography(- director of photography additional photography) / 2002 / Released / )
Reign of Fire - ( Director of Photography / 2002 / Released / )
The Weight of Water - ( Director of Photography / 2002 / Released / )
The Mummy Returns - ( Director of Photography / 2001 / Released / )
102 Dalmatians - ( Director of Photography / 2000 / Released / BVI )
The Mummy - ( Director of Photography / 1999 / Released / )
The World Is Not Enough - ( Director of Photography / 1999 / Released / )
Holy Man - ( Director of Photography / 1998 / Released / )
The Butcher Boy - ( Director of Photography / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
Event Horizon - ( Director of Photography / 1997 / Released / )
Fierce Creatures - ( Director of Photography / 1997 / Released / )
101 Dalmatians - ( Director of Photography / 1996 / Released / )
Judge Dredd - ( Director of Photography / 1995 / Released / )
City Slickers II: the Legend of Curly's Gold - ( Director of Photography / 1994 / Released / )
1492: The Conquest of Paradise - ( Director of Photography / 1992 / Released / Ascii Pictures )
Thelma & Louise - ( Director of Photography / 1991 / Released / Globus Group )
The Tall Guy - ( Director of Photography / 1990 / Released / Virgin Newvision Film Distributors )
The Dawning - ( Director of Photography / 1988 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
Willow - ( Director of Photography / 1988 / Released / )
The Princess Bride - ( Director of Photography / 1987 / Released / )
Aliens - ( Director of Photography / 1986 / Released / )
Alien - ( Camera(- camera focus) / 1979 / Released / )
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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).

Profession(s):
director of photography, camera assistant
Sometimes Credited As:
Awards (Back to top)
Europan Film Academy Award Best Cinematography "The Butcher Boy" 1998
Minerve Award Best Cinematography 1990
Minerve Award Best Cinematography 1982
Designers & Art Directors Guild Award Outstanding Film Photography 0

Milestones (Back to top)
1999 Shot the remake of "The Mummy"
1998 Was director of photography for Neil Jordan's "The Butcher Boy"
1998 Reteamed with Herek for "Holy Man", starring Eddie Murphy
1996 First teaming with director Stephen Herek, the live-action version of "101 Dalmatians"
1995 Was cinematographer on the futuristic "Judge Dredd"
1992 Again paired with Scott for the unsuccessful, but lushly photographed "1492: The Conquest of Paradise"
1991 Reteamed with Ridley Scott for the distaff road movie "Thelma and Louise"
1988 Served as director of photography on "Willow"
1987 Shot "The Princess Bride"
1986 Feature debut as a director of photography with "Aliens", helmed by James Cameron
1979 Worked as a focus puller on "Alien", directed by Ridley Scott
1977 First film job as a camera assistant on "The Duellists"
Director of photography for commercials

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