Roger Pratt Dies: Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Who Worked On ‘Harry Potter’ Films, ‘Batman’, ‘Brazil’ & More Was 77
deadline.comRoger 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.
He was 77. The British Society of Cinematographers said he died in late 2024 but did not provide an exact date or a cause. Pratt earned an Academy Award nom for Jordan’s The End of the Affair (1999) and also lensed the filmmaker’s Mona Lisa (1986) and 2000 short Not I.
His dozens of credits include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); Burton’s Batman (1989); Leigh’s High Hopes (1988); Gilliam’s Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991) and 12 Monkeys (1995); Branagh’s Frankenstein (1994); and Hallström’s Chocolat (2000); and Petersen’s Troy (2004).
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).
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