Tony Pierce-Roberts

Tony Pierce-Roberts, BSC (born in Birkenhead, England)[citation needed] is a British cinematographer most known for his work on the Merchant-Ivory film productions, A Room with a View (1986), Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993).

Filmography

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Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1973 Arabian Time-Machine Helga Graham Documentary short
1999 Blackadder Back & Forth Paul Weiland
2001 The Glow Marcus Dillistone With John de Borman and Thierry Arbogast
2006 Lights2: Return of the Shadow With Ian Wilson
2012 The Equestrian Sybil H. Mair With Will Humphris

Feature film

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Year Title Director
1982 Moonlighting Jerzy Skolimowski
1984 A Private Function Malcolm Mowbray
1985 A Room with a View James Ivory
1987 A Tiger's Tale Peter Douglas
1989 Out Cold Malcolm Mowbray
1989 Slaves of New York James Ivory
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1991 White Fang Randal Kleiser
1992 Howards End James Ivory
1993 Splitting Heirs Robert Young
The Dark Half George A. Romero
The Remains of the Day James Ivory
1994 The Client Joel Schumacher
Disclosure Barry Levinson
1995 Haunted Lewis Gilbert
1996 Surviving Picasso James Ivory
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle John Pasquin
1998 Paulie John Roberts
1998 Something to Believe In John Hough
1999 Astérix et Obélix contre César Claude Zidi
The Trench William Boyd
2000 The Golden Bowl James Ivory
2001 Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) Stewart Sugg
2002 The Importance of Being Earnest Oliver Parker
2003 Underworld Len Wiseman
2004 De-Lovely Irwin Winkler
2005 Separate Lies Julian Fellowes
Doom Andrzej Bartkowiak
2006 Home of the Brave Irwin Winkler
2007 J'aurais voulu être un danseur Alain Berliner
2008 Made of Honor Paul Weiland
2014 Vampire Academy Mark Waters

Television

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Year Title Director Notes
1973-1978 Play for Today Mike Leigh
Herbert Wise
Stephen Frears
Brian Gibson
4 episodes (Including "Hard Labour")
1975 Greece: The Seven Black Years Peter Levi Documentary special
1976 Brensham People Brian Parker
Peter Smith
2 episodes
1978 Life at Stake Lawrence Gordon Clark Episode "Mayday for Pisces III"
Americans Desmond Wilcox 2 episodes
1977-1978 Premiere Brian Tufano
Frederic Raphael
Peter Ellis
3 episodes
1978 Everyman Episode "Paul's Children"
1979 Shoestring Peter Smith Episode "Listen to Me"
1980 BBC2 Playhouse Peter Duffell Episode Caught on a Train
2002 Dinotopia Mario Philip Azzopardi
David Winning
Thomas J. Wright
Mike Fash
6 episodes

Miniseries

Year Title Director Notes
1975 Days of Hope Ken Loach With John Else
1976 The Glittering Prizes Waris Hussein Episode "A Country Life"
1978 Connections Mick Jackson Documetary series
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John Irvin
1982 Nobody's Hero John Goldschmidt
1988 The Bourne Identity Roger Young
2002 Dinotopia Marco Brambilla

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
1975 Orders from Above Robert Vas Documentary film; With Malcolm Kipling and Bill Matthews
1979 Timothy West as Beecham Robin Lough
1981 The Good Soldier Kevin Billington
1982 A Voyage Round My Father Alvin Rakoff
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang Michael Apted
1984 The Cold Room James Dearden
1989 No Place Like Home Lee Grant

Awards and nominations

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Academy Awards

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1986 Best Cinematography A Room with a View Nominated [1]
1992 Howards End Nominated [2]

American Society of Cinematographers

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1986 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography A Room with a View Nominated [3]
1992 Howards End Nominated

BAFTA Awards

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1986 Best Cinematography A Room with a View Nominated [4]
1992 Howards End Nominated [5]
1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated [6]

British Academy Television Craft Awards

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1980 Best Film Cameramen Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Won [7]
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (Episode: "Caught on a Train") Won [8]
1983 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang / A Voyage with My Father Nominated [9]

British Society of Cinematographers

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1986 Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film A Room with a View Nominated [10]
1992 Howards End Won

Camerimage

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1993 Golden Frog Howards End Nominated [11]

Evening Standard British Film Awards

Year Category Title Result
1986 Best Technical or Artistic Achievement A Room with a View Won

New York Film Critics Circle

Year Category Title Result Ref.
1986 Best Cinematography A Room with a View Won [12]

References

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  1. ^ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  2. ^ "The 65th Academy Awards (1993) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  3. ^ "The ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography". American Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1987". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1993". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1994". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  7. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Television Craft in 1980". British Academy Television Craft Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  8. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Television Craft in 1981". British Academy Television Craft Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  9. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Television Craft in 1983". British Academy Television Craft Awards. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film" (PDF). British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Camerimage 1993". Camerimage. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Awards – New York Film Critics Circle". New York Film Critics Circle. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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