Born: 24 December 1944, Birkenhead, UK, as Anthony Pierce-Roberts.

Career: Emigrated to Rhodesia [Africa] when he was 11 years old. Worked for the Central African Film Unit on wildlife doc's and assisted BBC crews. Returned to England in 1966 and became freelancer. Hired by the BBC in 1967 where he worked for 4 years as c.asst working with doph Brian Tufano. Became doph for the BBC in 1972. Left the BBC in 1980. Ph commercials dir by John Stephens, a.o.

Awards: BAFTA TV Award [1981] for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1983] for 'P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang'; NYFCC Award [1986], BSC Award nom [1986], BAFTA Film Award nom [1987], 'Oscar' AA nom [1987] & ASC Award nom [1987] for 'A Room with a View'; BSC Award [1992], 'Oscar' AA nom [1993], ASC Award nom [1993], BAFTA Film Award nom [1993] & Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1993] for 'Howards End'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1994] for 'The Remains of the Day'.

'Underworld' [2002]: 'The new vampire thriller was shot on location in Budapest, Hungary, in the 3-perforation, Super 35mm format and finished in a totally digital environment. This method is growing popular with people who desire the image quality of 35mm film but intend to finish digitally because it slashes 25% off the cost of raw stock without compromising image quality. By converting the film images to digital formats it allows productions the best of both worlds - the immediacy of digital production and the image quality of film-originated material. Technical supervisor in charge of the project, James McQuaide, envisioned a work method where negative would be transferred to 24p HD format as "digital dailies", which could be projected to cast and crew on location and simultaneously transmitted to the editor and eager executives in Los Angeles. By the end of each shooting day the film footage was sent to the Arri Lab in Munich for processing and then passed on to their post facility for transfer to the 24p HD format. The 24p material was then compressed into MPEG2 data format. The MPEG2 data was then transferred to a digital projection file format and placed on hard disc drives, which were flown to Budapest and projected for cast and crew using a JVC digital projector. The fact that these dailies were coming off a hard drive meant they had full random access to scenes in any order desired. "What was truly exceptional with 'Underworld'," says McQuaide, "was that it was the first time we'd used the drive-based dailies system from beginning to end. To be able to sort in any manner imaginable [i.e., take, camera, etc.] and skip from take-to-take, day-to-day, not only expedited dailies screenings - which on a film with days as long as ours was a godsend - but turned these screenings into the kind of decision-making sessions usually reserved for the Avid." Meanwhile, the MPEG2 files were also sent over the Internet via FTP to Lakeshore Entertainment's headquarters in Los Angeles, so that editor Martin Hunter and the Lakeshore execs could see the dailies a day or two faster than would have been possible if film or tape media had to be shipped to them all the way from Munich.' [From the cinematographer.com website.]

1979        Arabian Time-Machine [Helga Graham] 16mm/c; doc/52m; cph: Charles Stewart

1980        Excalibur [John Boorman] started film, but was replaced by Alex Thomson

1982        Moonlighting/Fucha [Jerzy Skolimowski] c

1984        Frog Dance - Solos and Indulgences '80-'84 [Richard White] 16mm/b&w-c; mus doc/52m; cph: Chris Morphet, Chris

                    Cox, Wolfgang Tirado, Raymond Grosjean & Steve Shaw

1984        A Private Function [Malcolm Mowbray] c

1985        A Room with a View [James Ivory] c; 2uc: Sergio Melaranci

1987        A Tiger's Tale [Peter Douglas] c

1988        Slaves of New York [James Ivory] c

1988        Out Cold/Stiffs [Malcolm Mowbray] c

1989        Mr. and Mrs. Bridge [James Ivory] c; Canada ph: Larry Pizer

1990        White Fang [Randal Kleiser] c; 2uc: Gary Capo

1990        The Dark Half [George A. Romero] c; 2uc: Robert Wagner & Mike Spiller

1991        Howards End [James Ivory] c

1992        Splitting Heirs [Robert Young] c; uwph: Michael Valentine; aph: Henry Braham

1992        The Remains of the Day [James Ivory] p/c

1993        The Client [Joel Schumacher] c; 2uc: Robert Wagner; aph: Stan McClain

1994        Disclosure [Barry Levinson] p/c

1994        Copycat [Jon Amiel] p/c; addph; ph: László Kovács

1994        Haunted [Lewis Gilbert] c; 2uc: Don Lord

1995        Surviving Picasso [James Ivory] c; 2uc: Colin Corby

1996        Jungle 2 Jungle [John Pasquin] c; 2uc: Dick Quinlan, Gus Makris & Robert Wagner

1996        Something to Believe In [John Hough] J-D-C Scope/c

1997        Journey from the Jacarandas [Rory Kilalea] ?

1997        Paulie [A Parrot's Tale] [John Roberts] c; 2uc: Mark Vargo

1998        Astérix et Obélix contre César [Claude Zidi] p/c

1998        The Bone Collector [Phillip Noyce] s35/c; addph London; ph: Dean Semler

1998        The Trench [Somme, 1916] [William Boyd] c

1999        Blackadder Back & Forth/Time for Blackadder [Paul Weiland] s35-70bu/c; short/33m

1999        The Golden Bowl [James Ivory] p/c

2000        Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) [Stewart Sugg] s35/c; addph: Ernest Vincze, Terry Lou Lewis & Peter Wignall

2001        The Importance of Being Earnest [Oliver Parker] c; 2uc: David Brown

2001        The Glow [Marcus Dillistone] c; cph: John de Borman & Thierry Arbogast; demo film for Fuji Reala 500D film stock

2002        Underworld [Len Wiseman] s35/c; 2uc: László Bille; miniature ph: Christopher Warren

2003        De-lovely/Just One of Those Things [Irwin Winkler] p/b&w-c

2003        Separate Lies/A Way Through the Woods [Julian Fellowes] c; addph: Sam Garwood

2004        The White Countess [James Ivory] c; UK ph (scheduled as 1st doph, but the distant loc scared him away); ph:

                    Christopher Doyle

2004        Doom [Andrzej Bartkowiak (replaced Enda McCallion)] p/c; 2uc: Shaun O'Dell; 3uc: Milan Chadima

2004        Underworld: Evolution [Len Wiseman] scheduled as doph, but film was ph by Simon Duggan

2005        J'aurais voulu être un danseur/Gone for a Dance [Alain Berliner] s35/c

2005        Lights2: Return of the Shadow [Marcus Dillistone] 16mm+35mm-to-35mm/c; comm short/?m; cph: Ian Wilson; demo

                    film for Fuji film stocks Eterna 400, 250 & 250D

2006        Home of the Brave [Irwin Winkler] HD+35mm-to-35mm/c; collab ph: David Stump; 2uc: S. Douglas Smith

2007        Made of Honor/Made of Honour [Paul Weiland] s35/c; 2uc UK: Alan Almond & Andrew Speller; aph UK: Adam Dale

2009        Sweetwater [Martin Guigui] scheduled as ph for a February start; film is now back in the hands of doph Jack N. Green

                    with a May 2010 start

2009        Vivaldi [Boris Damast] pre-production; scheduled to start shooting in March

1972        Hard Labour [Mike Leigh] tvm; ep #62 BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1973        Someone from the Welfare [prod: Jenny Barraclough] doc/?m; ep BBC-tv series 'Tuesday Documentary'

1974        The Fight Against Slavery [Christopher Ralling] 6-part dram doc series for BBC-tv (1975)

1975        Days of Hope [Kenneth Loach] 4-part miniseries; cph part 1 ('1916: Joining Up') & 2 ('1921'); ph: John Else

1975        Orders from Above [Robert Vas] doc/90m; cph: Bill Matthews & Malcolm Kipling

1975        A Story to Frighten the Children [Herbert Wise] tvm; ep #130 BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1975        Early Struggles [Stephen Frears] tvm/60m; ep #138 BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1976        Double Echo [Alan Bridges] tvm/53m; ep #2 of 6-part BBC-tv series 'The Mind Beyond' (part of the series 'Playhouse')

1976        Brensham People [ep #1 'Going, Going, Gone' dir by Brian Parker] 3-part miniseries

1976        Who Was Jesus? [prod: Peter Armstrong] doc/120m; cph: Keith Hopper

1977        Satan Superstar [William Nicholson] doc/39m; ep BBC-tv series 'Everyman'

1977        A Little Outing [Brian Tufano] tvm/30m; ep 6-part BBC-tv series 'Premiere'

1977        Americans [ep #2 'The School Teacher' & #9 'The General'; prod: James Kenelm Clarke] 13-part doc series; other

                    ph: Philip Bonham-Carter, Ian Stone, Nat Crosby, a.o.

1978        Dinner at the Sporting Club [Brian Gibson] tvm/65m; ep #180 BBC-tv series 'Play for Today'

1979        Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy [John Irvin] 7-part series

1979        Shoestring [ep #5 'Listen to Me' dir by Peter Smith] 21-part series, 1979 & 1980; 1st series, 1979; other ph: Peter Hall,

                    Ken Westbury, John Wyatt, a.o.

1980        Caught on a Train [Peter Duffell] tvm; cph: John Else; ep BBC-tv series ' Playhouse'

1980        The Good Soldier [Kevin Billington] tvm

1981        A Voyage Round My Father [Alvin Rakoff] tvm

1982        Nobody's Hero [John Goldschmidt] 6-part miniseries

1982        P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang [Michael Apted] tvm; ep Channel 4 series 'First Love'; also released theatrically

1983        The Cold Room/The Prisoner [James Dearden] tvm; also released theatrically

1988        The Bourne Identity [Roger Young] 2-part tvm

1989        No Place Like Home [Lee Grant] tvm

2000        Dinotopia [Marco Brambilla] 3-part miniseries; followed by 13-part series (2002)

1970        The Lie [Alan Bridges; tvm] c.asst; ph: Brian Tufano

1980        Dance Craze [Joe Massot] c; mus doc/89m; co-c.op; ph: Joe Dunton