Born: 12 August 1939, Hampstead, London, UK, as John Robin M. Vidgeon.

Career: Started in the camera department of Pinewood Studios in 1956. Went freelance in 1959.

Ph commercials dir by Richard Perry, a.o. Regular cinematography tutor at the London Film Academy. Member and former president [1994-95] of the BSC. Fellow of the British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society [BKSTS].

Awards: John Alcott Memorial Award [1999].

FILMS

1968        Mini and Mod [prod: Keith Williams] c; doc/8m; ep #462 of the cinemagazine series 'Look at Life' (1959-1969) prod by

                    The Rank Organisation

1983        The Dress [Eva Sereny] c; short/24m

1984        King David [Bruce Beresford] p/c; 2uc; ph: Donald McAlpine

1986        The Mission [Roland Joffé] J-D-C Scope (35mm) & 70bu/c; 2uc; ph: Chris Menges

1986        Bellman and True [Richard Loncraine] c; 2uc; ph: Ken Westbury; also 3-part tv-miniseries (1989)

1987        Hellraiser [Clive Barker] c

1987        The Penitent [Cliff Osmond] c

1988        Hellbound: Hellraiser II [Tony Randel] c; 2uc: Wally Byatt; matte ph: Neil Culley

1988        Mr. North [Danny Huston] c

1988        The Fly II [Chris Walas] p/c

1988        Parents [Bob Balaban] c; cph: Ernest Day; 2uc: Randi Chernov

1988        Work Experience [James Hendrie] c; short/11m

1989        Nightbreed [Clive Barker] c; action unit ph: Wally Byatt; ph Los Angeles: Steven Fierberg; model ph: Harry Oakes;

                    anim ph: Karl Watkins

1989        Highway to Hell [Ate de Jong] c; 2uc: Philip Alan Waters

1989        Memphis Belle [Michael Caton-Jones] c; 2uc; ph: David Watkin

1990        The Fool [Christine Edzard] c

1991        Under Suspicion [Simon Moore] c; co-addph; ph: Vernon Layton & (ph USA) Ivan Strasburg

1991        Concerto for the Earth/Concierto por la terra [Bayley Silleck] Showscan (65mm; dual-strip 3-D)/c; mus short/16m;

                    2uc: Noel Archambault; prod for the Pavilion of the Environment, 1992 World's Fair, Seville, Spain

1991        As You Like It [Christine Edzard] c

1993        The NeverEnding Story III [: Escape from Fantasia]/Die unendliche Geschichte III - Rettung aus Phantasien

                    [Peter MacDonald] c; aph: Tony Westman

1994        August [Anthony Hopkins] c

1995        101 Dalmatians [Stephen Herek] p/c; completion ph; ph: Adrian Biddle

1996        Event Horizon [Paul W.S. Anderson] p/c; co-addph (+ dir add unit); ph: Adrian Biddle

1998        Lights [Marcus Dillistone] 16mm & 35mm/c; 4 seg; cph: Alex Thomson, Sue Gibson & John Rosenberg; demo film for

                    Fuji F500 film stock

1999        The World Is Not Enough/Pressure Point [Michael Apted] p/c; co-addph; ph: Adrian Biddle

1999        Fukusai Deli [Robin Vidgeon] ?; short/10m

1999        Dead on Time [James Larkin] c; short/15m

1999        102 Dalmatians [Kevin Lima] c; completion ph; ph: Adrian Biddle & Roger Pratt

2002        Desert Bloom [Mal Wolfe] HD-3D/c; corporate film/?m; for Saudi Aramco

2002        Nine Lives [Andrew Green] c; 2uc: Alec Mills

2002        Octane/Pulse [Marcus Adams] s35/c; cph: Dan Landin

2002        LD 50: Lethal Dose [Simon De Selva] s35/c

2003        Cortex [Raoul Girard] c; cph: Alex Mahler

2005        Mortal Kombat: Devastation [mink] originally scheduled to start in May; status unknown

2007        Broken Planes [Richard Perry] s16/c; short/9m

2009        BSC F & DIEs [Film & Digital Image Evaluations][?] a test of 18 film and video cameras and 19 formats; cph: Gavin

                    Finney, John Daly & Chris Seager

[Right] with c.op Ken Coles and dir Richard Perry

"Following Footsteps"

2009        Following Footsteps [Richard Perry] c; addph (+ c.op): Ken Coles

TELEVISION

1985        [Sidney Sheldon's] If Tomorrow Comes [Jerry London] 3-part miniseries; 2uc; ph: Paul Lohmann (part 1) & Dennis

                    Lewiston (part 2 & 3)

1987        Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story [Charles Jarrott] 2-part tvm; 2uc; ph: Alan Hume & John Lindley

1987        Mr. Corbett's Ghost [Danny Huston] tvm/60m

1989        The Paradise Club [pilot 'Unfrocked in Babylon' dir by Lawrence Gordon Clark] 20-part series, 1989-90

1990        The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner [Ken Russell] tvm/50m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1990        The Crucifer of Blood [Fraser Heston] tvm

1991        The Big Fish [?] ?

1992        The Mystery of Doctor Martinu [Ken Russell] tvm/65m

1992        The Secret Life of Arnold Bax [Ken Russell] tvm/60m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1992        Lady Chatterley [Ken Russell] 4-part miniseries

1992        Comics [Diarmuid Lawrence] 2-part tvm

1993        The Wexford Trilogy [Stuart Burge] 3-part series

1994        My Good Friend [Martin Dennis] 14-part series, 1995 & 1996; 1st series, 1995 (7 ep)

1994        Seaforth [ep #4 'The Club', #5 'Under the Counter' & #6 'Sod's Law' dir by Stuart Burge] 9-part miniseries; other ph:

                    Graham Frake & Simon Kossoff

1994        How High the Moon [Peter Smith] 10-part series; other ph: Graham Frake

1994        Bliss [Les Blair] tvm/16mm; uncred cph; ph: Witold Stok; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two'

1995        Class Act [7 ep dir by Herbert Wise (3 ep) & Rick Stroud (4 ep)] 14-part series, 1994 & 1995; 2nd series, 1995 (7 ep)

[Middle] - "Die Eisprinzessin/Ice Princess"

1995        Die Eisprinzessin/Ice Princess [Danny Huston] tvm/60m

1995        Thief Takers [ep #1 'No One Likes to See That' dir by Colin Gregg & #2 'Company of Strangers' dir by Terry Winsor]

                    25-part series/16mm, 1995 (pilot) & 1996-97; other ph: Derek Suter & Frank Gell (pilot 'Cash and Carry')

1995        Elgar's Tenth Muse [Paul Yule] tvm/60m; ep Channel 4 arts series 'Without Walls'

1995        Breaking the Code [Herbert Wise] tvm

1996        [HBO's] Tales from the Crypt [ep #86 'Cold War' dir by Andy Morahan, #89 'Smoke Wrings' dir by Mandie Fletcher,

                    #91 'Confession' dir by Peter Hewitt & #92 'Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow' dir by Christopher Hart] 93-part series,

                    1989-96; 7th season, 1996

1996        [Catherine Cookson's] The Moth [Roy Battersby] 3-part miniseries

1996        Bliss [ep #1 'In Memorandum' dir by Richard Standeven, #2 'Enemy Within' dir by Simon Shore (SS), #3 'A Far Cry' dir

                    by SS & #4 'All Fall Down' dir by Crispin Reece] 4-part series, 1997; followed pilot (1995; ph: Nic Knowland)

1997        [Catherine Cookson's] The Round Tower [Alan Grint] 3-part miniseries

1997        [Catherine Cookson's] Colour Blind [Alan Grint] 3-part miniseries

1998        [Catherine Cookson's] Tilly Trotter [Alan Grint] 4-part miniseries/16mm

1998        CI5: The New Professionals [ep #4 'Hostage' dir by John Davies, #7 'Skorpion' dir by Ken Grieve & #9 'Miss Hit' dir by

                    Sidney Hayers] 13-part series/s16, 1999; other ph: Ken Brinsley, Frank P. Flynn, a.o.

1998        Big Bad World [Udayan Prasad (2 ep), Piers Haggard (2 ep) & Sandy Johnson (2 ep)] 16-part series, 1999 & 2001; 1st

                    season, 1999 (6 ep x60m); ph 2 ep dir by ?; other ph: John Daly (2 ep) & Graham Frake (2 ep)

1999        Passion Killers [David Evans] tvm/50m

1999        Where the Heart Is [4 ep dir by Alan Dossor & Moira Armstrong] 92-part series/s16, 1997-2006; 4th season, 2000; other

                    ph: Peter Morgan (2 ep), Chris O'Dell (2 ep), Ian Punter (2 ep) & Allan Pyrah (6 ep)

2000        The Thing About Vince [Christopher King] 3-part miniseries/16mm

2000        The Cazalets [Suri Krishnamma] 6-part series

2001        Rockface [ep #5 & 6 dir by Terry Winsor] 6-part series; other ph: Sean Van Hales (#1 & 2) & John Rhodes (#3 & 4)

2001        A Is for Acid [Harry Bradbeer] tvm

2002        Solid Geometry [Denis Lawson] tvm/30m/DigiBeta

2003        The Brides in the Bath [Harry Bradbeer] tvm/s16

2006        Diamond Geezer/Rough Diamond [ep #2 'Old Gold' dir by Paul Harrison] pilot (2005) + 3-part series, 2007

2006        City Lights [Tony Smith (#1-3) & Martin Dennis (#4-6)] 6-part series, 2007

[Middle/seated] with his crew and actors Sir David Jason [in coat] and Adrian Lukis [2nd from the right] - "In the Public Interest"

2007        A Touch of Frost [ep #38 'Mind Games' dir by Paul Harrison (PH), #39 'Dead End' dir by Roger Bamford & #40 'In the

                    Public Interest' dir by PH] series/s16, 1992-present

2009        A Touch of Frost [ep #41 'If Dogs Run Free: Part 1' & #42 'If Dogs Run Free: Part 2' dir by Paul Harrison] see 2008

FILMS AS CAMERA ASSISTANT/OPERATOR

1957        A Tale of Two Cities [Ralph Thomas] clapper-loader; ph: Ernest Steward

1958        Carry On Nurse [Gerald Thomas] clapper-loader; ph: Reginald Wyer

1959        Carry On Teacher [Gerald Thomas] clapper-loader; ph: Reginald Wyer

1960        The Hellfire Club [Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman] co-focus puller; ph: R.S. Baker & M. Berman

1961        The Young Ones [Sidney J. Furie] co-focus puller; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1962        The Boys [Sidney J. Furie] co-focus puller; ph: Gerald Gibbs

1962        The L-Shaped Room [Bryan Forbes] focus puller; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1964        Wonderful Life [Sidney J. Furie] focus puller; ph: Kenneth Higgins

1964        King & Country [Joseph Losey] focus puller; ph: Denys Coop

1965        Promise Her Anything [Arthur Hiller] 1st c.asst (focus); ph: Douglas Slocombe

1968        The Lion in Winter [Anthony Harvey] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1969        The Buttercup Chain [Robert Ellis Miller] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1970        The Music Lovers [Ken Russell] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1973        The Great Gatsby [Jack Clayton] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1973        The Marseille Contract/The Destructors [Robert Parrish] focus puller; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1974        The Maids [Christopher Miles] focus puller; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1974        Rollerball [Norman Jewison] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1974        That Lucky Touch [Christopher Miles] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe; filmed 1974-75

1975        The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea [Lewis John Carlino] focus; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1976        Close Encounters of the Third Kind [Steven Spielberg] focus puller India seq; ph India seq: Douglas Slocombe; ph:

                    Vilmos Zsigmond

1976        Julia [Fred Zinnemann] co-c.op; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1977        Holocaust 2000/Rain of Fire/The Chosen [Alberto De Martino] co-asst c.op; ph: Erico Menczer

1977        Caravans [James Fargo] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1978        Lost and Found [Melvin Frank] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1979        Nijinsky [Herbert Ross] co-c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1980        The Dogs of War [John Irvin] c.asst; ph: Jack Cardiff

1980        Raiders of the Lost Ark [Steven Spielberg] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1981        The Pirates of Penzance [- The Slave of Duty] [Wilford Leach] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1982        Never Say Never Again [Irvin Kershner] co-focus puller; ph: Douglas Slocombe

1983        Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Steven Spielberg] c.asst; ph: Douglas Slocombe (& Allen Daviau)

1984        Oxford Blues [Robert Boris] c.asst; ph: John Stanier

1984        Lace II [William Hale; tv-miniseries] c.op; ph: John Coquillon

1998        The Mummy [Stephen Sommers] c.op 'b' cam; ph: Adrian Biddle