Adrian Biddle, B.S.C. (born on 20 July 1952 in Woolwich, London – 7 December 2005 in London), was an English cinematographer.
Biddle was a talented swimmer in his youth, and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In 1969 the underwater photographer Egil Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice. Uncredited, he worked in this capacity on both the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971).
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Adrian Biddle, B.S.C. (born on 20 July 1952 in Woolwich, London – 7 December 2005 in London), was an English cinematographer.
Biddle was a talented swimmer in his youth, and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In 1969 the underwater photographer Egil Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice. Uncredited, he worked in this capacity on both the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971).
After this, Biddle worked for Ridley Scott's advertising company R.S.A. where worked on a large number of advertisements with Scott and when Scott moved into films, Biddle followed him.
On The Duellists (1977) he worked as a clapper loader, before advancing to the position of focus puller on Alien (1979).
Following Alien, Biddle returned to working as a cinematographer on advertisements. During this time he developed a number of new lighting techniques and worked on a number of famous campaigns. His most famous ad was 1984 (1984), directed by Ridley...
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