Anthony Barry Richmond BSC, ASC (born 7 July 1942) is an English cinematographer, film producer, and director.
Career He was the cinematographer for the 10-camera filming of the final Beatles film Let It Be (1970), the original footage from which was re-edited by Peter Jackson into the highly acclaimed docu-series The Beatles: Get Back (2021).
For his work on Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now, Richmond received the 1973 BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography.
In 1985, he made his sole directorial credit with the drama Déjà Vu.
Richmond is a member of the American and British Societies of Cinematographers.
Filmography
Feature film Year Title Director Notes1968 Only When I Larf Basil Dearden Sympathy for the Devil Jean-Luc Godard 1971 The Insomniac Rodney Giesler 1972 Madame Sin David Greene 1973 Don't Look Now Nicolas Roeg1974 Vampira Clive Donner Stardust Michael Apted 1975 Bernd Fischerauer1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth Nicolas Roeg The Eagle Has Landed John Sturges 1977 Silver Bears Ivan Passer 1978 The Greek Tycoon J. Lee Thompson 1979 Love and Bullets Stuart Rosenberg European photography The American Success Company William Richert1980 Bad Timing Nicolas Roeg Head On Michael Grant Nightkill Ted Post 1981 Improper Channels Eric Till 1982 Slapstick of Another Kind Steven Paul 1986 That's Life! Blake Edwards1988 The In Crowd Mark Rosenthal Sunset Blake Edwards 1989 Cat Chaser Abel Ferrara1991 Scissors Frank De Felitta Timebomb Avi Nesher The Indian Runner Sean Penn 1992 Candyman Bernard Rose 1993 The Sandlot David Mickey Evans1995 Tales from the Hood Rusty Cundieff The Immortals Brian Grant1996 Bastard Out of Carolina Anjelica Huston First Kid David Mickey Evans 1997 Playing God Andy Wilson1999 Ravenous Antonia Bird A Walk on the Moon Tony Goldwyn Agnes Browne Anjelica Huston Cherry Falls Geoffrey Wright 2000 Men of Honor George Tillman Jr.2001 Someone like You Tony Goldwyn Legally Blonde Robert Luketic 2002 The Sweetest Thing Roger Kumble2003 My Teacher, My Friend II David Mickey Evans With Kim Lee Ong Shade Damian Nieman Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Troy Miller2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights Guy Ferland A Cinderella Story Mark Rosman 2005 Just Friends Roger Kumble2006 John Tucker Must Die Betty Thomas Employee of the Month Greg Coolidge2007 Good Luck Chuck Mark Helfrich The Comebacks Tom Brady2008 The Rocker Peter Cattaneo Autopsy Adam Gierasch2009 Miss March Trevor MooreZach Cregger Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Betty Thomas 2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son John Whitesell 2012 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days David Bowers 2013 Coffee Town Brad Copeland 2017 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul David Bowers
Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1968 One + One Jean-Luc Godard 1970 Let It Be Michael Lindsay-Hogg 1979 The Kids Are Alright Jeff Stein With Peter Nevard and Norman Warwick 1996 The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Television Year Title Director Notes 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Derek Bennett Episode "In Another Country" 2012 Audrey Betty Thomas All 6 episodes
TV films Year Title Director Notes 1984 Sentimental Journey William CoselJames Goldstone With Richard C. Kratina 1986 John Grin's Christmas Robert Guillaume 1988 The Loner Abel Ferrara1989 The Road Raiders Richard Lang Prime Target Robert L. Collins Settle the Score Edwin Sherin1992 In the Arms of a Killer Robert L. Collins Midnight's Child Colin Bucksey Four Eyes and Six Guns Piers Haggard Angie, the Lieutenant Robert L. Collins1993 A Case for Murder Duncan Gibbins Heart of Darkness Nicolas Roeg 1994 Motorcycle Gang John Milius Part of the Rebel Highway series 1995 Full Body Massage Nicolas Roeg 1998 The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon Tim Kelleher 1999 And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story David Burton Morris 2001 Sister Mary Explains It All Marshall Brickman 2005 Riding the Bus with My Sister Anjelica Huston 2008 Sex and Lies in Sin City Peter Medak 2009 Acceptance Sanaa Hamri With Frank Byers 2011 William & Kate: The Movie Mark Rosman
Miniseries Year Title Director Notes 1997 Rough Riders John Milius 2014 The Assets Peter Medak Episodes "The Straw Poll" and "Avenger" 2021 The Beatles: Get Back Peter Jackson Re-edit of the original footage used for Let It Be (1970)
Accolades Year Award Category Title Result 1973 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Don't Look Now 2024 British Society of CinematographersLifetime Achievement Award
External links
Tony Richmond interview at Future Movies
References