Biography

Desmond Dickinson was born on May 25, 1902 in Norbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Hamlet (1948), Detective Lloyd (1932) and The Avengers (1961). He died on March 1, 1986 in Surrey, England, UK.

British cinematographer, in films from the age of seventeen as a laboratory assistant. Graduated to lighting cameraman in the late 1920's, often put to work on low-budget 'quota quickies' for Gainsborough, Welsh-Pearson and Stoll studios. During World War II, he worked on propaganda and training films. Did his best work got Olivier ("Hamlet") and Asquith ("The Browning Version" (1951) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1952)) in the late 1940's and early 50's.