Roger Pratt

Roger James Edward Pratt, BSC (27 February 1947 – 31 December 2024) was an English cinematographer.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for The End of the Affair (1999).

The son of an Anglican priest, Pratt attended Loughborough Grammar School and then undertook a gap year with Voluntary Service Overseas in Mali.

He enrolled at Durham University in 1966, where he graduated from the General Arts programme in 1969, and then returned down south to study at the London Film School.

Pratt first met Terry Gilliam while working on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) as a clapper loader before working as cinematographer of three of his other films.

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work in The End of the Affair.

Pratt married Erica Phillips, a teacher, in 1979. They had three children, and one grandchild.

He died on 31 December 2024, at the age of 77.

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