Roger Pratt death: Oscar-nominated Harry Potter and Batman cinematographer dies at 77 British cinematographer was frequent collaborator of filmmaker Terry Gilliam.
British cinematographer Roger Pratt, best known for his work on Tim Burton‘s Batman and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has died.
He met frequent collaborator Terry Gilliam on the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail in 1975 when Pratt was working as a clapper loader.
The lights go out, the whirring of mechanics,” Pratt wrote, “then real people talking, moving, laughing, and dying (I mention dying because they were about Christ and his crucifixion).”.
On their meeting, Gillam said: “We were filming the Bridge of Death sequence and needed a dramatic shot looking up at the bridge with the mountains in the distance.
