Denys Coop
Denys Coop BSC
(20 July 1920 – 16 August 1981) was a British cinematographer. He is sometimes credited as Denys N. Coop.
Denys was a past president of the British Society of Cinematographers.
Early life and career
He began his career in the cinema as apprentice to Freddie Young. In the 1960s he was Director of Photography on films such as A Kind of Loving (1962), This Sporting Life (1963), Billy Liar (1963) and Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965).
Awards and nominations
In 1979, he was one of a team of artists to win a special Oscar for visual effects in Superman.
In addition to the Oscar, Deny's was also awarded a Bafta (the Michael Balcon award) for his work on Superman (as Creative Director of Process Photography). He was also awarded the Bert Easey award by the British Society of Cinematographers.
He was nominated for the Best Cinematography (B&W) Bafta in 1964 for "Billy Liar", in 1965 for "King and Country", and in 1967 for "Bunny Lake is Missing". His black and white cinematography on films such as these, and "This Sporting Life" amongst others earned him the reputation as one of the finest B&W cinematographers of his generation.
Personal
He has been followed into the film industry by his son, Trevor Coop (Camera Operator), and his three grandchildren, Jason Coop (focus puller), Gareth Coop (Clapper Loader), and Amy Coop (Assistant Director)
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| 1963-1980 |
- Emil Kosa, Jr. (1963)
- Peter Ellenshaw, Eustace Lycett, and Hamilton Luske (1964)
- John Stears (1965)
- Art Cruickshank (1966)
- L. B. Abbott (1967)
- Stanley Kubrick (1968)
- Robbie Robertson (1969)
- L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1970)
- Alan Maley, Eustace Lycett, Danny Lee (1971)
- L. B. Abbott and A. D. Flowers (1972)
- no award given (1973)
- Frank Brendel, Glen Robinson, and Albert Whitlock (1974)
- Glen Robinson and Albert Whitlock (1975)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Glen Robinson, and Frank Van der Veer (1976)
- John Stears, John Dykstra, Richard Edlund, Grant McCune, and Robert Blalack (1977)
- Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, and Zoran Perisic (1978)
- H. R. Giger, Carlo Rambaldi, Brian Johnson, Nick Allder, and Dennis Ayling (1979)
- Brian Johnson, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Bruce Nicholson (1980)
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| 1981-2000 |
- Richard Edlund, Kit West, Bruce Nicholson, and Joe Johnston (1981)
- Carlo Rambaldi, Dennis Muren, and Kenneth F. Smith (1982)
- Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Ken Ralston, and Phil Tippett (1983)
- Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, Lorne Peterson, and George Gibbs (1984)
- Ken Ralston, Ralph McQuarrie, Scott Farrar, and David Berry (1985)
- Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, and Suzanne Benson (1986)
- Dennis Muren, William George, Harley Jessup, and Kenneth F. Smith (1987)
- Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Edward Jones, and George Gibbs (1988)
- John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, and Dennis Skotak (1989)
- Eric Brevig, Rob Bottin, Tim McGovern, and Alex Funke (1990)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Gene Warren, Jr., and Robert Skotak (1991)
- Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, and Tom Woodruff, Jr. (1992)
- Dennis Muren, Stan Winston, Phil Tippett, and Michael Lantieri (1993)
- Ken Ralston, George Murphy, Stephen Rosenbaum, and Allen Rall (1994)
- Scott E. Anderson, Charles Gibson, Neal Scanlan, and John Cox (1995)
- Volker Engel, Douglas Smith, Clay Pinney, and Joe Viskocil (1996)
- Robert Legato, Mark Lasoff, Thomas L. Fisher, Michael Kanfer (1997)
- Joel Hynek, Nicholas Brooks, Stuart Robinson, and Kevin Mack (1998)
- John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley, and Jon Thum (1999)
- John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke, and Rob Harvey (2000)
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| 2001-present |
- Jim Rygiel, Randall William Cook, Richard Taylor, Mark Stetson (2001)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2002)
- Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke (2003)
- John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, and John Frazier (2004)
- Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers, and Richard Taylor (2005)
- John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, and Allen Hall (2006)
- Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, and Trevor Wood (2007)
- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, and Craig Barron (2008)
- Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, and Andrew R. Jones (2009)
- Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb (2010)
- Robert Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossmann, and Alex Henning (2011)
- Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan de Boer, and Donald R. Elliott (2012)
- Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk, and Neil Corbould (2013)
- Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott R. Fisher (2014)
- Mark Williams Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, and Andrew Whitehurst (2015)
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