Adrian Biddle

Adrian Biddle, B.S.C. (20 July 1952, Woolwich, London – 7 December 2005, London), was an English cinematographer. Biddle was a talented swimmer in his youth, and it was through this that he broke into the film industry. In 1967 the underwater photographer Egil Woxholt hired him to be his apprentice. Uncredited, he worked in this capacity on both the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971). After this, Biddle worked for Ridley Scott's advertising company R.S.A. where worked on a large number of advertisements with Scott and when Scott moved into films, Biddle followed him. On The Duellists (1977) he was working as a clapper loader, before advancing to the position of focus puller on Alien...