[1][2] Hume arrived at Denham Film Studios in 1942, and worked for Cineguild Productions during the late 1940s.

His early credits, prior to being called up to the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, included Oliver and The First of the Few (1942).

Post-war, he served as a camera operator for Great Expectations (1946), Madeleine (1950) and The End of the Affair (1955).

[3] Among his later films were Checkered Flag or Crash (1977), Eye of the Needle (1981), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Runaway Train (1985), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Without a Clue (1988) and Shirley Valentine (1989).

He died on 13 July 2010 in Chalfont St Giles, England, at age 85, and was survived by his wife and 3 children.