Frank Tidy

Frank Tidy (17 May 1932 – 27 January 2017) was an English cinematographer.

[1] Along with Roger Woodburn and Peter Biziou, he founded the company Valley Films, and would work on hundreds of commercials, many of which directed by eventual film director Ridley Scott and his brother Tony Scott.

In 1977, he would serve as cinematographer on Scott's directorial debut The Duellists, for which he received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography.

He was a Genie Award nominee for Best Cinematography in 1986 for the film One Magic Christmas.

[2] Tidy died on 27 January 2017, aged 84, at a Kent nursing home following a battle with dementia.