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British Cinema and Photographic lens manufacturer, founded in 1894. Cooke has supplied lens for royalty, arctic exhibitions and famous films through the ages.

Just a few iconic films & TV series shot on Cooke lenses: Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Bombshell, The Irishman, Motherless Brooklyn, Pain & Glory, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Peaky Blinders, Mr Robot, A Star is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Dr Who (series 12), Vice, Halloween (2018), Fleabag, Sorry To Bother You, Stan and Ollie, Game of Thrones, The Crown, Ozark, Outlander, Altered Carbon, Westworld, A Star is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Venom, Darkest Hour, Call Me By Your Name, Guardians of The Galaxy, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 12 Years A Slave, Brokeback Mountain, Casino Royale, Erin Brockovitch, 12 Monkeys, Apocalypse Now, Harry Potter films, Her, The Empire Strikes Back, Some Like it Hot, Sparticus, Goldfinger, The Sound of Music, Superman, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi...


Press releases

Leicester born filmmakers get exclusive access to Disney Pixar for the...

Local film and video producers Kieran Chauhan and Bipin Anand (co-founders of Leicester independent production company ImageNova ), flew out to... read more

06.03.2020 • By Cooke Optics

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