- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's Honours List for his services to the cinema.
- Honorary Member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians (GBCT).
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1993 Queen's Honours List for his services to the film industry.
- Honorary member of BECTU.
- 2007 John Alcott Award for Technical Achievment.
- 2007 GBCT Award for Excellence.
- 1994 GBCT Award for Excellence.
- Honorary Friend of the BSC.
- 2009 UK Grip Branch Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2011 Skillset Lifetime Achievement Award.
- He worked on different movies with similar (or the same) titles, each shot consecutively: The Wall followed by Pink Floyd's The Wall; and then Betrayal followed by Betrayed.
- Dennis worked as key grip on the war movie 'Kelly's Heroes' where John Landis served as Assistant Director. Nearly a decade later, Dennis was the grip on Landis's directorial horror-comedy 'An American Werewolf in London' (where he also makes a cameo).
- Former boxer.
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