Giles Nuttgens

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Giles Nuttgens
Occupation cinematographer
Years active1981–present

Giles Nuttgens (born 1960), BSC is a British cinematographer, perhaps best known for the 2016 film Hell or High Water , for which he received a 2017 BAFTA nomination, and the 2020 film Enola Holmes. [1] Fans of independent art house fare may also be familiar with his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children (2012). He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (Canadian Academy Award) for his work on Water . [2] [3]

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He has also collaborated on more than one occasion with Scott McGehee and David Siegel on The Deep End and Bee Season , and David Mackenzie on Young Adam , Asylum , Hallam Foe and most recently, Hell or High Water . [4] He won the 2001 Sundance Film Festival's Cinematography Award for The Deep End.

Career

Nuttgens began his career with the BBC TV for the Natural History documentary unit in 1984, and rose up through the camera assistant ranks, and by the age of 25 he was one of the youngest film cameramen ever in the BBC. [5] After many years living in Paris, he relocated to Barcelona in late 2003. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Although best known for independent films, he also has worked on major commercial productions such as Enola Holmes, Hell or High Water, the Star Wars prequels, Battlefield Earth and Swimfan .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirector
1992 Electric Moon Pradip Krishen
1996 Fire Deepa Mehta
1997 Keep the Aspidistra Flying Robert Bierman
1998 Earth Deepa Mehta
2000 Battlefield Earth Roger Christian
2001 The Deep End Scott McGehee
Davis Siegel
2002 Swimfan John Polson
2003 Young Adam David Mackenzie
2004 If Only Gil Junger
2005 Asylum David Mackenzie
Bee Season Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Water Deepa Mehta
2007 The Good Night Jake Paltrow
Hallam Foe David Mackenzie
2008 Heaven on Earth Deepa Mehta
2009 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Jodie Markell
2010 Saint John of Las Vegas Hue Rhodes
2011 Perfect Sense David Mackenzie
You Instead
2012 Midnight's Children Deepa Mehta
What Maisie Knew Scott McGehee
David Siegel
2013 Dom Hemingway Richard Shepard
2014 God Help the Girl Stuart Murdoch
Young Ones Jake Paltrow
2015 The D Train Jarrad Paul
Andrew Mogel
2016 The Fundamentals of Caring Rob Burnett
Hell or High Water David Mackenzie
2017 Grain Semih Kaplanoğlu
2018 The Wedding Guest Michael Winterbottom
Colette Wash Westmoreland
2019 Greed Michael Winterbottom
2020 Think Like a Dog Gil Junger
Enola Holmes Harry Bradbeer
2021 Montana Story Scott McGehee
David Siegel
2022 Enola Holmes 2 Harry Bradbeer
2023 Shoshana Michael Winterbottom
TBA The Friend Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Fuze David Mackenzie

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1993Begin, and CeasePeter M. Kershaw
2017Tokyo Project Richard Shepard

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Deepa Mehta Episode "Benares, January 1910"
1994 Anna Lee Peter Barber-FlemingEpisodes "Stalker" and "Requiem"
1995Claudia Schiffer - Close Up Michael Schultz
1996 Bodyguards Robert Bierman
Christopher King
3 episodes
1997 Born to Run Jean Stewart
2017 Damnation Adam Kane Episode "Sam Riley's Body"

TV movies

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1995Attack of the Hawkmen Ben Burtt Part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1996Travels with Father Deepa Mehta
Michael Schultz
1999 Alice in Wonderland Nick Willing
2016A Lot Richard Shepard

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
2005 Genie Awards Best Cinematography WaterWon
2016 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Hell or High WaterNominated

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  1. "EE British Academy Film Awards Winners in 2017". BAFTA website. 13 February 2017.
  2. Awards IMDb
  3. Catsoulis, Jeannette (28 April 2006). "Movie Review: Water (2005): NYT Critics' Pick". New York Times.
  4. "The Art of Collaboration: In Conversation with David Mackenzie and Giles Nuttgens". Edinburgh International Film Festival. 24 August 2005.
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