Jamie D. Ramsay

Jamie D. Ramsay
Born	20 September
Other names	Jamie Ramsay Jamie D Ramsay
Alma mater	AFDA
Years active	2006–present
Organisations	South African Society of Cinematographers British Society of Cinematographers [1]
Website	www.jamiedramsay.com

Jamie D. RamsaySASCBSC (born 20 September) is a South African cinematographer. He earned two British Independent Film Award nominations for his work on the films Moffie (2019) and All of Us Strangers (2023), and won Camerimage Bronze Frog for his work on Living (2022). He appeared on the 2021 Variety list of 10 Cinematographers to Watch. ^[2]

Early life

Ramsay has dyslexia. He had an interest in the visual arts from a young age and took up photography when his grandfather gave him a camera, which developed into a passion for cinematography. He graduated from AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy in 2005. ^{[3] [4]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Ref.
2008	Lullaby	Darrell Roodt
	Triomf	Marlene van Niekerk
2009	Shirley Adams	Oliver Hermanus	[5]
2011	Beauty		[6]
2019	Moffie		[7]
2021	Mothering Sunday	Eva Husson	[8]
	She Will	Charlotte Colbert	[9]
2022	Living	Oliver Hermanus	[10]
	See How They Run	Tom George
2023	All of Us Strangers	Andrew Haigh	[11]
2024	William Tell	Nick Hamm
	Goodrich	Hallie Meyers-Shyer
TBA	Pressure †	Anthony Maras	Filming
	Being Heumann †	Sian Heder	Filming

Short film

Year	Title	Director
2009	Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here	Bheki Sibiya
2016	Commando	Robin Goode
2019	Beast	Sye Allen

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2020	Noughts + Crosses	Julian Holmes	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2019	British Independent Film Awards	Best Cinematography	Moffie	Nominated	[12]
2022	Camerimage	Bronze Frog	Living	Won
	Dublin Film Critics' Circle	Best Cinematography		Nominated

References

1. Anderson, Erik (16 June 2025). "British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) Adds 14 New Members Including Jamie D. Ramsay, Catherine Derry, Ben Richardson". Awards Watch. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
2. Tangcay, Jazz (6 November 2021). "Variety's 10 Cinematographers to Watch Are a Rising Force in 2021". Variety. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
3. "AFDA in the district". Biz Community. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
4. "About". Jamie D. Ramsay. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
5. "Crew". Shirley Adams - Festival del Film Locarno. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
6. "Jamie Ramsay". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
7. "Cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay about shooting "Moffie"". Lenspire. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
8. "Cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay SASC on capturing Mothering Sunday". British Cinematographer. 15 October 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
9. Aftab, Kaleem (9 August 2021). "Review: She Will". CinEuropa. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
10. da Costa, Cassie (25 January 2022). "Oliver Hermanus's Living Is the Best of Sundance So Far". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
11. Clark, Jason (6 January 2023). "Why 'Living' Star Bill Nighy Is a Cinematographer's Dream: He 'Commands Space'". The Wrap. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
12. Isaacs, Alex (30 October 2019). "SA film 'Moffie' nominated for 3 British Independent Film Awards!". Channel24. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

External links

• Jamie D. Ramsay at IMDb