Giles Nuttgens

Giles Nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens
Born	12 June 1960 (age 64); United Kingdom
Years active	1981–present
Parent(s)	Patrick Nuttgens; Bridget Badenoch
Relatives	Sandy Nuttgens

Giles Nuttgens (born 1960) is a British cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors Deepa Mehta, David Mackenzie,^[1] Michael Winterbottom, and Scott McGehee and David Siegel.

He received a BAFTA nomination for the 2016 film Hell or High Water.^[2]

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.^[3]

After many years living in Paris, he relocated to Barcelona in late 2003.

He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director
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 David 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
2007	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
2011	You Instead	David Mackenzie
2012	Midnight's Children	Deepa Mehta
2012	What Maisie Knew	Scott McGehee David Siegel
2013	Dom Hemingway	Richard Shepard
2014	God Help the Girl	Stuart Murdoch
2014	Young Ones	Jake Paltrow
2015	The D Train	Jarrad Paul Andrew Mogel
2016	The Fundamentals of Caring	Rob Burnett
2016	Hell or High Water	David Mackenzie
2017	Grain	Semih Kaplanoğlu
2018	The Wedding Guest	Michael Winterbottom
2018	Colette	Wash Westmoreland
2019	Greed	Michael Winterbottom
2020	Think Like a Dog	Gil Junger
2020	Enola Holmes	Harry Bradbeer
2021	Montana Story	Scott McGehee David Siegel
2022	Enola Holmes 2	Harry Bradbeer
2023	Shoshana	Michael Winterbottom
2024	The Friend	Scott McGehee David Siegel
2025	Fuze	David Mackenzie

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Deepa Mehta	Episode "Benares, January 1910"
1994	Anna Lee	Peter Barber-Fleming	Episodes "Stalker" and "Requiem"
1995	Claudia 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

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2001	Sundance Film Festival	Best Cinematography	The Deep End	Won
2005	Genie Awards	Best Cinematography	Water	Won^[4]^[5]
2016	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography	Hell or High Water	Nominated

References

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

External links

Giles Nuttgens at IMDb
Giles Nuttgens at The New York Times

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[1] "The Art of Collaboration: In Conversation with David Mackenzie and Giles Nuttgens". Edinburgh International Film Festival. 24 August 2005.

[2] "EE British Academy Film Awards Winners in 2017". BAFTA website. 13 February 2017.

[ci-3] "Giles Nuttgens".

[4] Awards IMDb

[5] Catsoulis, Jeannette (28 April 2006). "Movie Review: Water (2005): NYT Critics' Pick". New York Times.

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v t e Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography
Canadian Film Award 1963–1978	Donald Wilder and Guy Borremans (1963) Stan Brede and John Spotton (1964) Francis Chapman, Christopher Chapman and Jean-Claude Labrecque (1965) Jean-Claude Labrecque and Georges Dufaux (1966) Gilles Gascon and Grahame Woods (1967) Georges Dufaux and Bernard Gosselin (1968) Réo Grégoire and Tony Ianzelo (1969) Bernard Chentrier (1970) Michel Brault (1971) Michel Brault (1972) Donald Wilder (1973) no award (1974) Paul Van der Linden (1975) Richard Leiterman (1976) Pierre Mignot (1977) Miklós Lente (1978)
Genie Award 1980–2011	John Coquillon (1980) Michel Brault (1981) Richard Leiterman (1982) Michel Brault (1983) Pierre Mignot (1984) Pierre Mignot (1985) François Protat (1986) Pierre Mignot (1987) Guy Dufaux (1988) Peter Suschitzky (1989) Guy Dufaux (1990) Peter James (1991) Peter Suschitzky (1992) Alain Dostie (1993) Paul Sarossy (1994) Thomas Burstyn (1995) Peter Suschitzky (1996) Paul Sarossy (1997) Alain Dostie (1998) Paul Sarossy (1999) André Turpin (2000) Pierre Gill (2001) Paul Sarossy (2002) Allen Smith (2003) Paul Sarossy (2004) Giles Nuttgens (2005) Pierre Gill (2006) Peter Suschitzky (2007) Gregory Middleton (2008) Pierre Gill (2009) André Turpin (2010) Jean-François Lord (2011)
Canadian Screen Award 2012–present	Nicolas Bolduc (2012) Nicolas Bolduc (2013) André Turpin (2014) Yves Bélanger (2015) André Turpin (2016) Nicolas Bolduc (2017) Sara Mishara (2018) Norm Li (2019) Maya Bankovic (2020) Sara Mishara (2021) Sara Mishara (2022) Jared Raab (2023)
Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. This distinction did not continue from 1970 on.