# Giles Nuttgens > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giles_Nuttgens > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giles_Nuttgens.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Nuttgens > Source revision: 1354940957 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British cinematographer Giles Nuttgens Born (1960-06-12) 12 June 1960 (age 66) 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 [George Lucas](/source/George_Lucas), [Deepa Mehta](/source/Deepa_Mehta), [David Mackenzie](/source/David_Mackenzie_(director)),[1] [Michael Winterbottom](/source/Michael_Winterbottom), and [Scott McGehee and David Siegel](/source/Scott_McGehee_and_David_Siegel). For his work in *[Hell or High Water](/source/Hell_or_High_Water_(film))*, he received a nomination for the [BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography](/source/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Cinematography).[2] ## Career Nuttgens began his career with the [BBC TV](/source/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](/source/Paris), he relocated to [Barcelona](/source/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 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 2024 The Friend Scott McGehee David Siegel Relay David Mackenzie 2025 Fuze ### 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 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 2016 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Hell or High Water Nominated ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["The Art of Collaboration: In Conversation with David Mackenzie and Giles Nuttgens"](http://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/news/2005/08/the-art-of-collaboration-in-conversation-with-david-mackenzie-and-giles-nuttgens). Edinburgh International Film Festival. 24 August 2005. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["EE British Academy Film Awards Winners in 2017"](http://www.bafta.org/film/film-award-winners-2017#cinematography---la-la-land). *BAFTA website*. 13 February 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ci_3-0)** ["Giles Nuttgens"](http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/nuttgens.htm). ## External links - [Giles Nuttgens](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638365/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [Giles Nuttgens](https://web.archive.org/web/20121103010433/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/222383/Giles-Nuttgens) at *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* v t e San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography John Mathieson (2000) Roger Deakins (2001) Conrad Hall (2002) Eduardo Serra (2003) Christopher Doyle / John Mathieson (2004) Emmanuel Lubezki (2005) Dick Pope (2006) Roger Deakins (2007) Anthony Dod Mantle (2008) Javier Aguirresarobe (2009) Wally Pfister (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Claudio Miranda (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Robert Elswit (2014) Roger Deakins (2015) Giles Nuttgens (2016) Hoyte van Hoytema (2017) Bruno Delbonnel / Joshua James Richards (2018) Jarin Blaschke (2019) Joshua James Richards (2020) Bruno Delbonnel (2021) Linus Sandgren (2022) Rodrigo Prieto (2023) Jarin Blaschke (2024) Adolpho Veloso (2025) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Czech Republic Spain Israel People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef Yale LUX 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) Gayle Ye (2024) Jeremy Benning (2025) Note: From 1963 to 1969, two separate awards were consistently presented for colour and black-and-white cinematography. 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