# Stuart Dryburgh

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stuart_Dryburgh
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stuart_Dryburgh.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Dryburgh
> Source revision: 1341507943
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

British-New Zealand cinematographer (born 1952)

Stuart Dryburgh Born (1952-03-30) 30 March 1952 (age 74) London, England Citizenship English, New Zealand Years active 1980–present Website www.stuartdryburgh.com

**Stuart Dryburgh** (born 30 March 1952 in London) is an English-born [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) cinematographer.[1]

## Biography

Born in [London](/source/London), his family emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 9.[2]

He completed a degree in architecture at the [University of Auckland](/source/University_of_Auckland), but subsequently moved into the film industry.

He was nominated for the [Academy Award for Best Cinematography](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography) for his work on the 1993 romance film, *[The Piano](/source/The_Piano)*,[3] but lost to [Janusz Kamiński](/source/Janusz_Kami%C5%84ski) for *[Schindler's List](/source/Schindler's_List)*. He was also nominated for [an Emmy](/source/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Cinematography_for_a_Single-Camera_Series) for his work on the *[Boardwalk Empire](/source/Boardwalk_Empire)* [pilot](/source/Boardwalk_Empire_(episode)).

He lives in [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York).

## Filmography

### Feature film

Year Title Director Notes 1987 The Leading Edge Michael Firth 1990 An Angel at My Table Jane Campion 1993 The Piano 1994 Once Were Warriors Lee Tamahori 1995 The Perez Family Mira Nair 1996 Lone Star John Sayles The Portrait of a Lady Jane Campion 1999 Analyze This Harold Ramis Runaway Bride Garry Marshall 2001 Bridget Jones's Diary Sharon Maguire Kate & Leopold James Mangold The Extreme Team Leslie Libman 2003 The Recruit Roger Donaldson 2004 The Beautiful Country Hans Petter Moland In My Father's Den Brad McGann 2005 Æon Flux Karyn Kusama 2006 The Painted Veil John Curran 2007 No Reservations Scott Hicks The Girl in the Park David Auburn 2008 Nim's Island Jennifer Flackett Mark Levin 2009 Amelia Mira Nair 2010 The Tempest Julie Taymor 2011 Texas Killing Fields Ami Canaan Mann I Don't Know How She Does It Douglas McGrath 2012 Emperor Peter Webber 2013 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Ben Stiller 2015 Blackhat Michael Mann 2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass James Bobin The Great Wall Zhang Yimou With Zhao Xiaoding 2017 Gifted Marc Webb The Only Living Boy in New York The Upside Neil Burger 2018 Ben Is Back Peter Hedges 2019 Men in Black: International F. Gary Gray 2025 Kinda Pregnant Tyler Spindel

### Television

Year Title Director Notes 1989 The Ray Bradbury Theater Roger Tompkins Costa Botes 3 episodes 1998 Sex and the City Susan Seidelman Episode "Sex and the City" 2008 New Amsterdam Lasse Hallström Episode "Pilot" 2010 Boardwalk Empire Martin Scorsese Episode "Broadwalk Empire" 2011 Expedition Week Tony Gerber Episode "Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan" 2011-2012 Luck Michael Mann Terry George Episodes "Pilot" and "Ace Meets with a Potential Investor" 2015 American Odyssey Peter Horton Episode "Gone Elvis" 2018 New Amsterdam Kate Dennis Episode "Pilot" 2024 Fallout Jonathan Nolan 4 episodes

**TV movies**

Year Title Director 1986 Jewel's Darl Peter Wells 1998 Poodle Springs Bob Rafelson

## Awards and nominations

Year Institution Category Title Result Ref. 1990 New Zealand Film and TV Awards Best Cinematography An Angel at My Table Won 1993 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Cinematography The Piano Won British Society of Cinematographers Best Cinematography Nominated Camerimage Festival Golden Frog Won Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Cinematography Nominated New York Film Critics Circle Best Cinematography Nominated 1994 Academy Awards Best Cinematography Nominated [4] American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Nominated [5] National Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography Nominated St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Cinematography The Painted Veil Won 2005 Shanghai International Film Festival Best Cinematography In My Father's Den Won New Zealand Film and TV Awards Best Cinematography Won 2006 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography The Painted Veil Nominated Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography Boardwalk Empire (pilot episode) Nominated [6] Satellite Awards Best Cinematography The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Nominated 2017 New Zealand Cinematographers Society Gold Award (Features) The Great Wall Won Cinematographer of the Year —N/a Won

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Stuart Dryburgh - Cinematographer (ASC)"](https://www.stuartdryburgh.com/). *www.stuartdryburgh.com*. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Screen, NZ On. ["Stuart Dryburgh | NZ On Screen"](https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/stuart-dryburgh). *www.nzonscreen.com*. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Screen, NZ On. ["Stuart Dryburgh: on working with Jane Campion, Vincent Ward and Lee Tamahori... | NZ On Screen"](https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/stuart-dryburgh-2011). *www.nzonscreen.com*. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?categoryExactId=12&awardShowFrom=66&view=3-Award%20Category-Chron](https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?categoryExactId=12&awardShowFrom=66&view=3-Award%20Category-Chron)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Film"](https://www.bafta.org/awards/film/). *Bafta*. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Outstanding Cinematography For A Single-Camera Series 2011 - Nominees & Winners"](https://www.televisionacademy.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-cinematography-for-a-single-camera-series). *Television Academy*. Retrieved 13 December 2025.

- Profile in *[New Zealand Listener](/source/New_Zealand_Listener)* Volume 148, 20 May 2010, pages 44–45

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.stuartdryburgh.com/)

- [NZ On Screen profile](https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/stuart-dryburgh/biography)

- [Stuart Dryburgh](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238698/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Stuart Dryburgh v t e Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography John Alcott (1975) Haskell Wexler (1976) Douglas Slocombe (1977) Néstor Almendros (1978) Caleb Deschanel (1979) Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth (1980) Vittorio Storaro (1981) Jordan Cronenweth (1982) Sven Nykvist (1983) Chris Menges (1984) David Watkin (1985) Chris Menges (1986) Vittorio Storaro (1987) Henri Alekan (1988) Michael Ballhaus (1989) Michael Ballhaus (1990) Roger Deakins (1991) Zhao Fei (1992) Stuart Dryburgh / Janusz Kamiński (1993) Stefan Czapsky (1994) Lü Yue (1995) Chris Menges / John Seale (1996) Dante Spinotti (1997) Janusz Kamiński (1998) Dante Spinotti (1999) Peter Pau (2000) Roger Deakins (2001) Edward Lachman (2002) Eduardo Serra (2003) Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron (2004) Robert Elswit (2005) Emmanuel Lubezki (2006) Janusz Kamiński (2007) Yu Lik-wai (2008) Christian Berger (2009) Matthew Libatique (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Roger Deakins (2012) Emmanuel Lubezki (2013) Emmanuel Lubezki (2014) John Seale (2015) James Laxton (2016) Dan Laustsen (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Claire Mathon (2019) Shabier Kirchner (2020) Ari Wegner (2021) Michał Dymek (2022) Robbie Ryan (2023) Jomo Fray (2024) Adolpho Veloso (2025) v t e St. Louis Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Zhao Xiaoding (2004) No Award (2005) Stuart Dryburgh (2006) Roger Deakins (2007) Mandy Walker (2008) Dion Beebe (2009) No Award (2010) Emmanuel Lubezki (2011) Roger Deakins (2012) Sean Bobbitt (2013) No Award (2014) Emmanuel Lubezki (2015) Linus Sandgren (2016) Roger Deakins (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019) Joshua James Richards (2020) Ari Wegner (2021) Ben Davis (2022) Hoyte van Hoytema (2023) Jarin Blaschke (2024) Michael Bauman (2025)

Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Czech Republic Spain Norway Poland Israel People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef Yale LUX

This article about a cinematographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cinematographer-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3ACinematographer-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Cinematographer-stub)

This biographical article related to film in New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information.

- [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:NewZealand-film-bio-stub)
- [t](/source/Template_talk%3ANewZealand-film-bio-stub)
- [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NewZealand-film-bio-stub)

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stuart Dryburgh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Dryburgh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Dryburgh?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.