Giles Nuttgens (born 1960) is a British cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors George Lucas, Deepa Mehta, David Mackenzie, Michael Winterbottom, and Scott McGehee and David Siegel.
For his work in Hell or High Water, he received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography.
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.
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 McGeheeDavid Siegel 2002 Swimfan John Polson 2003 Young Adam David Mackenzie 2004 If Only Gil Junger2005 Asylum David Mackenzie Bee Season Scott McGeheeDavid Siegel Water Deepa Mehta2007 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 Rhodes2011 Perfect SenseDavid Mackenzie You Instead2012 Midnight's Children Deepa Mehta What Maisie Knew Scott McGeheeDavid Siegel 2013 Dom Hemingway Richard Shepard2014 God Help the Girl Stuart Murdoch Young Ones Jake Paltrow 2015 The D Train Jarrad PaulAndrew Mogel2016 The Fundamentals of Caring Rob Burnett Hell or High Water David Mackenzie 2017 Grain Semih Kaplanoğlu2018 The Wedding Guest Michael Winterbottom Colette Wash Westmoreland 2019 Greed Michael Winterbottom2020 Think Like a Dog Gil Junger Enola Holmes Harry Bradbeer 2021 Montana Story Scott McGeheeDavid Siegel 2022 Enola Holmes 2 Harry Bradbeer 2023 Shoshana Michael Winterbottom2024 The Friend Scott McGeheeDavid Siegel RelayDavid Mackenzie 2025 Fuze 2026 Just Play Dead Martin Campbell
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 BiermanChristopher 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 BurttPart of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1996 Travels with Father Deepa MehtaMichael 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 2005 Genie Awards Best Cinematography Water 2016 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Hell or High Water
References
External links
Giles Nuttgens at The New York Times