Nick Remy Matthews, ACS, is a British-born, Australian-raised director of photography, based in Europe. In 2020 he was named "Cinematographer of the Year" by the Australian Cinematographers Society. He was also named by Variety as one of the "10 Cinematographers to Watch" in 2019 for his work on Hotel Mumbai, a factual action drama depicting the Mumbai terror attacks, directed by long time collaborator Anthony Maras. The film stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Suhail Nayyar, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Tilda Cobham-Hervey and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018 where Matthews was singled out for praise for his work on the film. Rolling Stone declare that "Even in the chaos of bullets and bombs — kudos to ace cinematographer Nick Remy Matthews — Maras creates a sense of actual lives hanging in the balance.". The Hollywood Reporter also praises the "...kinetic cinematography..." that enhances "...the idea that these are real events.". Variety describes the film as "Stunningly framed and photographed..." and as having a "...visual striking aesthetic."Washington Square News describes the film's cinematography as spanning "...cramped utility closets and breathtaking skylines, a visual treat from beginning to end."
Following Hotel Mumbai, his cinematography credits have included feature films and television productions in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. He was cinematographer on the science-fiction thriller I.S.S., directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Ariana DeBose. He subsequently photographed the Lionsgate horror film Bagman, directed by Colm McCarthy and starring Sam Claflin. Matthews was also cinematographer on the survival thriller Last Breath, directed by Alex Parkinson and starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole. In 2025 he reunited with Hotel Mumbai director Anthony Maras as second unit director on the Second World War drama Pressure, starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser and Kerry Condon.
Matthews' television work includes the Norwegian political thriller Furia, directed by Magnus Martens, and the British crime drama Gangs of London, for which he photographed two episodes directed by Farren Blackburn. He subsequently served as cinematographer on episodes four and five of the ITV espionage thriller Secret Service, starring Gemma Arterton and directed by Blackburn.
Early life
Matthews was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, to a British father and an Indian-born Anglo-Indian mother. His father was an aeronautical engineer and his mother an English and drama teacher. Matthews attended the progressive Marbury School in the Adelaide Hills on a scholarship, where his contemporaries included singer-songwriter Sia. He later attended Flinders University, studying film-making and literature before beginning his career in the film industry in the United Kingdom as a video trainee on the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
Early works In 2010, he won an AFI Award for his cinematography on the short film The Kiss, directed by Ashlee Page. In the same year he photographed Anthony Maras's AFI award-winning short The Palace, the two having collaborated a few years earlier on Maras' other AFI winning short Spike Up.
Select Filmography
Film Year Title Director Notes 2006 Modern Love Alex Frayne 2006 2:37 Murali K. Thalluri 2009 Broken Hill Dagen Merrill 2011 The Palace Anthony Maras Short film 2018 Hotel Mumbai Anthony Maras 2018 The Chaperone Michael Engler 2020 The Man in the Woods Noah Buschel 2020 Love, Weddings & Other Disasters Dennis Dugan 2021 SAS: Red Notice Magnus Martens 2021 The Seventh Day Justin P. Lange 2023 I.S.S. Gabriela Cowperthwaite 2024 Bagman Colm McCarthy 2025 Last Breath Alex Parkinson 2026 Zipline Magnus Martens 2026 Pressure Anthony Maras Second unit director
Television Year Title Director Notes 2021 Furia Magnus Martens 5 episodes 2022 The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself Colm McCarthy 4 episodes 2023 Furia Magnus Martens 2 episodes, season 2 2024 Gangs of London Farren Blackburn 2 episodes, season 3 2026 Secret Service Farren Blackburn 2 episodes 2026 The Only Suspect Farren Blackburn 4 episodes
Selected awards
Year Award Category Work Result 2025 IFFA Awards Best Cinematography Last Breath Won 2020 Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards Australian Cinematographer of the Year Hotel Mumbai Won 2019 Variety 10 Cinematographers to Watch Hotel Mumbai Honoree 2014 Austin Film Festival Dark Matters Feature Jury Award One Eyed Girl Won 2012 St Kilda Film Festival Best Achievement in Cinematography Paper Planes Won 2012 Flickerfest Best Cinematography Collision Won 2012 Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards Golden Tripod – Fictional Drama Shorts The Palace Won 2011 Flickerfest Miller Australia Award – Best Cinematography in an Australian Short Film The Kiss Won 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards Outstanding Achievement in Short Film Screen Craft The Kiss Won 2007 Australian Cinematographers Society National Awards Golden Tripod Azadi Won
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