Occupation cinematographer Siblings Sandy Nuttgens Years active 1981-present | Name Giles Nuttgens Uncles Joseph Ambrose Role Cinematographer | |
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Parents Bridget Nuttgens, Patrick Nuttgens Movies The D Train, Perfect Sense, Dom Hemingway, God Help the Girl, What Maisie Knew Similar People Andrew Mogel, Scott McGehee, David Mackenzie, Jarrad Paul, David Hamilton | ||
Grandparents Jozef Edward Nuttgens | ||
Mgu interview cinematographer giles nuttgens
Giles Nuttgens (born 1960), BSC is a British cinematographer, perhaps best known for the 2016 film Hell or High Water, for which he received a 2017 BAFTA nomination. Fans of independent art house fare may also be familiar with his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children (2012). He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (Canadian Academy Award) for his work on Water.
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- Mgu interview cinematographer giles nuttgens
- Giles nuttgens bsc opens up on the creative process at cinegear 2013
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He has also collaborated on more than one occasion with Scott McGehee and David Siegel on The Deep End and Bee Season, and David Mackenzie on Young Adam, Asylum, Hallam Foe and most recently, Hell or High Water. He won the 2001 Sundance Film Festival's Cinematography Award for The Deep End.
Giles nuttgens bsc opens up on the creative process at cinegear 2013
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.
Although best known for independent films, he also has worked on major commercial productions such as the Star Wars prequels, Battlefield Earth and Swimfan.
