Giles Nuttgens


Giles Nuttgens, 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, Earth and Water, as well as Mehta's adaptation of Salman Rushdie's epic novel Midnight's Children. He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Water.
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.

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.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1992Electric MoonPradip Krishen
1996FireDeepa Mehta
1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingRobert Bierman
1998EarthDeepa Mehta
2000Battlefield EarthRoger Christian
2001The Deep EndScott McGehee
Davis Siegel
2002SwimfanJohn Polson
2003Young AdamDavid Mackenzie
2004If OnlyGil Junger
2005Bee SeasonScott McGehee
David Siegel
2005WaterDeepa MehtaWon - Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography
2007The Good NightJake Paltrow
2007Hallam FoeDavid Mackenzie
2008Heaven on EarthDeepa Mehta
2009The Loss of a Teardrop DiamondJodie Markell
2010Saint John of Las VegasHue Rhodes
2011Perfect SenseDavid Mackenzie
2012Midnight's ChildrenDeepa Mehta
2014Young OnesJake Paltrow
2014God Help the GirlStuart Murdoch
2016The Fundamentals of CaringRob Burnett
2016Hell or High WaterDavid MackenzieNominated - BAFTA Film Award for Cinematography
2017GrainSemih Kaplanoğlu
2018The Wedding GuestMichael Winterbottom
2018ColetteWash Westmoreland
2019GreedMichael Winterbottom
2020Think Like a DogGil Junger
2020Enola Holmes'' Harry BradbeerPost-production