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Gavin Finney(I)

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Gavin Finney
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Since graduating from the Cinematography course at The National Film & Television School in the UK, Gavin Finney BSC has photographed many feature films and major television dramas.

Gavin was nominated for the BSC award for 'The State' in 2017 and 'Good Omens' in 2019. He won the BSC Best Cinematography award, The GTC Award and the Bulldog Award for the critically acclaimed 'Wolf Hall' (Golden Globe winner 2016). Gavin won the BAFTA, RTS and BSC best cinematography awards for 'The Fear' in 2013 - the first time all three major awards have been won by the same person in the same year. He received the Royal Television Society Award for 'Going Postal' in 2010 and for 'Gormenghast' in 2000, and garnered BAFTA nominations for 'Wolf Hall' in 2016, 'Going Postal' in 2011 and 'Hogfather' in 2007 and RTS nominations for 'The State', 'Wolf Hall' and 'The English Wife'..

Gavin was invited to join the British Society of Cinematographers in 1998 and was President of the BSC from 2006-2008 when he received the Arri / John Alcott award.

Gavin has dual UK & Irish/EU citizenship
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 10 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Good Omens (2019)
    Good Omens
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
    Wolf Hall
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer(2014)
    Peter Mullan in The Fear (2012)
    The Fear
    7.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer
    Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    7.7
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit)
    • 2001

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    Cinematographer



    • Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance in Wolf Hall (2015)
      Wolf Hall
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015–2024
    • Daley Thompson in Daley (2024)
      Daley
      7.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • My Lady Jane (2024)
      My Lady Jane
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Good Omens (2019)
      Good Omens
      8.0
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019–2023
    • Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, and Hannah Khalique-Brown in The Undeclared War (2022)
      The Undeclared War
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Uma Thurman, Elyes Gabel, Gerran Howell, Kunal Nayyar, Georgina Campbell, Tom Rhys Harries, and Elizabeth Henstridge in Suspicion (2022)
      Suspicion
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Matthew Lillard and Tallulah Haddon in Barkskins (2020)
      Barkskins
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Nathalie Emmanuel, Rebecca Rittenhouse, and Nikesh Patel in Four Weddings and a Funeral (2019)
      Four Weddings and a Funeral
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Anya Taylor-Joy in The Miniaturist (2017)
      The Miniaturist
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2017–2018
    • The State (2017)
      The State
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Unforgotten (2015)
      Unforgotten
      8.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015–2017
    • Ian Hart, Stephen Graham, Toby Jones, and Vicky McClure in The Secret Agent (2016)
      The Secret Agent
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • 1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham (2015)
      1001 Inventions and the World of Ibn Al-Haytham
      8.3
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015
    • Sheridan Smith in Black Work (2015)
      Black Work
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015
    • Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)
      Endeavour
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Simon Pegg, Mark Rylance, and Hannah Khalique-Brown in The Undeclared War (2022)
      The Undeclared War
      7.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Anya Taylor-Joy in The Miniaturist (2017)
      The Miniaturist
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2017–2018
    • The State (2017)
      The State
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator: a camera
      • 2017
    • Unforgotten (2015)
      Unforgotten
      8.4
      TV Series
      • dop
      • 2017
    • Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, and Maggie Smith in Keeping Mum (2005)
      Keeping Mum
      6.8
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
      Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
      7.7
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2001
    • Harvey Keitel in The Young Americans (1993)
      The Young Americans
      5.7
      • camera operator
      • 1993

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