Seamus McGarvey


Seamus McGarvey is an Irish cinematographer.
He has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for Joe Wright's Atonement and Anna Karenina.
WWW seamusmcgarvey.com

Career

He began his career as a still photographer, before attending film school at the University of Westminster in London.
After graduating in 1988, he began shooting short films and documentary films, including Skin, directed by Vincent O'Connell, and Atlantic, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.
He served as cinematographer on the pilot for the TV series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, directed by Anthony Minghella.
His documentary work includes Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home, which followed his work on Wright's The Soloist, and filmed in the same locales; Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction; Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue; and The Name of This Film Is Dogme95.
Supplementing his work on features and TV movies, McGarvey has photographed and directed over 100 music videos for various artists, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Robbie Williams.
In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Dundee University and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Ulster. He is an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh College of Art. He is featured in the book In Conversation with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis and in the book Ballinger, Alexander; New Cinematographers .

Personal life

He is married to the British filmmaker Lorna Tucker, and they live in Tuscany, Italy.

Filmography

Feature film

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
YearTitleCategoryResult
2008AtonementBest CinematographyNomitated
2013Anna KareninaBest CinematographyNomitated

BAFTA Awards
YearTitleCategoryResult
2007AtonementBest CinematographyNomitated
2012Anna KareninaBest CinematographyNomitated
2016Nocturnal AnimalsBest CinematographyNomitated

American Society of Cinematographers
YearTitleCategoryResult
2007AtonementOutstanding Achievement in CinematographyNomitated
2012Anna KareninaOutstanding Achievement in CinematographyNomitated

British Society of Cinematographers
YearTitleCategoryResult
2007AtonementBest CinematographyNomitated
2012Anna KareninaBest CinematographyWon
2016Nocturnal AnimalsBest CinematographyWon
2018Bad Times at the El RoyaleBest CinematographyNomitated
2022CyranoBest CinematographyNomitated

Evening Standard British Film Awards
YearTitleCategoryResult
2002The HoursTechnical Achievement AwardWon
2007AtonementTechnical Achievement AwardWon
2012Anna KareninaTechnical Achievement AwardWon

IFTA Film & Drama Awards
YearTitleCategoryResult
2005SaharaBest CinematographyWon
2007AtonementBest CinematographyWon
2011We Need to Talk About KevinBest CinematographyWon
2012Anna KareninaBest CinematographyWon
2016Nocturnal AnimalsBest CinematographyWon
2017The Greatest ShowmanBest CinematographyWon

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