British Cinematographer

A WINNING FORMULA DP Tristan Chenais explains how simplifying the filmmaking process led to a successful shoot on Raindance Film Festival breakout Tramp. When director Philip McGoldrick first approached me about a short narrative film centred on a female MMA fighter becoming a mother in the middle of a championship, I was immediately intrigued. The ...

Cinematographer and senior lecturer and programme leader in Film Production at the University of Lincoln Jack Shelbourn reflects on the DP’s role in ensuring sustainability on set. Reed Morano puts the job better than I can: “It’s a very tricky job we have as DPs, where you are expected to make something that really is ...

The BFI has announced the appointment of Isabel Davis as director of the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Funds, a “crucial role in the BFI’s mission to create conditions for a culturally vibrant, inclusive and economically successful UK independent film sector”.  Davis will provide “strategic leadership and vision” for the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Funds and ...

Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, the Royal Television Society, has opened entries for the RTS Craft & Design Awards 2026, with submissions open until Friday 4 September 2026.  Chaired by Emma Gormley, managing director of Daytime at ITV Studios, the winners will be announced at a ceremony held at the London Hilton ...

The BFI has announced the programme for 1 September to 6 October 2026 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, beginning with Claude Chabrol: Elements of Crime. “Often considered one of the French New Wave’s most neglected filmmakers, Claude Chabrol might also be the most important,” said the BFI.  “This September, the BFI celebrates Chabrol’s cool, ...