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Director of Photography JAMES WELLAND graduated with an MA in Political Studies and with an MA in Film from The Royal College of Art. Early work as a cinematographer included music videos, documentaries and the feature films WITTGENSTEIN for Derek Jarman, THREE STEPS TO HEAVEN for Constantine Giannaris, and DIVORCING JACK for David Caffrey. Since then work has included shooting over twenty television drama specials and series, numerous commercials and eight more feature films including THE LAST MINUTE (Palm Pictures) for Stephen Norrington, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (Universal/Columbia TriStar) for Bill Eagles, UNDERTAKING BETTY (Snowfall /Miramax) for Nick Hurran, CASABLANCA DRIVER for Maurice Barthélémy, PALAIS ROYAL! (Gaumont /Columbia TriStar) for Valérie Lemercier, and MAGICIANS (Universal/Intermedia) for Andrew O'Connor.

Recent projects include shooting the opening and closing episodes of SPOOKS 10 for BBC/Kudos for Directors Alrick Riley and Bharat Nalluri. TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL, a 12 part $30million TV mini series directed by Ciaran Donnelly shot in Serbia and Ireland is in post and approaching completion: www.Youtube - Titanic Title Sequence
Just completed shooting part of the HBO/BBC/Kudos production of HUNTED for Dan Percival.

Member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).

1999 Royal Television Society Craft and Design Awards nomination in category of 'Lighting, Photography and Camera (Drama)' for ‘Touching Evil III’.