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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 the opening two episodes of SPOOKS 2011 for director Alrick Riley, and the final two episodes of SPOOKS for director Bharat Nalluri.
Shooting of ‘TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL, a 12 part $30million TV mini series directed by Ciaran Donnelly has just wrapped after 5 months in Serbia and Ireland.

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’.