James Welland

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Director of Photography JAMES WELLAND graduated with an MA in Political Studies in 1984 and with an MA in Film from The Royal College of Art in 1989. 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 SPOOKS Series 7 (BBC) for Peter Hoar, MISTRESSES (BBC) for Peter Hoar, THE FIXER (ITV) for Sam Miller and Paul Whittington. Work has commenced on the first two episodes of SPOOKS Series 8 (BBC) for Alrick Riley. Member of the Guild of British Camera Technicians and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Early adopter of the Red digital camera system.
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