Giles Nuttgens BSC, (born 1961 12th July age 51) is a British cinematographer. He is best known to fans of independent art house fare for his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), and to general audiences for his work as cinematographer on the big-budget science fiction 'cult classic' Battlefield Earth. He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievemen...
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Giles Nuttgens BSC, (born 1961 12th July age 51) is a British cinematographer. He is best known to fans of independent art house fare for his work on Deepa Mehta's "Elements trilogy", consisting of the films Fire (1996), Earth (1998) and Water (2005), and to general audiences for his work as cinematographer on the big-budget science fiction 'cult classic' Battlefield Earth. He received critical acclaim and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (Canadian Academy Award) for his work on Water.
He was born in 1961, to Patrick Nuttgens, English architect and academic, and his wife Bridget Nuttgens, and had eight siblings, including composer Sandy Nuttgens.
Nuttgens began his career with the BBC TV for the Natural History documentary unit in 1984, and rose up through the camera assistant ranks, and by the age of 25 he was one of the youngest film cameramen ever in the BBC. After many years living in Paris, he relocated to Barcelona in late 2003. He is fluent in English...
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