Paul Elliott (cinematographer)

Paul Elliott
Born (1947-10-18) 18 October 1947 (age 77)
London, England
EducationLondon Film School[1]
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1978–present
Websitepaulelliottdp.com

Paul Elliott (born 18 October 1947) is an English cinematographer. He was nominated for three ASC Awards for his work on the television films Citizen Cohn (1992), And the Band Played On (1993), and Truman (1995), winning for the lattermost.

Selected filmography

Director of photography

Film

Year Film Director Notes
1985 Biohazard Fred Olen Ray First of five collaborations with Olen Ray
1986 The Tomb
Armed Response
Prison Ship
1987 Cyclone
Rachel River Sandy Smolan
1988 Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood John Carl Buechler
976-EVIL Robert Englund
1989 Far from Home Meiert Avis
1990 Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will? Jack Fisk
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Jim Abrahams
1991 And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird Tony Cookson
My Girl Howard Zieff First collaboration with Zieff
1994 My Girl 2
1997 Santa Fe Andrew Shea
Soul Food George Tillman Jr.
1999 Lost & Found Jeff Pollack
Diamonds John Asher
2000 The Broken Hearts Club Greg Berlanti
2004 Elvis Has Left the Building Joel Zwick First collaboration with Zwick
Fat Albert
2008 Spy School Mark Blutman
Beer for My Horses Michael Salomon
2009 Deadly Impact Robert Kurtzman
2013 Dark Around the Stars Derrick Borte
2018 Hellbent Tjardus Greidanus

Camera and electrical department

Year Film Director Role Notes
1978 Disco Fever Lamar Card Camera assistant
1979 Rock 'n' Roll High School Allan Arkush
The Lady in Red Lewis Teague Assistant camera
1980 Humanoids from the Deep
Battle Beyond the Stars Jimmy T. Murakami Camera operator
The Unseen Danny Steinmann First assistant camera
1981 Student Bodies
Director of photography: Second unit
First assistant camera
Saturday the 14th Howard R. Cohen Camera operator
The End of August Bob Graham Additional photographer
1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer Albert Pyun Assistant camera: Second unit
Kiss My Grits Jack Starrett Camera operator
1983 The American Snitch Richard A. Harris Director of photography: Second unit
1984 The Philadelphia Experiment Stewart Raffill First assistant camera
Dreamscape Joseph Ruben
Crimes of Passion Ken Russell
1985 School Spirit Alan Holleb Camera operator: Second unit
1986 The Longshot Paul Bartel Additional camera operator
Night of the Creeps Fred Dekker Second camera operator
Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter Robert Burge Second camera
Trick or Treat Charles Martin Smith Director of photography: Second unit
1987 Stacking Martin Rosen Additional photography
1993 Say a Little Prayer Richard Lowenstein Additional photographer
Effects photographer
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Joel Coen Director of photography: Second unit First collaboration with the Coen brothers
2002 The Good Girl Miguel Arteta Director of photography: Additional photography
2007 No Country for Old Men Coen brothers Director of photography: Second unit Second collaboration with the Coen brothers
2009 Hardwired Ernie Barbarash Director of photography: New Mexico
2010 Legion Scott Stewart Director of photography: Second unit
The Company Men John Wells
True Grit Coen brothers Camera operator: Splinter unit, Austin
Director of photography: Splinter unit, Austin 		Third collaboration with the Coen brothers
2013 The Host Andrew Niccol Additional director of photography: New Mexico
2014 A Million Ways to Die in the West Seth MacFarlane Camera operator: "B" camera
Director of photography: Second unit
2015 The Ridiculous 6 Frank Coraci 2nd unit cinematographer
2nd unit cinematographer: Second unit
2016 Captain Fantastic Matt Ross Additional camera operator: "B" camera, New Mexico
2022 Vengeance B. J. Novak Camera operator: "A" camera

Direct-to-video films

Year Film Director
2008 Love Lies Bleeding Keith Samples

Documentaries

Year Film Director
1981 Dust to Dust Sabina Wynn

TV movies

Year Film Director Notes
1990 The Lost Capone John Gray
1991 Final Verdict Jack Fisk
1992 A Private Matter Joan Micklin Silver
Citizen Cohn Frank Pierson
1993 Blind Side Geoff Murphy
And the Band Played On Roger Spottiswoode
1994 Leave of Absence Tom McLoughlin
Someone She Knows Eric Laneuville
1995 The Piano Lesson Lloyd Richards
If Someone Had Known Eric Laneuville
Truman Frank Pierson
1996 A Case for Life Eric Laneuville
Riot
1997 Van Helsing Chronicles Geoffrey Sax
1998 Chance of a Lifetime Deborah Reinisch
Thanks of a Grateful Nation Rod Holcomb
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 Jane Anderson "1961" segment
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis David Burton Morris
2001 When Billie Beat Bobby Jane Anderson
2002 King of Texas Uli Edel
2003 The Law and Mr. Lee Kevin Rodney Sullivan
2005 Mayday T. J. Scott
2008 Front of the Class Peter Werner
2009 Georgia O'Keeffe Bob Balaban
2011 The Sunset Limited Tommy Lee Jones

TV series

Year Title Notes
1989 ABC Afterschool Special 1 episode
1990 Equal Justice
Tales from the Crypt 2 episodes
2015−16 House of Cards 3 episodes
2019 Chambers 2 episodes
2020 Interrogation 4 episodes
2022 Walker: Independence 2 episodes
2022−23 Dark Winds 11 episodes
TBA
 Duster 2 episodes

Camera and electrical department

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Blood & Oil Camera operator 9 episodes
2022 Walker: Independence "B" camera operator 1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year Festival / Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 Sundance Film Festival Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic Rachel River Won [2]
1993 CableACE Awards Best Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries Citizen Cohn Nominated [3]
American Society of Cinematographers Awards Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television Nominated [4]
1995 And the Band Played On Nominated
1996 Truman Won

References

  1. ^ "Paul Elliott". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers. 8 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  2. ^ "1988 Sundance Film Festival". Sundance Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ Pendleton, Jennifer (17 November 1992). "Rivals for CableAces not even close to HBO". Variety. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ASC Awards: Past Nominees and Winners". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 14 June 2021.


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