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Gavin Finney

b. 1963

British cinematographer

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Born 1963. Gavin Finney is a British cinematographer.

Gavin Finney, B.S.C. (born 1963) is a British cinematographer. He joined the British Society of Cinematographers in 1998 and served as the organisation's president from 2006 to 2008.

At the 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards, Finney won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction for his work on the Channel 4 series The Fear (2012). He has also received award recognition from the British Society of Cinematographers, winning Best Cinematography in a Television Drama for his work on the BBC Two series Wolf Hall (2015) and earning nominations for his work on the Channel 4 serial The State (2017) and the Amazon Prime Video/BBC Two series Good Omens (2019–present).

Selected filmography Film Year Title Notes 2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Second unit director of photography 2003 Alex & Emma 2005 Bailey's Billion$ Keeping Mum 2006 These Foolish Things 2007 St Trinian's

Television Year Title Notes 2000 Gormenghast 4 episodes 2005 Colditz 2 episodes 2006 Terry Pratchett's Hogfather 2 episodes 2008 Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic 2 episodes 2009 Agatha Christie's Marple Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?" 2010 Terry Pratchett's Going Postal 2 episodes 2012 Sinbad 12 episodes The Fear 4 episodes 2013 Mr Selfridge 2 episodes The Guilty 3 episodes 2015 Wolf Hall 6 episodes 2017 The State 4 episodes 2019–present Good Omens 12 episodes

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British cinematographer

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Gavin Finney was born in 1963 in London.

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