Nick Remy Matthews

Nick Remy Matthews, ACS, is a British-born, Australian-raised director of photography, based in Europe. In 2020 he was named "Cinematographer of the Year" by the Australian Cinematographers Society. He was also named by Variety as one of the "10 Cinematographers to Watch" in 2019 for his work on Hotel Mumbai, a factual action drama depicting the Mumbai terror attacks, directed by long time collaborator Anthony Maras. The film stars Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher, Suhail Nayyar, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Liu Bordizzo and Tilda Cobham-Hervey and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2018 where Matthews was singled out for praise for his work on the film. Rolling Stone declare that "Even in the chaos of bullets and bombs — kudos to ace cinematographer Nick Remy Matthews — Maras creates a sense of actual lives hanging in the balance.". The Hollywood Reporter also praises the "...kinetic cinematography..." that enhances "...the idea that these are real events.". Variety describes the film as "Stunningly framed and photographed..." and as having a "...visual striking aesthetic." Washington Square News describes the film's cinematography as spanning "...cramped utility closets and breathtaking skylines, a visual treat from beginning to end."

Following Hotel Mumbai, his cinematography credits have included feature films and television productions in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. He was cinematographer on the science-fiction thriller I.S.S., directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and starring Ariana DeBose. He subsequently photographed the Lionsgate horror film Bagman, directed by Colm McCarthy and starring Sam Claflin.

Matthews' television work includes the Norwegian political thriller Furia and the British crime drama Gangs of London. He later reunited with Hotel Mumbai director Anthony Maras as second unit director on the Second World War drama Pressure, starring Andrew Scott, Brendan Fraser and Kerry Condon.

Early life

Matthews was born in the United Kingdom and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, to a British father and an Indian-born mother of Anglo-Indian heritage. His father was an aeronautical engineer and his mother an English and drama teacher. Matthews attended the progressive Marbury School in the Adelaide Hills on a scholarship, where his contemporaries included singer-songwriter Sia. He later attended Flinders University, studying film and English literature before beginning his career in the film industry in the United Kingdom as a video trainee on the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Early works In 2010, he won an AFI Award for his cinematography on the short film The Kiss, directed by Ashlee Page. In the same year he photographed Anthony Maras's AFI award-winning short The Palace, the two having collaborated a few years earlier on Maras' other AFI winning short Spike Up.

Filmography Modern Love (2006) 2:37 (2006) Spike Up (2007) Broken Hill (2009) The Kiss (2010) The Palace One Eyed Girl (2015) Hotel Mumbai (2018) The Chaperone (2018) The man in the woods (2019) SAS: Red Notice (2019) Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020) Furia (2020) The Seventh Day (2021) ISS (2023) The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself” (Television Series) (2022) Furia:The Resurrection (Television Series) (2023) Gangs of London (2 Episodes; Season 3) (2024) Last Breath (2025) The Bagman (2025) Zipline (2026) Pressure (2026) Secret Service (2 Episodes; Season 1) (2026) The Only Suspect (4 Episodes; Season 3) (2026)

Awards and nominations 2026 IFFA Awards Best Cinematography for Last Breath

2020 Australian Cinematographer of the Year for Hotel Mumbai

2019 Variety 10 Cinematographers to watch for Hotel Mumbai

2015 Beverly Hills Film Festival - Best Film - Audience Choice Award for One Eyed Girl

2014 Austin Film Festival Dark Matters Jury Award for One Eyed Girl

2010 AFI Awards AFI for Cinematography; outstanding Achievement in Short Film Craft for The Kiss.

2012/2011 Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Australia

Best Cinematography for Collision (Nick Remy Matthews/Sam King) and Best Cinematography for The Kiss

2011 Show Me Shorts Film Festival, New Zealand PANAVISION Best Cinematographer for The Kiss.

2012 St Kilda Film Festival, Australia Best Achievement in Cinematography for Paper Planes

2007, 2012 Australian Cinematographers' Society National Awards Golden Tripods – for Azadi and The Palace