Nina Kellgren

Nina Kellgren (born 26 August 1948) is a British cinematographer. Her work on Solomon & Gaenor made her the first British woman cinematographer to shoot an Academy Award-nominated film and the second woman in the International Feature Film category. Kellgren, the second woman to join the British Society of Cinematographers, was honoured with the John Alcott Memorial Award at the 2021 BSC Awards.

Early life Kellgren was born in Manchester to Jonas Kellgren, a British physician of Swedish and Russian descent, and Thelma Reynolds, an American nurse of English descent from Amesbury, Massachusetts. She has three sisters as well as a half-sister from her father's previous marriage. Kellgren holds a Bachelor and a Master of Fine Arts from University College London's Slade School of Fine Art, having completed her studies in 1972. She got her first job as a camera assistant for Diane Tammes.

Filmography Year Title Director Notes 1989 Looking for Langston Isaac Julien I'm British But... Gurinder Chadha Television film 1991 Young Soul Rebels Isaac Julien 1995 Y Mapiwr Endaf Emlyn Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask Isaac Julien Docudrama 1997 Cold Enough for Snow Piers Haggard Television film Beyond Fear Jenny Wilkes Television film 1999 Solomon & Gaenor Paul Morrison 2003 Wondrous Oblivion Paul Morrison The Private Life of Samuel Pepys Oliver Parker Television film 2006 Deep Water Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond Documentary 2008 Derek Isaac Julien Documentary

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Ref 1995 RTS Awards Best Camera Y Mapiwr 1997 BAFTA Cymru Best Cinematography – Drama 2001 Solomon & Gaenor