Seamus McGarvey

• Name — Seamus McGarvey • Born — 29 June 1967 • Birthplace — Armagh, Northern Ireland • Years Active — 1989–present • Spouse — Lorna Tucker Seamus McGarvey (born 29 June 1967) is an Irish cinematographer. He has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for Joe Wright's Atonement and Anna Karenina.

He began his career as a still photographer, before attending film school at the University of Westminster in London. After graduating in 1988, he began shooting short films and documentary films, including Skin, directed by Vincent O'Connell, and Atlantic, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood. He served as cinematographer on the pilot for the TV series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, directed by Anthony Minghella. His documentary work includes Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home, which followed his work on Wright's The Soloist, and filmed in the same locales; Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction; Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue; and The Name of This Film Is Dogme95. Supplementing his work on features and TV movies, McGarvey has photographed and directed over 100 music videos for various artists, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Robbie Williams. In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Dundee University and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Ulster. He is an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh College of Art. He is featured in the book In Conversation with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis and in the book Ballinger, Alexander; New Cinematographers (2004).

He is married to Lorna Tucker, and they live in London. He has three children, Stella McGarvey, Sam McGarvey and Ossian McGarvey Arenlind.

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1993 — He-Play, She-Play — Kieron J. Walsh — Episode "Shooting to Stardom" • 1994 — Screen Two — Nick Ward — Episode "Look Me in the Eye" • 1996 — Out of the Deep Pan — Kieron J. Walsh — TV movie • 2001 — Wit — Mike Nichols • 2008 — The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency — Anthony Minghella — Pilot episode • 2016 — Black Mirror — Joe Wright — Episode "Nosedive" • 2021 — The Nevers — Joss Whedon — 2 episodes • 2024 — Mussolini: Son of the Century — Joe Wright — Miniseries

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1995 — Hello, Hello, Hello — David Thewlis • Skin — Vincent O'Connell • 1997 — Magic Moments — Saul Metzstein • 1998 — Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll — Enda Hughes • The End — Joe Wright • 2006 — Death Valley — Sam Taylor-Johnson — Segment of Destricted • 2008 — Love You More • 2011 — James Bond Supports International Women's Day • 2016 — Kitty — Chloë Sevigny

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 1995 — Butterfly Kiss — Michael Winterbottom • 1997 — Harald — Jürgen Egger • Jump the Gun — Les Blair • The Winter Guest — Alan Rickman • The Slab Boys — John Byrne • 1999 — The War Zone — Tim Roth • I Could Read the Sky — Nichola Bruce — With Owen McPolin • A Map of the World — Scott Elliott • The Big Tease — Kevin Allen • 2000 — High Fidelity — Stephen Frears • 2001 — Enigma — Michael Apted • 2002 — The Hours — Stephen Daldry • 2003 — The Actors — Conor McPherson • 2004 — Along Came Polly — John Hamburg • 2005 — Sahara — Breck Eisner • 2006 — World Trade Center — Oliver Stone • Charlotte's Web — Gary Winick • 2007 — Atonement — Joe Wright • 2009 — The Soloist • Nowhere Boy — Sam Taylor-Wood • 2011 — We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lynne Ramsay • 2012 — The Avengers — Joss Whedon • Anna Karenina — Joe Wright • 2014 — Godzilla — Gareth Edwards • 2015 — Fifty Shades of Grey — Sam Taylor-Wood • Pan — Joe Wright — With John Mathieson • 2016 — Nocturnal Animals — Tom Ford • The Accountant — Gavin O'Connor • 2017 — Life — Daniel Espinosa • The Greatest Showman — Michael Gracey • 2018 — Greta — Neil Jordan • Bad Times at the El Royale — Drew Goddard • 2021 — Cyrano — Joe Wright • 2024 — Without Blood — Angelina Jolie • 2025 — The Accountant 2 — Gavin O'Connor • Die My Love — Lynne Ramsay • 2027 — Narnia: The Magician's Nephew — Greta Gerwig — Post-production • TBA — Bare — Lorna Tucker — Filming Key • Denotes films that have not yet been released