Paul Cameron (cinematographer)

Paul A. Cameron ASC (born May 30, 1958) is a Canadian-born American cinematographer and television director.^[1]

Paul Cameron
Born	(1958-05-30) May 30, 1958 (age 67) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Cinematographer television director
Years active	1981–present
Website	paulcamerondp.com/about/

He won the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (shared with Dion Beebe) for his work on Michael Mann's film Collateral (2004), along with two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the HBO series Westworld (2016–2022).

Biography

Cameron was born in Montreal, and was raised in New York City.^[2] He studied at the State University of New York at Purchase.^[2] He cites Gordon Willis as one of his primary influences.^[2]

After working as cinematographer for a number of movies throughout the 21st century, mainly action thrillers, Cameron shifted to a career as a television director, directing episodes of acclaimed series like Westworld, Special Ops: Lioness and Mayor of Kingstown.

Cameron is on the Board of Governors for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has won Clio, Emmy, AICP awards as well as a BAFTA, and is represented by DDA.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	Distribution of Lead	Charles Libin
1995	The Last Supper	Stacy Title
1999	Advice from a Caterpillar	Don Scardino
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	Dominic Sena
2001	Swordfish
2004	Man on Fire	Tony Scott
	Collateral	Michael Mann	With Dion Beebe
2006	Déjà Vu	Tony Scott
2007	In the Land of Women	Jonathan Kasdan
2010	Henry's Crime	Malcolm Venville
2012	Man on a Ledge	Asger Leth
	Total Recall	Len Wiseman
2013	Dead Man Down	Niels Arden Oplev
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg
2018	The Commuter	Jaume Collet-Serra
2019	21 Bridges	Brian Kirk
2021	Reminiscence	Lisa Joy

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2002	Beat the Devil	Tony Scott	Segment of The Hire
2018	Unregistered	Sophia Banks
	Ties	Laura Stabilini

Television

Cinematographer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1981	TV - CBGB	Eddy Carabello	TV special; With Brian Elba and Jack Kney
1993	Chantilly Lace	Linda Yellen	TV movie
1994	Parallel Lives
1996	Relativity	Mark Piznarski	Episode "Pilot"
1997	Michael Hayes	Thomas Carter	"Episode One"
2016–2020	Westworld	Jonathan Nolan	Episodes "The Original" and "Parce Domine"
2023	Special Ops: Lioness	John Hillcoat	Episodes "Sacrificial Soldiers" and "The Beating"

Director

Year	Title	Episodes
2020–2022	Westworld	"The Mother of Exiles"
		"Generation Loss"
2023	Special Ops: Lioness	"Truth Is the Shrewdest Lie"
		"The Lie Is the Truth"
2024	Mayor of Kingstown	"Iris"
		"Ecotone"

Music video

Year	Title	Artist
1993	"Hard Act to Follow"	Brother Cane
1994	"Can't Hurry the Harvest"	Katey Sagal
2002	"How Come You Don't Call Me"	Alicia Keys
	"Gangsta Lovin'"	Eve ft. Alicia Keys
2003	"Can't Nobody"	Kelly Rowland
2017	"...Ready for It?"	Taylor Swift

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result	Notes
2004	BAFTA Awards	Best Cinematography	Collateral	Won	Shared with Dion Beebe
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association	Best Cinematography		Won
	American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Cinematography		Nominated
	National Society of Film Critics	Best Cinematography		Nominated
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Cinematography		Nominated
2016	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Cinematography	Westworld	Nominated	For episode "The Original"
2020				Nominated	For episode "Parce Domine"