Paul Elliott (cinematographer)

Paul Elliott (born 18 October 1947) is an English cinematographer. He was nominated for three ASC Awards for his work on the television films Citizen Cohn (1992), And the Band Played On (1993), and Truman (1995), winning for the lattermost.

Paul Elliott
Born	(1947-10-18) 18 October 1947 (age 77) London, England
Education	London Film School[1]
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1978–present
Website	paulelliottdp.com

Selected filmography

Director of photography

Film

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1985	Biohazard	Fred Olen Ray	First of five collaborations with Olen Ray
1986	The Tomb
	Armed Response
	Prison Ship
1987	Cyclone
	Rachel River	Sandy Smolan
1988	Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood	John Carl Buechler
	976-EVIL	Robert Englund
1989	Far from Home	Meiert Avis
1990	Daddy's Dyin'... Who's Got the Will?	Jack Fisk
	Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael	Jim Abrahams
1991	And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird	Tony Cookson
	My Girl	Howard Zieff	First collaboration with Zieff
1994	My Girl 2
1997	Santa Fe	Andrew Shea
	Soul Food	George Tillman Jr.
1999	Lost & Found	Jeff Pollack
	Diamonds	John Asher
2000	The Broken Hearts Club	Greg Berlanti
2004	Elvis Has Left the Building	Joel Zwick	First collaboration with Zwick
	Fat Albert
2008	Spy School	Mark Blutman
	Beer for My Horses	Michael Salomon
2009	Deadly Impact	Robert Kurtzman
2013	Dark Around the Stars	Derrick Borte
2018	Hellbent	Tjardus Greidanus

Camera and electrical department

Year	Film	Director	Role	Notes
1978	Disco Fever	Lamar Card	Camera assistant
1979	Rock 'n' Roll High School	Allan Arkush
	The Lady in Red	Lewis Teague	Assistant camera
1980	Humanoids from the Deep	Barbara Peeters Jimmy T. Murakami
	Battle Beyond the Stars	Jimmy T. Murakami	Camera operator
	The Unseen	Danny Steinmann	First assistant camera
1981	Student Bodies	Mickey Rose Michael Ritchie	Director of photography: Second unit First assistant camera
	Saturday the 14th	Howard R. Cohen	Camera operator
	The End of August	Bob Graham	Additional photographer
1982	The Sword and the Sorcerer	Albert Pyun	Assistant camera: Second unit
	Kiss My Grits	Jack Starrett	Camera operator
1983	The American Snitch	Richard A. Harris	Director of photography: Second unit
1984	The Philadelphia Experiment	Stewart Raffill	First assistant camera
	Dreamscape	Joseph Ruben
	Crimes of Passion	Ken Russell
1985	School Spirit	Alan Holleb	Camera operator: Second unit
1986	The Longshot	Paul Bartel	Additional camera operator
	Night of the Creeps	Fred Dekker	Second camera operator
	Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter	Robert Burge	Second camera
	Trick or Treat	Charles Martin Smith	Director of photography: Second unit
1987	Stacking	Martin Rosen	Additional photography
1993	Say a Little Prayer	Richard Lowenstein	Additional photographer Effects photographer
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Joel Coen	Director of photography: Second unit	First collaboration with the Coen brothers
2002	The Good Girl	Miguel Arteta	Director of photography: Additional photography
2007	No Country for Old Men	Coen brothers	Director of photography: Second unit	Second collaboration with the Coen brothers
2009	Hardwired	Ernie Barbarash	Director of photography: New Mexico
2010	Legion	Scott Stewart	Director of photography: Second unit
	The Company Men	John Wells
	True Grit	Coen brothers	Camera operator: Splinter unit, Austin Director of photography: Splinter unit, Austin	Third collaboration with the Coen brothers
2013	The Host	Andrew Niccol	Additional director of photography: New Mexico
2014	A Million Ways to Die in the West	Seth MacFarlane	Camera operator: "B" camera Director of photography: Second unit
2015	The Ridiculous 6	Frank Coraci	2nd unit cinematographer 2nd unit cinematographer: Second unit
2016	Captain Fantastic	Matt Ross	Additional camera operator: "B" camera, New Mexico
2022	Vengeance	B. J. Novak	Camera operator: "A" camera

Direct-to-video films

Year	Film	Director
2008	Love Lies Bleeding	Keith Samples

Documentaries

Year	Film	Director
1981	Dust to Dust	Sabina Wynn

TV movies

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1990	The Lost Capone	John Gray
1991	Final Verdict	Jack Fisk
1992	A Private Matter	Joan Micklin Silver
	Citizen Cohn	Frank Pierson
1993	Blind Side	Geoff Murphy
	And the Band Played On	Roger Spottiswoode
1994	Leave of Absence	Tom McLoughlin
	Someone She Knows	Eric Laneuville
1995	The Piano Lesson	Lloyd Richards
	If Someone Had Known	Eric Laneuville
	Truman	Frank Pierson
1996	A Case for Life	Eric Laneuville
	Riot	Alex Munoz David C. Johnson Galen Yuen Richard DiLello
1997	Van Helsing Chronicles	Geoffrey Sax
1998	Chance of a Lifetime	Deborah Reinisch
	Thanks of a Grateful Nation	Rod Holcomb
2000	If These Walls Could Talk 2	Jane Anderson	"1961" segment
	Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis	David Burton Morris
2001	When Billie Beat Bobby	Jane Anderson
2002	King of Texas	Uli Edel
2003	The Law and Mr. Lee	Kevin Rodney Sullivan
2005	Mayday	T. J. Scott
2008	Front of the Class	Peter Werner
2009	Georgia O'Keeffe	Bob Balaban
2011	The Sunset Limited	Tommy Lee Jones

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1989	ABC Afterschool Special	1 episode
1990	Equal Justice
	Tales from the Crypt	2 episodes
2015−16	House of Cards	3 episodes
2019	Chambers	2 episodes
2020	Interrogation	4 episodes
2022	Walker: Independence	2 episodes
2022−23	Dark Winds	11 episodes
TBA	Duster	2 episodes

Camera and electrical department

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Blood & Oil	Camera operator	9 episodes
2022	Walker: Independence	"B" camera operator	1 episode

Awards and nominations

Year	Festival / Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Sundance Film Festival	Excellence in Cinematography Award Dramatic	Rachel River	Won	[2]
1993	CableACE Awards	Best Direction of Photography and/or Lighting Direction in a Dramatic or Theatrical Special/Movie or Miniseries	Citizen Cohn	Nominated	[3]
	American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Motion Picture, Limited Series, or Pilot Made for Television		Nominated	[4]
1995			And the Band Played On	Nominated
1996			Truman	Won