Gavin Finney

Gavin Finney
Born	1963 (age 61–62) London, England
Education	Manchester Polytechnic National Film and Television School
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1990–present

Gavin Finney, B.S.C. (born 1963) is a British cinematographer. He joined the British Society of Cinematographers in 1998 and served as the organisation's president from 2006 to 2008.[1]

At the 2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards, Finney won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction for his work on the Channel 4 series The Fear (2012).[2] He has also received award recognition from the British Society of Cinematographers, winning Best Cinematography in a Television Drama for his work on the BBC Two series Wolf Hall (2015) and earning nominations for his work on the Channel 4 serial The State (2017) and the Amazon Prime Video/BBC Two series Good Omens (2019–present).

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Second unit director of photography	[3]
2003	Alex & Emma		[3]
2005	Bailey's Billion$		[3]
	Keeping Mum		[3]
2006	These Foolish Things		[3]
2007	St Trinian's		[3]

Television

Year	Title	Notes	Ref(s)
2000	Gormenghast	4 episodes	[3]
2005	Colditz	2 episodes	[3]
2006	Terry Pratchett's Hogfather	2 episodes	[3]
2008	Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic	2 episodes	[3]
2009	Agatha Christie's Marple	Episode: "Why Didn't They Ask Evans?"	[3]
2010	Terry Pratchett's Going Postal	2 episodes	[3]
2012	Sinbad	12 episodes	[3]
	The Fear	4 episodes	[3]
2013	Mr Selfridge	2 episodes	[3]
	The Guilty	3 episodes	[3]
2015	Wolf Hall	6 episodes	[3]
2017	The State	4 episodes	[4]
2019–present	Good Omens	12 episodes	[5][6]

References

1. Ellis 2015, p. 9.
2. "Television Craft | Photography And Lighting - Fiction in 2013". Awards.bafta.org. British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
3. Ellis 2015, p. 15.
4. "BSC Members | Gavin Finney". BSCine.com. British Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
5. Wood, David (15 June 2019). "Apocalypse Not Now: Gavin Finney BSC / Good Omens". British Cinematographer. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
6. Wardlow, Chris (20 June 2019). "How Cinematographer Gavin Finney Brought Heaven and Hell to Life in 'Good Omens'". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

Bibliography

• Ellis, David A. (2015). In Conversation with Cinematographers. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5109-0.

External links

• Official website
• Gavin Finney at IMDb
• Gavin Finney at the British Society of Cinematographers' website