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James Aspinall(I)

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
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James Aspinall is known for Superman (1978), Superman III (1983) and Wide Sargasso Sea (1993).
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    Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)
    Superman
    7.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 1978
    Richard Pryor and Christopher Reeve in Superman III (1983)
    Superman III
    5.0
    • Visual Effects
    • 1983
    Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker in Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
    Wide Sargasso Sea
    5.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1993
    Julie Graham, Siobhan Redmond, Sarah Woodward, and Olivia Vinall in Queens of Mystery (2019)
    Queens of Mystery
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Unforgotten
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2015
    • Unforgotten (2015)
      Unforgotten
      8.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023–2025
    • James Aspinall, James Purefoy, Harry Hadden-Paton, Rebecca Night, Luke Norris, Vicky Tooms, Daniel Lawson Johnston, Adam Faux, and Amelia Gething in Legacy (2024)
      Legacy
      7.4
      Short
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Iain De Caestecker and Joanna Vanderham in The Control Room (2022)
      The Control Room
      5.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Bertie Carvel in Dalgliesh (2021)
      Dalgliesh
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • Roger Allam and Shaun Evans in Endeavour (2012)
      Endeavour
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Julie Graham, Siobhan Redmond, Sarah Woodward, and Olivia Vinall in Queens of Mystery (2019)
      Queens of Mystery
      7.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Poldark (2015)
      Poldark
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Keeley Hawes, Yorgos Karamihos, Anna Savva, Alexis Georgoulis, Josh O'Connor, Constantin Symsiris, Milo Parker, Daisy Waterstone, and Callum Woodhouse in The Durrells (2016)
      The Durrells
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • director of photography
      • 2016–2018
    • Joan Collins, Pauline Collins, and Franco Nero in The Time of Their Lives (2017)
      The Time of Their Lives
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera, Luca Pasqualino, and Howard Charles in The Musketeers (2014)
      The Musketeers
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Feast of Varanasi (2016)
      Feast of Varanasi
      6.2
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Lee Ingleby and Martin Shaw in Inspector George Gently (2007)
      Inspector George Gently
      8.1
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2015
    • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
      Call the Midwife
      8.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013–2015
    • Laurence Fox and Kevin Whately in Inspector Lewis (2006)
      Inspector Lewis
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2014
    • Bonobo (2014)
      Bonobo
      5.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Unforgotten (2015)
      Unforgotten
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional director of photography
      • 2021
    • Anne-Marie Duff and Ralf Little in The Waiting Room (2007)
      The Waiting Room
      6.5
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Frances Tuesday (2004)
      Frances Tuesday
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • director of photography: additional photography
      • 2004
    • Christien Anholt and Guinevere Turner in Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
      Preaching to the Perverted
      5.8
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 1997
    • Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere (1997)
      Pet Shop Boys: Somewhere
      7.7
      Video
      • camera operator: second unit, documentary footage
      • 1997
    • Patrick Moore in Gamesmaster (1992)
      Gamesmaster
      7.8
      TV Series
      • lighting director
      • 1996
    • Karina Lombard and Nathaniel Parker in Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
      Wide Sargasso Sea
      5.6
      • focus puller: Northern England shoot
      • 1993
    • K2 (1991)
      K2
      6.3
      • focus puller: Pakistan
      • 1991
    • I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
      I Hired a Contract Killer
      7.1
      • additional assistant camera
      • 1990
    • Gordon R. Strachan in Venus Peter (1989)
      Venus Peter
      5.8
      • additional focus puller
      • 1989

    Visual Effects

    • Richard Pryor and Christopher Reeve in Superman III (1983)
      Superman III
      5.0
      • zoptic assistant
      • 1983
    • Gene Hackman, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Jeff East, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, and Susannah York in Superman (1978)
      Superman
      7.4
      • zoptic operator
      • 1978

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