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Jamie Cairney

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Jamie Cairney
Jamie Cairney is known for Sex Education (2019), Flowers (2016) and Joy (2024).
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      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, and Emma Mackey in Sex Education (2019)
    Sex Education
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Julian Barratt, Olivia Colman, Sophia Di Martino, and Daniel Rigby in Flowers (2016)
    Flowers
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie in Joy (2024)
    Joy
    7.1
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    Lee Ingleby, David Tennant, Katherine Kelly, and Rochenda Sandall in Criminal: UK (2019)
    Criminal: UK
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Legacy of Spies
      • Cinematographer
      • Filming
      • TV Series
    • Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman (2026)
      Girl on the Run: The Hunt for America's Most Wanted Woman
      6.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2026
    • Alex Ferns, Steve Meo, Francis Lovehall, Sule Rimi, Ric Renton, Tom Moutchi, Charlie Rix, and Josh Finan in Waiting for the Out (2026)
      Waiting for the Out
      7.7
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2026
    • Critical: Between Life and Death (2025)
      Critical: Between Life and Death
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Jamie Cairney BSC)
      • 2025
    • Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers (2025)
      Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Dean Wares in Flight 149: Hostage of War (2025)
      Flight 149: Hostage of War
      6.8
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie in Joy (2024)
      Joy
      7.1
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Varada Sethu and Ncuti Gatwa in Doctor Who (2023)
      Doctor Who
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • Can I Tell You a Secret? (2024)
      Can I Tell You a Secret?
      5.5
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2024
    • John Gotti in Get Gotti (2023)
      Get Gotti
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Evan Mock, Emily Alyn Lind, Thomas Doherty, Jordan Alexander, and Whitney Peak in Gossip Girl (2021)
      Gossip Girl
      5.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2021–2023
    • Sickness (2022)
      Sickness
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Live at the Moth Club (2022)
      Live at the Moth Club
      6.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography: Soup Sketch
      • 2022
    • Dilek Şengül in The Barber (2022)
      The Barber
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Mike Myers in The Pentaverate (2022)
      The Pentaverate
      6.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Death to 2021 (2021)
      Death to 2021
      6.3
      TV Special
      • cinematography by
      • 2021

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in Down Cemetery Road (2025)
      Down Cemetery Road
      7.0
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2025
    • How to Get Ahead... (2014)
      How to Get Ahead...
      7.3
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2014
    • Karl Pilkington in The Moaning of Life (2013)
      The Moaning of Life
      8.1
      TV Series
      • (director of photography: studio)
      • 2013
    • Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders in Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
      Absolutely Fabulous
      8.2
      TV Series
      • location director of photography
      • 2011–2012
    • Milton's Heaven and Hell
      TV Movie
      • camera
      • 2009
    • Natalie Casey, Kathryn Drysdale, Ralf Little, Will Mellor, and Sheridan Smith in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001)
      Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
      7.1
      TV Series
      • location camera
      • lighting camera
      • 2001–2009
    • British Film Forever (2007)
      British Film Forever
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2007
    • Screenwipe (2006)
      Screenwipe
      8.7
      TV Series
      • lighting camera
      • 2006
    • Steve Meo, Sheridan Smith, Rob Rouse, O-T Fagbenle, and Fiona Wass in Grownups (2006)
      Grownups
      4.9
      TV Series
      • location camera
      • 2006
    • Mark Steel in The Mark Steel Lectures (2003)
      The Mark Steel Lectures
      8.6
      TV Series
      • lighting camera
      • 2006
    • Sony Ericsson Christmas Calling: The Soundtrack to Your Season
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2005
    • Jeremy Clarkson, James May, and Richard Hammond in Top Gear (2002)
      Top Gear
      8.7
      TV Series
      • film camera
      • 2003–2004
    • The Bunk Bed Boys
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2004
    • Ryan Cartwright, Martin Freeman, Ken Morley, Peter Serafinowicz, and Susan Earl in Hardware (2003)
      Hardware
      6.9
      TV Series
      • location camera
      • location camera operator
      • 2003–2004
    • Crisis Command (2004)
      Crisis Command
      7.4
      TV Series
      • lighting director
      • 2004

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Jamie Cairney BSC
    • Children
      • Olive Cairney

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