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Mike Eley

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Documentary chronicling the tragic events that occurred in the North Sea on board the Piper Alpha rig in July 1988, in what was the world's deadliest offshore oil disaster. It was a cataclysm that killed 167 men and left only 61 survivors. Emotional testimonies, archive footage and dramatic reconstructions show how survivors, against all odds, escaped the inferno - including those who were forced to jump from the 175ft high Helideck into the sea below.
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Fire in the Night (2013)
Mike Eley is known for United 93 (2006), Our Kind of Traitor (2016) and Notting Hill (1999).
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    • Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    United 93 (2006)
    United 93
    7.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2006
    Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
    Our Kind of Traitor
    6.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2016
    Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill (1999)
    Notting Hill
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 1999
    Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Dev Patel in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
    7.2
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Prima Facie
      • director of photography
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • My Duchess
      • Cinematographer
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Albion
      • director of photography
      • Post-production
    • Andrew Scott in Elsinore (2026)
      Elsinore
      8.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2026
    • Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, and Alun Armstrong in The Choral (2025)
      The Choral
      6.4
      • director of photography (as Mike Eley BSC)
      • 2025
    • Ciarán Hinds, Jason Isaacs, and Maxine Peake in Words of War (2025)
      Words of War
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Bill Nighy, Sheyi Cole, Callum Scott Howells, Beckett Handley, Leo Hamilton, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Kit Young, Daniel Attwell, and Micheal Ward in The Beautiful Game (2024)
      The Beautiful Game
      6.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Alice Lowe, Amaka Okafor, Aisling Bea, and Jayde Adams in Greatest Days (2023)
      Greatest Days
      5.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Ralph Fiennes in Four Quartets (2022)
      Four Quartets
      6.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Rosamund Pike and Chris O'Dowd in State of the Union (2019)
      State of the Union
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019–2022
    • Beat the Devil (2021)
      Beat the Devil
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Kelly Preston, Sally Phillips, Jenny Seagrove, and Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips in Off the Rails (2021)
      Off the Rails
      5.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan in The Dig (2021)
      The Dig
      7.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent in The Duke (2020)
      The Duke
      6.9
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Liam Neeson and Micheál Neeson in Made in Italy (2020)
      Made in Italy
      6.0
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Kate Winslet, Rainn Wilson, and Mia Wasikowska in Blackbird (2019)
      Blackbird
      6.6
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Oleg Ivenko in The White Crow (2018)
      The White Crow
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain in Woman Walks Ahead (2017)
      Woman Walks Ahead
      6.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Ralph Fiennes, Mark Addy, Roger Allam, and Alun Armstrong in The Choral (2025)
      The Choral
      6.4
      • camera operator: 'a' camera (as Mike Eley BSC)
      • 2025
    • Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent in The Duke (2020)
      The Duke
      6.9
      • 'a' camera operator (uncredited)
      • 2020
    • Rocks (2019)
      Rocks
      7.4
      • additional cinematographer: beach scenes
      • 2019
    • Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Naomie Harris, and Damian Lewis in Our Kind of Traitor (2016)
      Our Kind of Traitor
      6.3
      • additional director of photography
      • 2016
    • Tony McCoy in Being AP (2015)
      Being AP
      6.6
      • additional camera
      • 2015
    • Clive Owen and Andrea Riseborough in Shadow Dancer (2012)
      Shadow Dancer
      6.2
      • additional photography
      • 2012
    • Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, and Dev Patel in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011)
      The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
      7.2
      • director of photography: London
      • 2011
    • James Ransone in Generation Kill (2008)
      Generation Kill
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2008
    • United 93 (2006)
      United 93
      7.6
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2006
    • Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, and Bill Nighy in Love Actually (2003)
      Love Actually
      7.5
      • documentary cameraman: kissing footage
      • 2003
    • Love Again (2003)
      Love Again
      8.3
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2003
    • Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)
      Mike Bassett: England Manager
      6.8
      • camera operator
      • 2001
    • Joseph Fiennes, Anne Brochet, Nikolina Kujaca, Adrian Lester, and David Wenham in Dust (2001)
      Dust
      6.3
      • second unit cinematographer
      • 2001
    • F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote, Allison Argo, David Attenborough, Paul Christie, John Benjamin Hickey, Howard McGillin, George Page, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Nora Young, Toby Leonard Moore, and Chris Morgan in Nature (1982)
      Nature
      8.9
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2000
    • Space (2000)
      Space
      TV Series
      • additional photography (as Michael Eley)
      • 2000

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • James Ransone in Generation Kill (2008)
      Generation Kill
      8.4
      TV Mini Series
      • second unit director
      • 2008

    Videos5

    HBO Films in Production: Grey Gardens
    Interview 1:44
    HBO Films in Production: Grey Gardens
    Touching the Void
    Trailer 1:10
    Touching the Void
    Touching the Void
    Trailer 1:10
    Touching the Void
    Fire in the Night
    Trailer 1:53
    Fire in the Night
    Inside Grey Gardens
    Featurette 3:33
    Inside Grey Gardens
    Clip #1
    Promo 0:32
    Clip #1

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Mike Eley BSC

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      Member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) since 2010.

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