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Sam McCurdy

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Sam McCurdy is known for Shōgun (2024), Doomsday (2008) and The Descent (2005).
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun (2024)
    Shōgun
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Lee-Anne Liebenberg and Rhona Mitra in Doomsday (2008)
    Doomsday
    5.9
    • Cinematographer
    • 2008
    Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, Nora-Jane Noone, and MyAnna Buring in The Descent (2005)
    The Descent
    7.2
    • Cinematographer
    • 2005
    Dog Soldiers (2002)
    Dog Soldiers
    6.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Man of Tomorrow
      • director of photography
      • Post-production
      • 2027
    • Emperor
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • 2027
    • Dee Bradley Baker and John Cena in Peacemaker (2022)
      Peacemaker
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022–2025
    • Jurnee Smollett and Taron Egerton in Smoke (2025)
      Smoke
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun (2024)
      Shōgun
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Ren Watabe, Anders Holm, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, and Mari Yamamoto in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
      Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Carnival Row (2019)
      Carnival Row
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2023
    • Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Lost in Space (2018)
      Lost in Space
      7.3
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018–2021
    • Pennyworth (2019)
      Pennyworth
      7.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Daniel Wu in Into the Badlands (2015)
      Into the Badlands
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018–2019
    • Dark Heart (2016)
      Dark Heart
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • David Morrissey, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Annabel Scholey, and Eleanor Worthington-Cox in Britannia (2017)
      Britannia
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Le Mans: 3D (2017)
      Le Mans: 3D
      8.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Le Mans: Racing Is Everything (2017)
      Le Mans: Racing Is Everything
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017
    • Malcolm Barrett, Abigail Spencer, Goran Visnjic, Matt Lanter, Claudia Doumit, and Sheldon Landry in Timeless (2016)
      Timeless
      7.6
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2016
    • David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike in A United Kingdom (2016)
      A United Kingdom
      6.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • Rise (2016)
      Rise
      6.7
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Dee Bradley Baker and John Cena in Peacemaker (2022)
      Peacemaker
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography: plate & action unit
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2022
    • TT3D: Closer to the Edge (2011)
      TT3D: Closer to the Edge
      7.9
      • director of photography: second unit
      • 2011
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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      Member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) since 2009, and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) since 2022.

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