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Chris Openshaw

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  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Chris Openshaw is known for Discovery Atlas (2006), Corwin's Quest (2005) and The Masterful Hermit (2016).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Discovery Atlas (2006)
    Discovery Atlas
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Jeff Corwin in Corwin's Quest (2005)
    Corwin's Quest
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    The Masterful Hermit (2016)
    The Masterful Hermit
    8.2
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2016
    The Martians and Us (2006)
    The Martians and Us
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
      The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
      7.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Tsunami: The Wave That Shook the World (2024)
      Tsunami: The Wave That Shook the World
      6.8
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Charles III: The Coronation Year (2023)
      Charles III: The Coronation Year
      7.1
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Daniel Radcliffe and David Holmes in David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023)
      David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
      7.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Explorer (2022)
      Explorer
      6.6
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Heritage Rescue
      8.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • 9/11: Inside the President's War Room (2021)
      9/11: Inside the President's War Room
      7.5
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck (2021)
      Abandoned: Expedition Shipwreck
      6.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2021
    • His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh
      TV Special
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Fiennes: Return to the Nile (2019)
      Fiennes: Return to the Nile
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Alastair Sooke in China's Greatest Treasures (2019)
      China's Greatest Treasures
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Drain the Oceans (2018)
      Drain the Oceans
      7.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Maiden (2018)
      Maiden
      7.8
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Will Smith and Darren Aronofsky in One Strange Rock (2018)
      One Strange Rock
      8.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2018
    • Le Mans: Racing Is Everything (2017)
      Le Mans: Racing Is Everything
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Lucy Letby in The Investigation of Lucy Letby (2026)
      The Investigation of Lucy Letby
      5.5
      • additional photography
      • 2026
    • Jayda G in Blue Carbon: Nature's Hidden Power (2023)
      Blue Carbon: Nature's Hidden Power
      6.8
      • additional cinematography
      • 2023
    • Ancient Empires (2023)
      Ancient Empires
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography: interview unit
      • 2023
    • Colosseum (2022)
      Colosseum
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • interview director of photography
      • 2022
    • The Life of Earth (2019)
      The Life of Earth
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man (2018)
      The First Brit: Secrets of the 10,000 Year Old Man
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • additional photography
      • 2018
    • Steven Spielberg in Spielberg (2017)
      Spielberg
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • additional camera
      • 2017
    • Born in China (2016)
      Born in China
      7.2
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice (2015)
      The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • camera
      • 2015
    • Tony McCoy in Being AP (2015)
      Being AP
      6.6
      • additional camera
      • 2015
    • Horizon (1964)
      Horizon
      8.5
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2002–2014
    • Deadly Islands (2014)
      Deadly Islands
      7.1
      TV Series
      • camera
      • camera operator
      • 2014
    • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
      Nova
      8.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • additional photography
      • 2001–2013
    • Shakespeare: The King's Man (2012)
      Shakespeare: The King's Man
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • camera
      • 2012
    • To Boldly Go
      7.8
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2012

    Visual Effects

    • Battlefields (2001)
      Battlefields
      7.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2001

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      • Christopher Oppenshaw

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