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Dirk Nel

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Actor
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Dirk Nel is known for A Plea for Grimsby (2015), The Calculus of Love (2011) and How the Earth Changed History (2010).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    A Plea for Grimsby (2015)
    A Plea for Grimsby
    6.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2015
    The Calculus of Love (2011)
    The Calculus of Love
    6.7
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2011
    How the Earth Changed History (2010)
    How the Earth Changed History
    8.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    America: The Story of the US (2010)
    America: The Story of the US
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Patriots
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Family Plot
      • Cinematographer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • True Haunting (2025)
      True Haunting
      6.0
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2025
    • Flight 422 (2023)
      Flight 422
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2023
    • Born to Be the King (2022)
      Born to Be the King
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • photography
      • 2022
    • Redemption (2022)
      Redemption
      7.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • John Simm and Richie Campbell in Grace (2021)
      Grace
      7.4
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2022
    • Bill Fellows in Between Worlds (2021)
      Between Worlds
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Whitstable Pearl (2021)
      Whitstable Pearl
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Life (2020)
      Life
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Anna Friel in Marcella (2016)
      Marcella
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Secrets Unlocked (2019)
      Secrets Unlocked
      6.8
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2020
    • Entrance No Exit (2020)
      Entrance No Exit
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Sunetra Sarker, Jo Joyner, Poppy Lee Friar, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Samuel Bottomley, and Sam Retford in Ackley Bridge (2017)
      Ackley Bridge
      7.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Carol (2019)
      Carol
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Jesus: His Life (2019)
      Jesus: His Life
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Vera (2011)
      Vera
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • John Goodman, Noma Dumezweni, Michaela Coel, and Emmanuel Imani in Black Earth Rising (2018)
      Black Earth Rising
      7.5
      TV Series
      • director of photography: Ep1, Ep 8
      • 2018
    • Space's Deepest Secrets (2016)
      Space's Deepest Secrets
      8.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2016–2017
    • Horizon (1964)
      Horizon
      8.5
      TV Series
      • camera
      • camera operator
      • 2005–2016
    • Grayson Perry in Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (2014)
      Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
      8.1
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2014
    • Britten's Endgame (2013)
      Britten's Endgame
      TV Movie
      • additional cameras
      • 2013
    • Jo Brand and Alan Yentob in Imagine (2003)
      Imagine
      7.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2012
    • Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
      Andrew Marr's History of the World
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography: drama unit
      • 2012
    • Stephen Hawking's Grand Design (2012)
      Stephen Hawking's Grand Design
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2012
    • Curiosity (2011)
      Curiosity
      7.7
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Too Fast to Be a Woman? The Story of Caster Semenya
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • Baking Made Easy (2011)
      Baking Made Easy
      8.6
      TV Series
      • camera operator
      • 2011
    • America: The Story of the US (2010)
      America: The Story of the US
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2010
    • How the Earth Changed History (2010)
      How the Earth Changed History
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator
      • 2010
    • Joanna Lumley in Joanna Lumley: Catwoman (2009)
      Joanna Lumley: Catwoman
      7.3
      TV Series
      • additional camera operator
      • 2009
    • Heston Blumenthal in Heston's Feasts (2009)
      Heston's Feasts
      8.4
      TV Series
      • photographer
      • 2009

    Actor

    • James Dreyfus in Being Considered (2000)
      Being Considered
      5.4
      • German Tourist
      • 2000

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Dirk J. Nel

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