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Charlie Hamilton-James

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Charlie Hamilton-James is known for Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024), One Life (2011) and Natural World (1983). He has been married to Philippa Forrester since July 2004. They have three children.
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 4 wins & 9 nominations total

    Known for

    Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)
    Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
    8.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 2024
    One Life (2011)
    One Life
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011
    Natural World (1983)
    Natural World
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer(as Charlie Hamilton James)
    A Bear's-Eye View of Yellowstone
    Video
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story (2024)
      Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
      8.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • 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
      • Cinematographer
      • filmed by (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2007–2016
    • Springwatch (2005)
      Springwatch
      8.2
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2012
    • Nature's Microworlds (2012)
      Nature's Microworlds
      8.1
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2012
    • Planet Earth Live (2012)
      Planet Earth Live
      7.7
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2012
    • Winterwatch (2012)
      Winterwatch
      8.0
      TV Series
      • photography (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2012
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • filmed by (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2007–2011
    • Autumnwatch (2006)
      Autumnwatch
      7.7
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2010
    • Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (2002)
      Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2008

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • 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
      • additional photography
      • 2017
    • Yellowstone: Wildest Winter to Blazing Summer (2017)
      Yellowstone: Wildest Winter to Blazing Summer
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • wildlife photography
      • 2017
    • A Bear's-Eye View of Yellowstone
      Video
      • photographer
      • 2016
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • Africa (2013)
      Africa
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2013
    • One Life (2011)
      One Life
      7.9
      • photography
      • 2011
    • Halcyon River Diaries
      9.0
      TV Series
      • camera operator (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2010
    • Simon King's Shetland Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • specialist camera
      • 2010
    • Life (2009)
      Life
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2009
    • The Nature of Britain (2007)
      The Nature of Britain
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator: additional photography
      • 2007
    • The Life of Mammals (2002)
      The Life of Mammals
      9.1
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator: additional photography
      • 2003
    • Samantha Bond in The Hunt (2001)
      The Hunt
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • wildlife photographer
      • 2001
    • Big Cat Diary (1996)
      Big Cat Diary
      8.7
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 1998

    Producer

    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2002–2014
    • Halcyon River Diaries
      9.0
      TV Series
      • series producer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2010
    • 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
      • executive producer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2009
    • Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (2002)
      Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
      8.2
      TV Series
      • producer (as Charlie Hamilton James)
      • 2008
    • An Otter in the Family
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2007

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Charlie Hamilton-Jones
    • Spouse
      • Philippa ForresterJuly 2004 - present (3 children)

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Lives with wife, TV presenter Philippa Forrester and their sons Fred Brian William Hamilton-James (b. 2000), Angus Hamilton-James (b. October 2003) and Arthur Hamilton-James (b. 2007).

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