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Mark Payne-Gill

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'The Meerkats' a family remarkably like your own... An inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all.
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The Meerkats (2008)
Mark Payne-Gill is known for Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions (2009), Earth at Night in Color (2020) and Winged Planet (2012).
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      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions (2009)
    Swarm: Nature's Incredible Invasions
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Earth at Night in Color (2020)
    Earth at Night in Color
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    Winged Planet (2012)
    Winged Planet
    8.6
    TV Movie
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2012
    Paul Bettany in Creation (2009)
    Creation
    6.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Angela Bassett in Queens (2024)
      Queens
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Frozen Planet II (2022)
      Frozen Planet II
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Super/Natural (2022)
      Super/Natural
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Our Great National Parks (2022)
      Our Great National Parks
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2022
    • Life in Colour (2021)
      Life in Colour
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Earth at Night in Color (2020)
      Earth at Night in Color
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Dreamflight (2020)
      Dreamflight
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Earth's Tropical Islands (2020)
      Earth's Tropical Islands
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2020
    • 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
      • photography
      • 2000–2019
    • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
      Seven Worlds One Planet
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Hostile Planet (2019)
      Hostile Planet
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Barry Humphries in Magical Land of Oz (2019)
      Magical Land of Oz
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Springwatch (2005)
      Springwatch
      8.2
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2009–2018
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2010–2018
    • The Lake District: A Wild Year (2017)
      The Lake District: A Wild Year
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • photography
      • 2017

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Claire Foy in H Is for Hawk (2025)
      H Is for Hawk
      6.6
      • 'b' camera operator
      • wildlife cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Steve Backshall in Deadly Predators (2022)
      Deadly Predators
      6.9
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2022
    • Earth at Night in Color (2020)
      Earth at Night in Color
      8.2
      TV Series
      • principal photography
      • 2021
    • 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
      • 2018–2020
    • 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
      • principal photography
      • 2018
    • South Korea: Earth's Hidden Wilderness (2018)
      South Korea: Earth's Hidden Wilderness
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • additional photography
      • 2018
    • Planet Earth II (2016)
      Planet Earth II
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • Born in China (2016)
      Born in China
      7.2
      • additional photography
      • 2016
    • SuperNature - Wild Flyers (2016)
      SuperNature - Wild Flyers
      7.9
      TV Series
      • photography
      • 2016
    • Harvest
      TV Series
      • camera
      • 2015
    • Nature's Greatest Dancers (2015)
      Nature's Greatest Dancers
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2015
    • Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals (2014)
      Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • additional photography
      • 2014
    • How the Universe Works (2010)
      How the Universe Works
      8.9
      TV Series
      • additional camera
      • 2014
    • Hive Alive
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • camera
      • 2014
    • Black Car Home (2013)
      Black Car Home
      7.5
      Short
      • wildlife photography
      • 2013

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