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Alastair MacEwen

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Producer
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Alastair MacEwen is known for Untamed Americas (2012), One Life (2011) and Great Migrations (2010).
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    Untamed Americas (2012)
    Untamed Americas
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Cinematographer
    One Life (2011)
    One Life
    7.9
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011
    Great Migrations (2010)
    Great Migrations
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer(as Alistair MacEwen)
    Madagascar (2011)
    Madagascar
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Cinematographer

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Trials of the Wild
      • director of photography
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2018
    • Life on Our Planet (2023)
      Life on Our Planet
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • cinematography
      • 2023
    • The Mating Game (2021)
      The Mating Game
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2021
    • A Perfect Planet (2021)
      A Perfect Planet
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Earth's Tropical Islands (2020)
      Earth's Tropical Islands
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photography (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2020
    • Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)
      Seven Worlds One Planet
      9.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Das Wunder der Jahreszeiten (2019)
      Das Wunder der Jahreszeiten
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Hostile Planet (2019)
      Hostile Planet
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • David Attenborough in Our Planet (2019)
      Our Planet
      9.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • 2019
    • Universum (1987)
      Universum
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2018
    • Man v. Animal
      TV Series
      • director of photography (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2017
    • Kingdoms of the Sky (2017)
      Kingdoms of the Sky
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2017
    • Planet Earth II (2016)
      Planet Earth II
      9.4
      TV Mini Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2016
    • The Hunt (2015)
      The Hunt
      9.2
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2015
    • Natural World (1983)
      Natural World
      8.6
      TV Series
      • photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 1989–2014
    • Le peuple miniature (2014)
      Le peuple miniature
      6.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Earth at Night in Color (2020)
      Earth at Night in Color
      8.2
      TV Series
      • principal photography
      • 2021
    • Night on Earth (2020)
      Night on Earth
      8.1
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2020
    • Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
      Earth: One Amazing Day
      7.8
      • camera operator (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2017
    • 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
      • photography
      • camera operator (as Alistair MacEwen, as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2004–2017
    • The Growing Up Pets in Films (2015)
      The Growing Up Pets in Films
      7.1
      • additional photography (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2015
    • Animal Super Parents (2015)
      Animal Super Parents
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2015
    • Nature's Greatest Dancers (2015)
      Nature's Greatest Dancers
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • photography (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2015
    • Bears (2014)
      Bears
      7.3
      • additional photography
      • 2014
    • The Great British Year (2013)
      The Great British Year
      8.3
      TV Mini Series
      • photography (as Alastair MacEwan)
      • 2013
    • Swamplands USA (2013)
      Swamplands USA
      TV Mini Series
      • camera operator (as Alistair MacEwen)
      • 2013
    • North America (2013)
      North America
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • photography
      • 2013
    • Africa (2013)
      Africa
      8.9
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2013
    • Terra Mater (2011)
      Terra Mater
      8.0
      TV Series
      • additional photography
      • 2012
    • Frozen Planet (2011)
      Frozen Planet
      9.0
      TV Mini Series
      • photographer
      • 2011
    • One Life (2011)
      One Life
      7.9
      • photography
      • 2011

    Producer

    • Africa's Paradise of Thorns (1997)
      Africa's Paradise of Thorns
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • associate producer (as Alastair McEwan)
      • 1997

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    • Alternative names
      • Alastair MacEwan

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