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Alan C. McLaughlin

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Writer
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Alan C McLaughlin (also known as Alan McLaughlin) is a Scottish Director of Photography. He is perhaps best known for his work on the film Lost Serenity which earned him the Best Director of Photography accolade at the 2013 British Academy Film and Television Awards Scotland New Talent Awards.

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he continues to live in Scotland whilst consistently working abroad.
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

    Known for

    Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cloud Atlas
    7.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2012
    Lost Serenity (2013)
    Lost Serenity
    8.7
    Short
    • Cinematographer(as Alan McLaughlin)
    • 2013
    Isolani (2017)
    Isolani
    7.0
    • Cinematographer
    • 2017
    Crissy Rock, Kate Rutter, Leanne Best, Gemma Paige North, Nicholas Connor, Max Vento, and Katherine Quinn in Cotton Wool (2017)
    Cotton Wool
    8.7
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • An t-Eilean
      • Cinematographer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Road to Defiance
      • Cinematographer
      • Pre-production
    • The Low Road (2025)
      The Low Road
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Sorcha Groundsell in An t-Eilean (2025)
      An t-Eilean
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2025
    • Sharon Morgan, Carly-Sophia Davies, Kelly Holmes, Gareth Jewell, Lewis Mackinnon, and Jack Parry-Jones in The Sin-Eater (2024)
      The Sin-Eater
      8.6
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Cheese and Onion
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Matriarch (2022)
      Matriarch
      4.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Dance Race (2022)
      Dance Race
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Blown (2021)
      Blown
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Isolani (2021)
      Isolani
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Jessica Hardwick and Hannah Jarrett-Scott in Float (2021)
      Float
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Followers (2021)
      Followers
      3.4
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Zopa - Diamonds Into Dust (2021)
      Zopa - Diamonds Into Dust
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Pawsea (or: The Melancholy Ruminations of a Solitary French Bulldog) (2021)
      Pawsea (or: The Melancholy Ruminations of a Solitary French Bulldog)
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Travelling Dreams
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2021
    • Trilemma (2020)
      Trilemma
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Conor Berry in Schemers (2020)
      Schemers
      5.6
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Angus Macfadyen in Robert the Bruce (2019)
      Robert the Bruce
      5.5
      • camera operator: 'b' camera, Scotland
      • 2019
    • Ella Hunt in Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
      Anna and the Apocalypse
      6.1
      • Camera Operator: VFX Unit
      • 2017
    • Teenage Superstars (2017)
      Teenage Superstars
      7.3
      • additional photography
      • 2017
    • Lost in France (2016)
      Lost in France
      7.2
      • additional camera
      • 2016
    • Meron Getnet and Tizita Hagere in Difret (2014)
      Difret
      6.9
      • 'a' camera operator & b unit dop (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2014
    • Babe (2013)
      Babe
      Short
      • gaffer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • Paul Birchard, Colin Ross Smith, and John Gaffney in Blink (2013)
      Blink
      Short
      • gaffer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • Traitor (2013)
      Traitor
      Short
      • gaffer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • TimeLock (2013)
      TimeLock
      5.8
      • first assistant camera (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • Bryan Larkin in Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013)
      Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz
      5.0
      • director of photography: second unit (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
      Cloud Atlas
      7.3
      • additional director of photography: second unit
      • 2012
    • Daniel Caltagirone, Gary McDonald, Ali Craig, and Nick Nevern in Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
      Outpost: Black Sun
      4.9
      • additional director of photography (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2012

    Writer

    • The Kingdom (2015)
      The Kingdom
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Lost Serenity (2013)
      Lost Serenity
      8.7
      Short
      • writer (as Alan McLaughlin)
      • 2013
    • Pj Barnard in Breakdown (2012)
      Breakdown
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2012
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    • Alternative name
      • Alan McLaughlin

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