Brendan McGinty

cinematographer

A Red Collective film about Brendan.

Brendan McGinty is an award-winning cinematographer whose work encompasses dramas, commercials and landmark documentaries. The dynamic blending of these distinct photographic approaches has created a series of groundbreaking and award-winning films. Along the way he has worked with a wide range of A-list talent including, David Attenborough, Will Smith, Barack Obama, Darren Aronofsky, Terry Jones, Jeremy Wade and Steven Hawking among many others. Whether filming Lily Cole or Olivia Cooke in a period drama, or Will Smith on a volcano, jungle or glacier, Brendan brings a unique photographic alchemy to his work and is known for capturing both the personality of these artists together with the light, scale and beauty of even the most extreme of environments.

 His work on ‘The Secret Life of Twins’ received the Royal Television Society Award for Cinematography, and he also won Best Cinematography for his work on ‘The Number’ at San Gio Verona Film Festival.  His just released ‘The Devil on Trial’ is listed for BAFTA consideration for its cinematography and he has been Emmy nominated for his Netflix ‘Hidden Life’ series. ‘The Wonders of the Universe’ with Brian Cox was nominated for a BAFTA , while ‘Miracles of Nature’ with Richard Hammond won at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. His work across David Attenborough's ‘Secrets of Wild India’ was rewarded as winner of the Best Television series at the International Wildlife Film Festival and his cinematography on the Bafta shortlisted ‘3 Sleeps’ has so far earned several ‘Best Film’ awards, all of which adds to a long list of nominations and wins.

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