Born: ?, as Nicholas D. Knowland.

Career: Ph commercials dir by Anthea Benton [for Sony], Paul Arden [for BMW], Brothers Quay, Robert Golden, Andy Wilson, Luke Forsythe [for BBC Radio 2], Thomas Krygier [for Toyota], a.o. Ph music videos: 'Things Can Only Get Better' [1985, Nigel Dick; a: Howard Jones; cph: David Bridges], 'Dumb' [d: Liam Kan & Grant Hodgson; a: The Beautiful South], 'Baby Blue' [d: Patricia Murphy; a: Emiliana Torrini], 'Dancing with Tears in My Eyes', etc.

Awards: Sitges IFF Award [1995] for 'Institute Benjamenta'; RTS Award 'Best Drama Lighting' [1996] & BAFTA TV Award [1996] for 'The Final Passage'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1999] for 'Simon Magus'.

Website: Nic Knowland

1968        Matisse - A Sort of Paradise [Lawrence Gowing & John Jones] c; doc/30m

1968        Olimpiada en México/The Olympics in Mexico [Alberto Isaac] ts/c; doc/240; cph: Rafael Corkidi, Jean-Jacques Flori,

                    Tony Imi, Walter Lassally, Brian Probyn, Harvey Harrison, a.o.

1969        Honeymoon/Bed-In/Yoko and John: The Bed-In [John Lennon & Yoko Ono] 16mm/?; doc/61m

1969        Grounds for Suspicion [Bob Kellett] c; comm doc/23m; for Coffee Promotion Council

1969        Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising [Dick Fontaine] ?; exp short/58m

1970        Apotheosis [John Lennon & Yoko Ono] c; doc/18m

1970        Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival [Murray Lerner] c; rock doc/127m; cph: Charles Stewart, Norman

                    Langley, Jack Hazan, a.o.; released in 1997

1970        Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight [Murray Lerner] c; rock doc/102m; cph: Jack Hazan, Norman

                    Langley, a.o.; released in 2001

1970        Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival [Murray Lerner] c/V; doc/85m; cph: Jack Hazan, Norman

                    Langley, Richard Stanley, a.o.

1970        Love and Music/Stamping Ground [Hansjürgen Pohland & George Sluizer] c; mus doc/101m; cph: Jan de Bont, Theo

                    van de Sande, Paul van den Bos, Mat van Hensbergen, a.o.; aph: Jan Oonk

1970        A Horse Called Nijinsky [Jo Durden-Smith] c; doc/55m; cph: Clive Tickner, Ivan Strasburg, Peter Hannan, a.o.

1970        Reggae [Horace Ové] 16mm/c; mus doc/60m; cph: Michael Davis, William Brayne & Alan Moore; shortened version aired by BBC-tv (1971)

1971        Secrets/Adultery [Philip Saville] s16/c; cph: Harry Hart

1971        St. Adolf II [Lionel Miskin] 16mm/c; doc/20m; cph: Guido Noth

1971        Henry Moore - The Sculptor [Julius Kohanyi] 16mm/c; doc/24m; cph: Leslie Kaskoto

1972        Born to Boogie [Ringo Starr] c; mus doc/67m; cph: Mike Dodds, Richard Starkey (= Ringo Starr), a.o.

1972        The Alf Garnett Saga [Bob Kellett] c

1972        Imagine [John Lennon & Yoko Ono] c; doc/81m; cph UK; ph USA: Steve Gebhardt, a.o.; ph Japan: Tom Basalaoi; party ph: Jonas Mekas

1973        Know the British [Richard Parfitt] c; comm doc/28m

1973        Turning/Dervishes [Diane Cilento] 16mm/c; doc/47m; cph: Barry Hale & Bryan Loftus

1975        Building the Industrial Revolution [Mick Gold] 16mm/c; comm doc/40m

1975        Our Business Is Fun [Michael Whyte] 16mm/c; doc/60m

1976        The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle [Julien Temple] c; mus doc/104m; cph: Adam Barker-Mill, Mike Molloy, John Metcalfe,

                    a.o.; filmed 1976-78

1976        The Making of an Epic: Mohammad Messenger of God [prod: Geoffrey Helman] c; doc/45m; cph: Mike Delaney & Geoff Mulligan

1977        Europe After the Rain [: Dada and Surrealism] [Mick Gold] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/88m; cph: Derek Waterman

1977        Umbrellas in the Sun [Barry Chattington] c; comm doc/23m; for Barclays Bank

1977        Career Close Up [Frank Cvitanovich] 16mm/c; comm doc/16m; for Barclays Bank

1977        The Housewarming [Piers Jessop] c; comm short/26m; for British Gas

1977        Dinner with the Family [Piers Jessop] c; comm short/26m; for British Gas

1977        The Kids Are Alright [Jeff Stein] b&w-c; mus doc/101m; co-c.op; ph: Tony Richmond, Norman Warwick & Peter Nevard

1978        The Alternative Miss World/Gay Confessions [Richard Gayor] c; doc/90m; cph: Clive Tickner, Mike Davis, Mike

                    Dodds, a.o.; lighting dir: Stephen Goldblatt

1978        Hobbs's Choice [Lyn Gambles] c; doc/28m

1978        British Steel - Can We Help You? [Derek Banham] c; comm doc/22m; cph: Mike Garfath

1979        Vital Statistics [Gina Newson] 16mm/c; doc/42m; cph: Chris Morphet, Diane Tammes & Jeff Baynes; in 1981 ep (+ add

                    footage) of BBC-tv series 'Man Alive'

1979        From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China [Murray Lerner] c; doc/83m; cph: David Bridges & Nick Doob; addph: Robert Achs

1979        A Family Affair [Piers Jessop] c; comm doc/26m; for British Gas

1979        Recluse [Bob Bentley] c; short/29m

1979        The Spirit of Warrington [Lindsay Dale] 16mm/c; comm doc/15m; for Greenall's Brewery

1979        Derek and Clive Get the Horn [Russell Mulcahy] c; doc/89m

1980        Anti-Clock [Jane Arden & Jack Bond] v/b&w-c; cph: Mike Davis

1980        Schiele in Prison [Mick Gold] 16mm/c; dram doc/48m; cph: Derek Waterman & Dave Bridges

1980        Beaubourg [Denis Postle] 16mm/c; doc/52m; cph: Dave Bridges, Jeff Baynes & Chris Evans

1980        You Can't Hurry Love - Son of Stiff Tour Movie [Jeff Baynes] 16mm/c; concert film/55m; co-addph; ph: J. Baynes

1981        The Animals Film [Victor Schonfeld & Myriam Alaux] 16mm/b&w-c; doc/130m; co-loc ph UK; ph: Kevin Keating

1981        Norwegian American Cruises - 'Dreamboat' [Lindsay Dale] c; comm doc/22m

1981        Take It or Leave It [Dave Robinson] c; mus doc/87m

1984        Housing Solutions [Derek Banham] ?; comm doc/?m; for British Gas

1984        A Penguin Cafe Orchestra Concert [Margaret Williams] c; concert film/57m

1986        Playing Away [Horace Ové] 16mm-35bu/c

1986        Ping Pong [Po Chih Leong] c

1987        Testimony [Tony Palmer] p/b&w; 157m

1987        Voices and Visions [ep #4 'T.S. Eliot' dir by Lawrence Pitkethly (LP), #8 'Marianne Moore: In Her Own Image' dir by

                    Jeffrey Schon & #9 'Sylvia Plath' dir by LP] 13-part doc series/16mm (prod 1983-87); co-addph (#8); ph (#8): Mark

                    Trottenberg; cph (#9): Bob Chappell

1989        The Children [Tony Palmer] c; aph: Henry Braham

1991        Immaculate Conception [Jamil Dehlavi] c

1991        Wild West [David Attwood] c

1993        [Peter Gabriel] Secret World Live [François Girard & Robert Lepage] c/V; concert film/102m; co-c.op; ph: Peter Sinclair

1994        Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life [Brothers Quay] b&w; anim ph: Brothers Quay

1997        Jinnah - Quaid-E-Azam [Jamil Dehlavi] c

1997        Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace/Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace [George Lucas] scope/c; uncred

                    pick-ups ph; ph: David Tattersall

1997        [Andrew Lloyd Webber's] Cats [David Mallet] s16/c/V; musical/120m; add c.op: Dick Pope, John Simmons, Jeff

                    Baynes, John Metcalfe, a.o.

1998        Ray-Gun Fun [Simon Pummell] BetaSP/c; live action + anim/11m

1998        Simon Magus [- A Tale from a Vanished World] [Ben Hopkins] s35/c; addph: Stewart Hadley

1999        Gimme Some Truth [: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album] [Andrew Solt & Jonas Mekas] c/V; mus

                    doc/60m; cph UK; USA ph: Bob Butterfly; + archive footage

1999        Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [David Mallet] s16/c/V; musical/76m; co-lighting des

1999        [Andrew Lloyd Webber's] Jesus Christ Superstar [Nick Morris & Gale Edwards] s16/c/V; rock musical/107m

1999        The Filth and the Fury [Julien Temple] c; mus doc/108m; re-edited version of 'The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle', 1976, +

                    new material; all film shot between 1975-79

2000        Je t'aime John Wayne [Toby MacDonald] b&w; short/10m

2000        Trick of the Light [Teresa McCann] c; short/12m

2000        Al's Lads/Capone's Boys [Richard Standeven] c; optical ph: Martin Body

2001        Mexicano [Toby MacDonald] c; short/15m

2003        Red Light Runners [Nick Egan] c

2004        The Piano Tuner of EarthQuakes [Brothers Quay] HD-to-35mm scope/c

2005        Infinite Justice [Jamil Dehlavi] HD/c; cph: Tony Miller; addph: Joe Dyer

2005        Insomnia [Jo Cammack & Isabel Rocamora] HD/c; dance film/6m

2005        Vagabond Shoes [Jackie Oudney] c; short/18m

2007        Horizon of Exile [Isabel Rocamora] s16/c; dance film/22m

2008        Promise of Fallen Time [Isabel Rocamora] dv/c; dance film/18m

1968        Grosvenor Square Demonstration [exec prod: David Plowright] doc/30m; cph: Mike Dodds, Ian Wilson & Norman

                    Roundell; ep Granada-tv series 'World in Action', 1963-98

1968        All Change at Newry [?] doc/?m; cph: Jack Hazan, a.o.; ep series 'World in Action'

1968        Rape [John Lennon & Yoko Ono] tvm/b&w/77m/16mm; + small part (voice only)

1969        It's All in the Game I'n It? [Tom Clegg] doc/?m; ep series 'Sports Arena'

1971        Lucky [prod: John Goldschmidt] doc/30m; ep series 'World in Action'

1972        Harry's Out [prod: Ken Ashton] doc/?m

1972        The Dead End Lads [prod: John Goldschmidt] doc/30m

1972        On Site [Allan Segal] doc/30m; cph: Mike Dodds, Jack Hazan, a.o.; ep series 'World in Action'

1973        Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear [Michael Whyte] doc/52m

1975        Britain on the Brink? [prod: Francis Megahy, a.o.] doc/55m; cph: Chris Menges

1975        This Britain: Heritage of the Sea [Terry Sanders] National Geographic Special/60m; co-addph; ph: Erik Daarstad

1976        Bold as Brass [Revel Guest] mus doc/?m; cph: Tony Impey, a.o.

1979        Death of a Princess [Antony Thomas] dram doc/115m/16mm; UK ph; Arabia ph: Ivan Strasburg

1979        A Time There Was... A Profile of Benjamin Britten [Tony Palmer] mus doc/102m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1979        Doctors [Denis Postle] doc/54m; cph: Christopher Morphet

1980        Death in Venice [Tony Palmer] opera/132m

1980        At the Haunted End of the Day [- A Profile of Sir William Walton] [- The Life of Sir William Walton] [Tony

                    Palmer] mus doc/100m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1981        A Conductor at Work - Claudio Abbado [Jeremy Marre] mus doc/51m; cph: Chris Morphet

1981        Wagner [Tony Palmer] 10-part miniseries (300m & 540m); addph; ph: Vittorio Storaro; also cinema version

1982        Medieval England - The Peasants' Revolt [John Irvin] tvm/31m/16mm; lighting; ep series 'The History Makers'

1982        Laurence Olivier - A Life [Bob Bee] 2-part ep for LWT series 'The South Bank Show'; cph: Chris O'Dell, Les Young, a.o.

1983        Spandau Ballet Over Britain [Nic Knowland] concert film/31m; ep BBC-tv series 'Rock Around the Clock'

1983        The Last Day of Summer [Derek Banham] tvm/54m/16mm

1983        Four American Composers [Peter Greenaway] 4-part ('John Cage', 'Meredith Monk', 'Philip Glass' & 'Robert Ashley')

                    mus doc series/4x 55m/16mm; cph: Curtis Clark

1984        Design Matters [various] doc series, 1983-87; for Channel 4

1984        God Rot Tunbridge Wells! [Tony Palmer] tvm/130m

1985        Rhythm of Resistance: Black South African Music [Jeremy Marre & Chris Austin] mus doc/60m; ep Channel 4

                    series 'Beats of the Heart'; or filmed 1978

1986        Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna [Marvin Chomsky] 2-part tvm

1986        Tina Turner: Break Every Rule/Tina! [David Mallet] mus perf/51m

1987        Maria Callas - La Divina: A Portrait/Maria Callas: An Operatic Biography [Tony Palmer] b&w-c; doc/90m; cph:

                    Max Marrable; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show'

1987        The Murder of Mary Phagan [Billy Hale] 2-part tvm

1988        In From the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton [Tony Palmer] doc/b&w-c/105m; cph: Simon Archer

1988        Prisoners of Childhood [Midge Mackenzie] 4-part doc series

1988        Around the World in 80 Days [Buzz Kulik] 3-part miniseries; 2uc: Jacques Renoir

1989        Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men [Vijay Amarnani] dance film with the DV8 Physical Theatre/50m/b&w; ep LWT

                    series 'The South Bank Show'

1990        Menuhin: A Family Portrait [Tony Palmer] doc/b&w-c/105m; cph: Simon Archer, Peter Bartlett, Witold Stok & David Findlay

1990        Orchestra! [Declan Lowney] 9-part mus perf series for Channel 4 (1991)

1990        Separate But Equal [George Stevens Jr.] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Mark Gerard

1992        The Dying of the Light [Peter Kosminsky] tvm

1992        Barbarians at the Gate [Glenn Jordan] tvm; cph: Thomas Del Ruth

1992        Turnim Hed [James Bates] doc/52m; cph: Alan R. Wright; also ep (30m) of Channel 4 series 'Sound Stuff'

1992        The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [Milfid Ellis] dance film/15m; ep BBC-tv series 'Dance for the Camera'

1992        Strange Fish [David Hinton] dance film with the DV8 Physical Theatre/60m

1992        Complex of Fear [Brian Grant] tvm

1992        I, Berlioz... [Tony Palmer] tvm/88m; ep LWT series 'The South Bank Show' (1993)

1993        Closing Numbers [Stephen Whittaker] tvm; 2uc: John Simmons

1993        Day of Reckoning [Brian Grant] tvm

1993        Concerto! [Barbara Willis Sweete, Larry Weinstein & Niv Fichman] 6-part mus perf series; cph: David Scott

1993        Warrior Marks [Pratibha Parmar] doc/54m; cph: Jeff Baynes; ep Channel 4 series 'Critical Eye', 1990-94

1993        Late Flowering Lust [David Hinton] tvm/55m

1994        Alice in Wonderland [prod: Eugenia Vink] doc/60m; ep series 'Great Books'

1994        The War of the Worlds [Dale Minor] doc/b&w-c/50m; addph: Ivan Craig, Gary Grieg, Vic Losick & Erich Roland; ep series 'Great Books'

1994        Two by Dove [David Hinton] dance special/50m; dance ph; doc ph: Mead Hunt; ep BBC2-series '2 Dance' (1996)

1994        Verdi [- A Life in Two Parts] [Barrie Gavin & David Alden (dir opera scenes)] 2-part mus doc; cph: Manfred Lowack

1994        Bugs [ep #1 'Out of the Hive' dir by Brian Farnham (BF), #3 'All Under Control' dir by BF, #4 'Down Among the Dead Men'

                    dir by Andrew Grieve (AG), #5 'Shotgun Wedding' dir by AG & #7 'Manna from Heaven' dir by BF] 40-part series,

                    1995-99; 1st season, 1995; other ph: Chris Howard

1995        England, My England [Tony Palmer] tvm/154m

1995        Bliss [Marc Evans] pilot; followed by 4-part series (1996; ph: Robin Vidgeon)

1995        Nervous Energy [Jean Stewart] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two'

1995        The Final Passage [Peter Hall] 2-part tvm

1996        Bugs [ep #12 '...Must Come Down' dir by Brian Farnham] 2nd season, 1996; other ph: Chris Howard & Nigel Slatter; see 1995

1996        Crime Traveller [ep #2 'Death in the Family', #4 'The Revenge of the Chronology Protection Hypothesis', #5 'Sins of the

                    Father' & #8 'The Broken Crystal' dir by Rick Stroud] 8-part series, 1997; other ph: Colin Munn

1996        The Fragile Heart [Patrick Lau] 3-part miniseries

1998        Night Work [Miranda Pennell] dance film/14m; ep BBC-tv series 'Sound on Film'

1998        Storm Damage [Simon Cellan Jones] tvm

1999        4 Dance [ep 'Duet - Variations for the Convalescence of 'A'' (16m) dir by the Brothers Quay & 'Critical Mass' dir by David

                    Hinton] series for Channel 4

1999        Rome: Power & Glory [Graham Townsley, a.o.] 6-part doc series; cph: Michael Mayers; addph: Lucy Bristow, Tony Miller, a.o.

1999        Warriors/Peacekeepers [Peter Kosminsky] 2-part tvm/s16; addph; ph: Richard Greatrex

2001        Tattoo [Miranda Pennell] dance film/9m/b&w; ep BBC-tv series 'Dance for the Camera'

2002        Concert for George [David Leland] concert film/146m/HD; co-cameraman; ph: Chris Menges

2005        Macbeth [Mark Brozel] tvm; ep of 4-part BBC-tv 'ShakespeaRe-Told'-series

2005        Marple: The Sittaford Mystery [Paul Unwin] tvm; ep ITV/PBS-tv series 'Marple/Agatha Christie's Miss Marple', 2004-present; 2nd series

2007        Wire in the Blood [ep #19 'The Colour of Amber' dir by Peter Hoar] 31-part series, 2002-08; 5th series, 2007

2007        Robin Hood [ep #25 'A Good Day to Die' dir by David Evans (DE) & #26 'We Are Robin Hood' dir by DE] 39-part series,

                    2006-09; 2nd season; other ph: Nic Morris, Simon Kossoff, Paul Bond, a.o.; for BBC1-tv

2008        Criminal Justice [ep #4 & #5 dir by Luke Watson] 10-part series, 2008-09; 1st season, 2008; other ph: Eric Maddison (3 ep)

2008        O, Fortuna! [- Carl Orff & Carmina Burana] [- The True Story of Carl Orff and Carmina Burana] [Tony Palmer]

                    mus doc/115m; cph: Felix Bauer & David Marsh

2008        Silent Witness [ep #87-88 'The Lost Child' dir by Dudi Appleton & #89-90 'Finding Rachel' dir by Tim Fywell] series, 1996-present; 12th season, 2008

2008        Survivors [John Alexander] 6-part miniseries; other ph: Tony Miller, Graham Frake, a.o.