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SEAMUS McGARVEY BSC/ASC/ISC |
Born: 29 June 1967, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.
Education: Polytechnic of Central London [now University of Westminster] [1985-88].
Career: Started as still ph before attending film school in London.
Ph music videos with a: Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, Robbie Williams, Elton John, U2, UB40, Natalie Imbruglia, a.o. Ph commercials dir by Stephen Daldry [for De Beers], Mike Figgis [for Volkswagen], Lucy Blakstad, Richard Heslop, Kieron Walsh, a.o.
Directed music videos.
Member of the BSC since 1998. Member of the ASC since 2008. One of the founding members of the Irish Society of Cinematographers [ISC] [2010].
Was member of the jury of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2004. Was guest in the BBC radio programme 'Back Row' [November 2003]. Received an Honorary Fellowship of the Edinburgh College of Art [2009].
Awards: Royal Television Society Award nom [199?] for 'Skin'; The Royal Photographic Society 'Lumière Award' [2004] for contributions to the art of cinematography; Evening Standard British Film Award [2004] for 'The Hours'; IFTA Award [2005] for 'Sahara'; 'Oscar' AA nom [2007] & BAFTA Film Award nom [2007] for 'Atonement'.
Website: Seamus McGarvey
'It all started in photography as a 13 year old,' says Seamus McGarvey, 'I had a dark room at home in Armagh where I became au fait with the technical aspects and principles of stills. They're the same as cinematography.' In his final year in school, he got into film, thanks to Declan Forde, his art teacher at the Christian Brothers School. 'He lent me a Super 8 camera and I experimented enough to know that's what I wanted to study. The political upheaval cauterized the artistic richness that's historically associated with Armagh. Much as I love the place, it was essential for me to get away. Influences were too limiting and at 17, I was hungry for the wider world. I took a three year film course at the Polytechnic of Central London. Through it I pursued my passion for stills as well as learned about motion.' Luckily for Seamus, Jacek Petrycki, the Polish cinematographer, known for his work with Krzysztof Kieslowski, was over on a teaching sabbatical. 'When Jacek saw my photographs, he became my mentor and encouraged me to concentrate on cinematography.' While at college, McGarvey worked as an usher in the cinemas at the ICA [Institute of Contemporary Art]. 'I was no cinéaste on my arrival in London but I soon made up for it. I got to see all the high art movies and became entranced, especially with Russian and Italian cinema.' After film school, Seamus worked on five Derek Jarman movies and cites his influence as seminal. 'The early years were tough and jobs were scarce. I relied on painting and decorating work to survive. I began to get such pleasure from doing up old houses and getting cash in hand that I seriously considered sticking with that, rather than trying to achieve the film career.' [From interview with Maud Hand on the Ideasfactory Northern Ireland website.]
FILMS |
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1990 |
Memoranda [Mortimer O'Sullivan] 16mm/c; short/10m |
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1991 |
Mad Bad Mortal Beings [Ludmilla Andrews] 16mm/c; short/10m |
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1992 |
The Winding Sheet - A Documentary About Guilt [Karen A. Kelly] 16mm/c; doc/12m; prod Royal College of Art |
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1992 |
Damsel Jam [Sarah Miles] c; doc/13m |
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1993 |
Taking Liberties with Mr. Simpson [David Stewart] b&w-c; short/27m |
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1993 |
Marooned [Jonas Grimås] c; short/20m |
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1994 |
The Take Out [Jamie Thraves] 16mm/c; short/13m |
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1994 |
Skin Tight [John Forte] c; short/15m; cph: Donal Gilligan |
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1994 |
A Sort of Homecoming [Dudi Appleton] c; short/21m |
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1994 |
Butterfly Kiss/Killer on the Road [Michael Winterbottom] b&w-c; originally made as a tvm |
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1994 |
This Charming Man [Meloni Poole] 16mm/c; doc/26m |
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1995 |
Lounge [Miranda Pennell] c; dance film/6m |
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1995 |
Jude [Michael Winterbottom] p/b&w-c; co-2uc; ph: Eduardo Serra |
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1996 |
Jump the Gun [Les Blair] c; 2uc: Giulio Biccari |
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1996 |
Hello, Hello, Hello [David Thewlis] c; short/11m |
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1996 |
Harald [- Der Chaot aus dem Weltall] [Jürgen Egger] c; 2uc: Peter von Haller |
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1996 |
The Slab Boys [John Byrne] c |
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[Left] with dir Alan Rickman "The Winter Guest" - photo by Clive Coote |
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1996 |
The Winter Guest [Alan Rickman] c; addph: Steve Rundell; aph: Simon Werry |
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1997 |
Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll [Enda Hughes] c; short/12m |
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1997 |
Magic Moments [Saul Metzstein] c; short/8m |
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1997 |
Atlantic [Sam Taylor-Wood] 16mm/c; installation (3-screen projection)/4m |
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1997 |
The End [Joe Wright] c; short/11m |
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1998 |
The War Zone [Tim Roth] J-D-C Scope/c |
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1998 |
The Big Tease/Je m'appelle Crawford [Kevin Allen] c; 2uc: Hilton A. Goring |
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1998 |
A Map of the World [Scott Elliott] c; 2uc: Michael Kohnhorst |
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1998 |
I Could Read the Sky [Nichola Bruce] c; cph: Owen McPolin |
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1999 |
High Fidelity [Stephen Frears] c |
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2000 |
The Book of Kells - The Work of Angels? [Murray Grigor] c; doc/58m |
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2000 |
The Name of This Film Is Dogme95 [Saul Metzstein] c; doc/50m; cph: S. Metzstein, Immo Horn & Jack Lothian |
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2000 |
Enigma [Michael Apted] p/c; 2uc Netherlands: Stef Tijdink |
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2001 |
The Hours [Stephen Daldry] c |
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2002 |
The Actors [Conor McPherson] c; addph: Ciarán Barry |
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2002 |
Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue [prod: Mick Jagger, Eileen Gregory, Andrew Higgie, a.o.] DVD/c; behind-the-scenes doc/?m |
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2002 |
Along Came Polly [John Hamburg] c; 2uc: Larry Blanford |
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2003 |
Beyond the Sea [Kevin Spacey] scheduled as doph, but film was ph by Eduardo Serra |
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2003 |
Sahara [Breck Eisner] s35/c; 2uc: Harvey Harrison; aph: John Marzano; model unit ph: Nigel Stone |
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2004 |
Death Valley [Sam Taylor-Wood] c; short/8m; also seg of 'Destricted' (2006; 7 seg) |
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2004 |
Tishomingo Blues [Don Cheadle] pre-production; scheduled to start Sep 2003, then Oct 2004; prod scrapped |
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2004 |
Irish Jam [John Eyres] c |
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2004 |
Jerusalem [Sam Taylor-Wood] announced; status unknown |
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2004 |
The Man Who Walks [Irvine Welsh] announced; status unknown |
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2005 |
Charlotte's Web [Gary Winick] c; 2uc Melbourne: John Mahaffie; Los Angeles crow shoot ph: Peter Lyons Collister; aph: Mark Hryma & Phil Pastuhov |
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2005 |
Connolly [Adrian Dunbar] announced; status unknown |
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2005 |
World Trade Center [Oliver Stone] s35-to-35mm (1.85:1)/c; 2uc: Kyle Rudolph; aph: David Norris; filmed 2005-06 |
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2006 |
Atonement [Joe Wright] s35-to-35mm (1.85:1))/c; uwph: Mike Valentine; efx unit ph: Christopher Ross |
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2007 |
Love You More [Sam Taylor Wood] scope/c; short/15m |
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2008 |
The Soloist [Joe Wright] p/c; 2uc: Paul Babin (+ c.op 'b' cam) & Chris Moseley; aph 2u: Doug Holgate |
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2009 |
Nowhere Boy [Sam Taylor Wood] p/c |
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2009 |
Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home/The Chorus [Thomas Q. Napper] c; doc/77m; cph: Christopher Gosch & Fortunato Procopio |
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2010 |
We Need to Talk About Kevin [Lynne Ramsay] c; 2uc: Thomas Townend |
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2011 |
James Bond Supports International Women's Day [Sam Taylor Wood] c; short/2m4sec; for WeAreEQUALS.org |
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2011 |
The Avengers [Joss Whedon] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; aph: David B. Nowell |
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2011 |
Anna Karenina [Joe Wright] c; 2uc: Alan Stewart |
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TELEVISION |
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1993 |
Shooting to Stardom [Kieron J. Walsh] tvm/10m |
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1993 |
Look Me in the Eye [Nick Ward] c; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two' |
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1994 |
Murder Most Horrid [various] 24-part series, 1991-1994, 1996, 1999; other ph: Julian Court, Rex Maidment, a.o. |
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1995 |
Out of the Deep Pan [Kieron J. Walsh] tvm/26m |
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1995 |
Blow Your Mind: See a Show [ep 'The Maids' dir by Coky Giedroyc (CG), 'Macbeth' dir by CG & 'One Man Show Dramatic: The Art of Steven Berkoff' (BetaSP/22m) dir by Nichola Bruce] series |
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1995 |
Skin [Vincent O'Connell] tvm/11m |
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1997 |
Stand and Deliver [Les Blair] tvm |
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2000 |
Wit [Mike Nichols] tvm |
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2007 |
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [Anthony Minghella] tvm (2008); 2uc: Giulio Biccari; served as pilot for 6-part series, 2009 |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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1989 |
December Bride [Thaddeus O'Sullivan] co-camera trainee; ph: Bruno de Keyzer |
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1989 |
Projections [: The Pet Shop Boys] [Derek Jarman] c.asst; ph: Chris Hughes |
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1990 |
Dakota Road [Nick Ward] clapper-loader; ph: Ian Wilson |
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1991 |
Map of the Human Heart [Vincent Ward] loader; ph: Eduardo Serra |
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1991 |
Floating [Richard Heslop; short] focus puller; ph: R. Heslop |
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2001 |
Ali G Indahouse [Mark Mylod] add c.op; ph: Ashley Rowe |