David Tattersall BSC
No stranger to action-packed, large-scale productions, British cinematographer David Tattersall has made his imprint on films ranging from Die Another Day and xXx: State of the Union to The Green Mile, and was George Lucas’s cinematographer of choice for Star Wars Episodes I, II and III.
Educated at London's Goldsmith College, where he got a first class BA Fine Arts degree, he joined the National Film and Television School in 1983. While here, he made a series of highly regarded short films, including King's Christmas, which received a 1987 BAFTA nomination for Best Short, Caprice, which was selected for the Edinburgh and Milan film festivals, and Metropolis Apocalypse, which was shown at the 1988 Cannes festival.
Since embarking on his professional career, David has worked on a number of productions for television and film on both sides of the Atlantic. His work for television includes The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, for which he earned a Best Cinematography nomination from the American Society of Cinematographers.
David's latest film is high octane family adventure Speed Racer which employs the very latest high-end, high-definition digital cameras to dazzling effect. He is now working on the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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