CINEMATOGRAPHER
ABOUT ME
Christopher Ross BSC is a BAFTA and EMMY Nominated Cinematographer working internationally on Film, Television and Commercial projects.
Chris’s varied credits include the award-winning FX series Shōgun, Danny Boyle’s film Yesterday, Tom Hooper's Cats, Kevin Macdonald’s Black Sea, Christopher Smith’s Detour and Oliver Parker’s Dad’s Army. Chris’s most recent project, The Day of the Jackal, with director Brian Kirk is due for release in November 2024.
Chris has collaborated extensively with director Mat Whitecross on numerous feature, television and commercial projects including Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Spike Island and promos for Coldplay and Take That. Chris’s first feature was with director Paul Andrew Williams, London to Brighton, and garnered several international awards including Best UK Feature at Raindance and a BIFA Award for Best Achievement in Production.
In addition to Shōgun, Chris's television credits include Trust with directors Danny Boyle, Jonathan Van Tulleken and Susanna White as well as Amazon’s sci-fi drama Oasis where he teamed up for a second time with director Kevin Macdonald. Chris worked on two seasons of the award-winning E4 series Misfits, for which he received an RTS nomination. For his work on Tom Green’s political thriller Blackout, Chris received the BSC TV Award, an RTS Award and a BAFTA Craft nomination. This was followed by a BSC TV Award nomination for the second season of the critically acclaimed Top Boy.
AWARDS
2024 | EMMY OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SERIES (ONE HOUR) SHŌGUN: EPISODE 1 "ANJIN"
2014 | BSC BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TELEVISION DRAMA) AWARD NOMINATION TOPBOY: SEASON 2"
2013 | BAFTA TV CRAFT AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY BLACKOUT
2012 | RTS AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY BLACKOUT
2012 | BSC BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (TELEVISION DRAMA) AWARD BLACKOUT
2010 | RTS AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY MISFITS:SEASON 1"
2008 | KODAK SHOWCASE AWARD FOR FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SOFT
PRESS
AWARDS DAILY (July 2024): EMMY Nominations Interview
WANDERING DP PODCAST (July 2024): SHŌGUN Interview
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER (June 2024): Dissecting SHŌGUN's Sea Disaster
INDIEWIRE (June 2024): Best TV Cinematography of 2024 (so far)
MOVIEMAKER MAGAZINE (June 2024): TOOLS OF THE TRADE Interview
IMMERSIVE MEDIA PODCAST (June 2024): SHŌGUN Inteview
THE MAKING OF PODCAST (May 2024): Crafting the Look of SHŌGUN
INDIEWIRE (Dec 2019): Oscar Contenders Survey
BRITISH CINEMATOGRAPHER (Jan 2020): Sense of Purr-pose
BRITISH CINEMATOGRAPHER (Sep 2019): Tomorrow Never Knows
BRITISH CINEMATOGRAPHER (Jun 2016): Local Colour