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Peter Hannan

Peter Hannan

Camera
1941(Australia)-
Peter Hannan (born 1 February 1941 in Sydney) is an Australian cinematographer who spent the majority of his career in Great Britain. One of his first jobs in the film industry was as an assistant cameraman on Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Since 1972, Hannan has worked on more than 30 films as the director of photography. They include the Terry Jones films Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) and Absolutely Anything (2015), Nicholas Roeg's Insignificance (1985) and Bruce Robinson's cult film Withnail and I (1987). Hannon has worked with Monty Python members and George Harrison's production company HandMade Films on multiple occasions. In addition to his films as a lead cameraman, he also worked as the Second unit photographer on blockbuster productions like Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). His awards include a 2001 BAFTA TV Award in the category Best Photography and Lighting (for his work on Longitude) and a 2005 Academy Award in the special technical category Scientific and Engineering Award (together with Laurie Frost and Richard Loncraine, for the development of the remote camera head known as the Hot-Head).

Participates in

  • Children of Men
  • Not Without My Daughter
  • Radio Wonderful
  • The Stud
  • James Dean: The First American Teenager
  • How to Get Ahead in Advertising
  • Dance with a Stranger
  • The Gathering Storm
  • Absolutely Anything
  • Living with Dinosaurs
  • Performance
  • The Razor's Edge
  • Solarmax
  • Insignificance
  • Full Circle
  • Goal!
  • Mothertime
  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
  • The Moon Over the Alley
  • Club Paradise
  • Flame
  • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
  • Brimstone & Treacle
  • Longitude
  • Walkabout
  • Half Moon Street
  • A Dangerous Summer
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Milk
  • Withnail & I
  • A Handful of Dust
  • Turtle Diary
  • The Missionary
  • Sredni Vashtar
  • Dough
  • Eskimo Nell
  • The Missionary