Paul Cameron (cinematographer)

Paul Cameron
Born	(1958-05-30) May 30, 1958 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Cinematographer television director
Website	paulcamerondp.com/about/

Paul A. Cameron ASC (born May 30, 1958) is a Canadian-born American cinematographer and television director. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (shared with Dion Beebe) for his work on Michael Mann's film Collateral (2004), along with two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on the HBO series Westworld (2016-22).

Biography

Cameron was born in Montreal, and was raised in New York City. He studied at the State University of New York at Purchase. He cites Gordon Willis as one of his primary influences.

Cameron's visually groundbreaking work as a director and a director of photography has helped shape the craft of cinematography in the 21st century.

Cameron recently directed multiple episodes of “Special Ops: Lioness”, created by Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+, as well as multiple episodes of HBO’s acclaimed “Westworld” series. Previously, Cameron lensed “Reminiscence”, starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson, “21 Bridges”, and “The Commuter”, starring Liam Neeson. His other DP credits include: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”, “Man on Fire”, “Déjà Vu”, “Collateral”, “Dead Man Down”, “Total Recall”, “Swordfish”, and “Gone in Sixty Seconds”, among others.

Cameron is on the Board of Governors for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has won Clio, Emmy, AICP awards as well as a BAFTA, and is represented by DDA.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	Distribution of Lead	Charles Libin
1995	The Last Supper	Stacy Title
1999	Advice from a Caterpillar	Don Scardino
2000	Gone in 60 Seconds	Dominic Sena
2001	Swordfish
2004	Collateral	Michael Mann	Shared credit with Dion Beebe; BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
	Man on Fire	Tony Scott
2006	Déjà Vu
2007	In the Land of Women	Jon Kasdan
2010	Henry's Crime	Malcolm Venville
2012	Man on a Ledge	Asger Leth
	Total Recall	Len Wiseman
2013	Dead Man Down	Niels Arden Oplev
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg
2018	The Commuter	Jaume Collet-Serra
2019	21 Bridges	Brian Kirk
2021	Reminiscence	Lisa Joy

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Chantilly Lace	Television film
1994	Parallel Lives
1996	Relativity	Episode: "Pilot"
1997	Michael Hayes	Episode: "Pilot"
2016–20	Westworld	Cinematographer (additional photography); 9 episodes Cinematographer; 2 episodes Director; 2 episodes
2023	Special Ops: Lioness	Cinematographer; 2 episodes

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
1979	Rock Lobster	The B-52s
1993	Hard Act to Follow	Brother Cane
1994	Can't Hurry the Harvest	Katey Sagal
2002	How Come You Don't Call Me	Alicia Keys
2002	Gangsta Lovin'	Eve ft. Alicia Keys
2003	Can't Nobody	Kelly Rowland
2017	...Ready for It?	Taylor Swift

External links

• Paul Cameron at IMDb
• Paul Cameron - cinematographers.nl