---
name: "Balazs Bolygo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/balazs-bolygo"
fi1m_id: "balazs-bolygo"
imdb_id: "nm0993987"
tmdb_id: 71285
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "28 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-18T10:39:43.693435+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Balazs Bolygo

## Identity

Balazs Bolygo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/balazs-bolygo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** balazs-bolygo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0993987
- **TMDB ID:** 71285
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71285

Cinematographer. Born 28 March 1975 in Pécs, Hungary.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 28 March 1975, Pécs, Hungary
- **Active:** 2002–2011
- **Also known as:** Balasz Bolygo
- **Frequently works with:** [Matthew Graham](https://film.one/person/matthew-graham.md), [Adam Suschitzky](https://film.one/person/adam-suschitzky.md), [Andrew Gunn](https://film.one/person/andrew-gunn-1230489.md), [Bharat Nalluri](https://film.one/person/bharat-nalluri.md), [Bill Anderson](https://film.one/person/bill-anderson.md), [Chris Chibnall](https://film.one/person/chris-chibnall.md), [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Damian Bromley](https://film.one/person/damian-bromley.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (3), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 2, Crime 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0993987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71285

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Life on Mars*](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md) (84)
- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)
- **Apple TV:** [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fresh Meat*](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Balazs Bolygo is a Hungarian-born cinematographer raised in England. He began his career in the film industry as a teenager, working as a clapper loader and focus puller before training at the National Film and Television School. He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers, where he has served on the board of governors, and the Hungarian Cinematographers Association.

Bolygo's credits include director of photography on the BBC series *Life on Mars* (2006), *Hustle* (2004), *Doctor Who* (2005), *Toast* (2010), *Anatomy of a Scandal* (2022) and *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022). He has also worked on features such as *It's All Gone Pete Tong* (2004) and *Centurion* (2010). He has won an American Society of Cinematographers Award for *Hunted* (2012) and received BAFTA nominations and Royal Television Society awards for his television work.

*Sources: independentartistgroup.com, imdb.com, leitz-cine.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *The Agency* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Anatomy of a Scandal* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Collateral* (2018), series, Cinematography
- *Harley and the Davidsons* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Chosen* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Love, Nina* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Babylon* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *The Poison Tree* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *Christ's Dog* (2011), Cinematography
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Toast* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Centurion* (2010), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Gunrush* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Whitechapel* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Consuming Passion* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, Director of Photography
- *Stan* (2006), Cinematography
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Boy Eats Girl* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *It's All Gone Pete Tong* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Hustle* (2004), series, Director of Photography
- *Sredni Vashtar* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Swansong* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Wormcharmer*, Assistant Camera
- *Chasing Red*, Director of Photography

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