---
name: "Brendan Galvin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brendan-galvin"
fi1m_id: "brendan-galvin"
imdb_id: "nm0303446"
tmdb_id: 53841
wikidata_id: "Q22074641"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-10T04:35:27.452713+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."
---

# Brendan Galvin

## Identity

Brendan Galvin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brendan-galvin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brendan-galvin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0303446
- **TMDB ID:** 53841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22074641
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22074641, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53841

Cinematographer. Born in Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1992–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jean-François Richet](https://film.one/person/jean-francois-richet.md), [Derrick Borte](https://film.one/person/derrick-borte.md), [J.P. Davis](https://film.one/person/j-p-davis.md), [Marc Butan](https://film.one/person/marc-butan.md), [Russell Crowe](https://film.one/person/russell-crowe.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 65 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 4, Action 3, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $197m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22074641, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53841

## Coming up

- *The Hunchback, Soul of Paris*, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-soul-of-paris.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Plane*](https://film.one/film/plane.md) (72), [*Unhinged*](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md) (48)

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## Biography

Brendan Galvin is an Irish cinematographer. He trained at the Dublin Institute of Technology and began his career as a trainee and clapper loader on films including *The Commitments* (1991) and *The Crying Game* (1992). His first feature as director of photography was *Rat* (2000).

Galvin has worked frequently with director Tarsem Singh and has shot features such as *Behind Enemy Lines* (2001), *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), *Immortals* (2011), *Mirror Mirror* (2012), *Escape Plan* (2013), *Self/less* (2015), *Rambo: Last Blood* (2019), *Unhinged* (2020) and *Plane* (2023). Television credits include episodes of *Westworld* (2016) and *Good Behavior* (2017). He served as cinematographer on *Mutiny* (2026).

He received Irish Film and Television Award nominations for best cinematography on *Flight of the Phoenix* and *Veronica Guerin* (2003).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britishcinematographer.co.uk, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Mutiny* (2026), Fi1m 66, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *Plane* (2023), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/plane.md)
- *Unhinged* (2020), Fi1m 48, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Crying Game* (1992), Fi1m 82, Clapper Loader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Mutiny* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny.md)
- *The Get Out* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Guns Up* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Dear Jassi* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Plane* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/plane.md)
- *The In Between* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Unhinged* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/unhinged.md)
- *Rambo: Last Blood* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Good Behavior* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Solace* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Self/less* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Escape Plan* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Mirror Mirror* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Immortals* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Blood and Chocolate* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Flight of the Phoenix* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Veronica Guerin* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Bookies* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Behind Enemy Lines* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Rat* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Der Pakt – Wenn Kinder töten* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Nana* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Crying Game* (1992), as Clapper Loader — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-crying-game.md)
- *Into the Abyss* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Fools of Fortune* (1990), as Clapper Loader
- *Easter Rising*, Director of Photography
- *The Hunchback, Soul of Paris*, Director of Photography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-soul-of-paris.md)

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