---
name: "Brian J. Breheny"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-j-breheny"
fi1m_id: "brian-j-breheny"
imdb_id: "nm0106866"
tmdb_id: 31856
wikidata_id: "Q110270727"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:20:36.418851+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."
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# Brian J. Breheny

## Identity

Brian J. Breheny

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-j-breheny
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-j-breheny
- **IMDb ID:** nm0106866
- **TMDB ID:** 31856
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110270727
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110270727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31856

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 1989–1994
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 73 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110270727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106866/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31856

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md) (81)

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## Biography

Brian J. Breheny is an Australian cinematographer. He worked in the camera department on films including *The Man from Snowy River* (1982) and *Dead Calm* (1989) before becoming a director of photography.

Breheny's credits as cinematographer include *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, *The Hard Word* (2002), *Aquamarine* (2006) and *Crawl* (2011), on which he also served as producer.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Fi1m 81, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)
- *Dead Calm* (1989), Fi1m 73, Focus Puller — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Spirit of the Game* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Crawl* (2011), Producer, Director of Photography
- *Malibu Shark Attack* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Aquamarine* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Hard Word* (2002), Director of Photography
- *When Good Ghouls Go Bad* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Other Side of Heaven* (2001), Director of Photography
- *My Mother Frank* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Siam Sunset* (1999), Camera Operator, Director of Photography
- *Forever Fever* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Heaven's Burning* (1997), Director of Photography
- *The Roly Poly Man* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Ladies Please!* (1994), Cinematography
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)
- *Minnamurra* (1989), as Focus Puller
- *Dead Calm* (1989), as Focus Puller — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-calm.md)
- *Melvin, Son of Alvin* (1984), as Focus Puller
- *Chase Through the Night* (1983), as Clapper Loader
- *The Man from Snowy River* (1982), Assistant Camera

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