---
name: "Brian Tufano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-tufano"
fi1m_id: "brian-tufano"
imdb_id: "nm0005909"
tmdb_id: 473
wikidata_id: "Q656924"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 December 1939"
died: "12 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T12:04:04.148133+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."
---

# Brian Tufano

## Identity

Brian Tufano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-tufano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-tufano
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005909
- **TMDB ID:** 473
- **Wikidata ID:** Q656924
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tufano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/473

Cinematographer. Born 1 December 1939 in Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK. Died 12 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 December 1939, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 12 January 2023
- **Active:** 1982–2010
- **Also known as:** ブライアン・テュファーノ
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny Boyle](https://film.one/person/danny-boyle.md), [Andrew Macdonald](https://film.one/person/andrew-macdonald.md), [Ewan McGregor](https://film.one/person/ewan-mcgregor.md), [John Hodge](https://film.one/person/john-hodge.md), [Kerry Fox](https://film.one/person/kerry-fox.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 1990s 80 (4), 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 65 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Music 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $271m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tufano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q656924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005909/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/473

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Middlemarch*](https://film.one/tv/middlemarch.md) (78)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll*](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md) (65)

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

## Biography

Brian Tufano was an English cinematographer. He began his career at the BBC as a projectionist in the late 1950s, becoming a cameraman in the film department in 1963. He went freelance in the mid-1970s.

His feature credits include *Quadrophenia* (1979), *Shallow Grave* (1994), *Trainspotting* (1996), *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), *East Is East* (1999) and *Billy Elliot* (2000). He collaborated repeatedly with directors Danny Boyle and Menhaj Huda. Tufano received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film and Television in 2001 and served as head of cinematography at the National Film and Television School from 2003 to 2016.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, telegraph.co.uk, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), Fi1m 65, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Fi1m 81, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *East Is East* (1999), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *Trainspotting* (1996), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *Middlemarch* (1994), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/middlemarch.md)
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Additional Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

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

- *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* (2010), Director of Photography — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll.md)
- *The Making of Kidulthood* (2008), Actor
- *My Zinc Bed* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Adulthood* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Alien Love Triangle* (2008), Director of Photography
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Queen* (2006), Thanks — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-queen.md)
- *Kidulthood* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Women Talking Dirty* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Last Orders* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Late Night Shopping* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Billy Elliot* (2000), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/billy-elliot.md)
- *Tube Tales* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Virtual Sexuality* (1999), Director of Photography
- *East Is East* (1999), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/east-is-east.md)
- *What Rats Won't Do* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Jump Boy* (1998), Director of Photography
- *A Life Less Ordinary* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Element of Doubt* (1996), Director of Photography
- *True Blue* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Trainspotting* (1996), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/trainspotting.md)
- *The Choir* (1995), series, Director of Photography
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *Middlemarch* (1994), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/middlemarch.md)
- *Mr. Wroe's Virgins* (1993), series, Director of Photography
- *Ruby* (1992), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Windprints* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Ridin' the Dog* (1989), Lighting Camera
- *The Endless Game* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Endless Game* (1989), series, Director of Photography
- *Trapped In Silence* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Dreamscape* (1984), Director of Photography
- *The Lords of Discipline* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Afternoon* (1982), Director of Photography
- *A Light Snack* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Probation* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Old Chums* (1982), Director of Photography
- *The Birth of the Goalie of the 2001 F.A. Cup Final* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Blade Runner* (1982), Additional Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Wall* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Murder Is Easy* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Quadrophenia* (1979), Director of Photography
- *The Waterloo Bridge Handicap* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Sailor's Return* (1978), Director of Photography
- *She Fell Among Thieves* (1978), Director of Photography
- *A Little Outing* (1977), Director
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Director
- *Rehearsal* (1977), Director
- *Supernatural* (1977), series, Director of Photography
- *The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality* (1977), Director of Photography
- *The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Arnhem: The Story of an Escape* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Rogue Male* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Three Men in a Boat* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Moll Flanders* (1975), Director of Photography
- *The Evacuees* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Sunset Across the Bay* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Robinson Crusoe* (1974), Cinematography
- *The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Steven* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Nureyev* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Secrets* (1973), Camera Operator
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, Director
- *Blooming Youth* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Speech Day* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Stocker's Copper* (1972), Director of Photography
- *The Search for the Nile* (1971), series, Director of Photography
- *Robin Redbreast* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Season of the Witch* (1970), Camera Operator
- *Get Off My Cloud* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Big Switch* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Night People* (1966), Camera Operator
- *Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World* (1966), Director of Photography
- *South Bank* (1964), Camera Operator

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