---
name: "Carl Herse"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-herse"
fi1m_id: "carl-herse"
imdb_id: "nm1998728"
tmdb_id: 1098776
wikidata_id: "Q82694240"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T11:42:18.088238+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."
---

# Carl Herse

## Identity

Carl Herse

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-herse
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carl-herse
- **IMDb ID:** nm1998728
- **TMDB ID:** 1098776
- **Wikidata ID:** Q82694240
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82694240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1998728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1098776

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Maggie Carey](https://film.one/person/maggie-carey.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 85 (1), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Crime 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82694240, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1998728/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1098776

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Margo's Got Money Troubles*](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md) (80), [*The Dink*](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md) (59)
- **HBO Max:** [*Barry*](https://film.one/tv/barry.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Carl Herse is a cinematographer whose television credits include *Barry* (2018–), *The Afterparty* (2022), *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), *The Franchise* (2024), *Black Monday* (2019–2021) and *Moonbase 8* (2020). He served as director of photography on multiple episodes of several of these series.

Herse has received two Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on *Barry* and has won two American Society of Cinematographers Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Half-Hour Series, for episodes of *Barry* and another project. On *Margo's Got Money Troubles* he collaborated with fellow cinematographer Tari Segal.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenglobalproduction.com, panavision.com, motionpictures.org, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)
- *The Dink* (2026), Fi1m 59, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md)
- *Barry* (2018), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Dink* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 59, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dink.md)
- *The Hawk* (2026), series, Director of Photography
- *Margo's Got Money Troubles* (2026), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/margos-got-money-troubles.md)
- *Adults* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *The Franchise* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *The Afterparty* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Moonbase 8* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Frankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Barry* (2018), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *Mr. Neighbor's House* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Adult Swim Golf Classic* (2016), Director of Photography
- *A Better You* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Paralyzed* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Rites of Spring* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Angel of Death* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Nothing for Something* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Depth Charge* (2008), Electrician
- *They Know*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2024: American Society of Cinematographers Awards (won), for *tricky legacies*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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