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name: "Cathal Watters"
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updated: "2026-09-17T02:23:35.647583+00:00"
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# Cathal Watters

Cinematographer. Born in Dublin (raised in Meath).

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer

## Biography

Cathal Watters is an Irish cinematographer. He studied drama and theatre studies at Trinity College Dublin and began his career shooting news and documentaries for the Irish-language broadcaster TG4 before transitioning to narrative film and television drama.

Watters has served as director of photography on the series *Peaky Blinders* (from 2013), *The Alienist* (2018), *Foundation* (2021) and *Bodkin* (2024). His feature credits include *Viva* (2015), for which he received an IFTA Award for Best Cinematography, *A Dark Song* (2016), *Handsome Devil* (2016) and *Rosie* (2019). He was elected to the American Society of Cinematographers in 2020 and has received multiple ASC, IFTA and other nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, theasc.com, provideocoalition.com, iftn.ie, filmireland.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), Fi1m 77, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)

## Also known for

- *Lee Cronin's The Mummy* (2026), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Foundation* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Alienist* (2018), Director of Photography
- *The Hallow* (2015), Camera Operator
- *Bodkin* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Viva* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Rosie* (2019), Director of Photography

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