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name: "Catherine Lutes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/catherine-lutes"
fi1m_id: "catherine-lutes"
imdb_id: "nm1436385"
tmdb_id: 1159346
wikidata_id: "Q86410370"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T21:34:52.125501+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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# Catherine Lutes

## Identity

Catherine Lutes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/catherine-lutes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** catherine-lutes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1436385
- **TMDB ID:** 1159346
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86410370
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Lutes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86410370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1436385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1159346

Cinematographer. Born in Oakville, Ontario.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Lutes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86410370, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1436385/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1159346

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Catherine Lutes is a Canadian cinematographer. She trained in film theory and production at the University of British Columbia, graduating in 2003, and began her career working in lighting departments on sets in Vancouver before moving into cinematography on independent projects.

She is credited as director of photography on the *Black Mirror* episode 'Joan is Awful' (2023). Her other credits include the series *Anne with an E* (for which she won a Canadian Screen Award), *Y: The Last Man* (2021), and films such as *Disappearance at Clifton Hill* (2020), *Molly Maxwell* (2013), *Close to You* (2023) and *There, There* (2024). She has also shot music videos and commercials.

Lutes has received multiple Canadian Society of Cinematographers awards and nominations, including for her work on *Black Mirror*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, closelyobservedframes.com, theatrefilm.ubc.ca, chatelaine.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *IT: Welcome to Derry* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *There, There* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Close to You* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Y: The Last Man* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Disappearance at Clifton Hill* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Mouthpiece* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Firecrackers* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Wildfire* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Exit* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Emmy* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Boys On Film 16: Possession* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Mermaids* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Anne with an E* (2017), series, Cinematography
- *PYOTR495* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The People Garden* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Anne Darling* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Winter Buoy* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Boys on Film 12: Confession* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Algonquin* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Good Morning* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Mountain Men* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Hold Fast* (2013), Cinematography
- *Molly Maxwell* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Paul Pontius* (2008), Director of Photography

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