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name: "Chris Openshaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-openshaw"
fi1m_id: "chris-openshaw"
imdb_id: "nm0649069"
tmdb_id: 1541757
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T00:55:05.182107+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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# Chris Openshaw

## Identity

Chris Openshaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-openshaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-openshaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0649069
- **TMDB ID:** 1541757
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1541757

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0649069/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1541757

## Biography

Chris Openshaw is a British cinematographer. He has worked on documentaries and factual series for over three decades, including *The Life of Mammals* (2002), *Wonders of the Universe* (2011), *Maiden* (2018), *David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived* (2023) and *Secrets of the Neanderthals* (2024).

His credits also include *One Strange Rock* (2018), *Drain the Oceans* (2019) and episodes of *The Late Show with Stephen Colbert*. He has received Emmy nominations for cinematography.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Maiden* (2019), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/maiden.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Secrets of the Neanderthals* (2024), Director of Photography
- *David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Boom! Boom! The World vs Boris Becker* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Explorer* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Maiden* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/maiden.md)
- *The Masterful Hermit* (2016), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Pandas: The Journey Home* (2014), Cinematography
- *Deadly Islands* (2014), series, Camera Operator
- *Nazi Titanic* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Cricklewood Greats* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Wonders of the Universe* (2011), series, Director of Photography
- *The Wildest Dream* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Broadside: Emerging Empires Collide* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Life of Mammals* (2002), series, Director of Photography
- *The Six Wives of Henry VIII* (2001), series, Director of Photography
- *Young Sons Of The Desert*, Director of Photography
- *National Geographic - Dian Fossey*, Cinematography

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