---
name: "David Raedeker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-raedeker"
fi1m_id: "david-raedeker"
imdb_id: "nm1351597"
tmdb_id: 1182754
wikidata_id: "Q27131317"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-22T03:13:52.348009+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."
---

# David Raedeker

## Identity

David Raedeker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-raedeker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-raedeker
- **IMDb ID:** nm1351597
- **TMDB ID:** 1182754
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27131317
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27131317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1351597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182754

Cinematographer. Born in Hamburg, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2011–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (3), 2020s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Mystery 1, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27131317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1351597/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1182754

## Coming up

- *12 12 12* (2026-11-12), Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/12-12-12.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Souvenir*](https://film.one/film/the-souvenir.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Village*](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Best Interests*](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Essex Serpent*](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md) (73)

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

## Biography

David Raedeker is a cinematographer. Raised in Hamburg, Germany, he worked as a photographer’s assistant before completing a BA in Film at the London College of Communications. He began working in the UK on series including *Misfits* (2009) and *Downton Abbey* (2010).

He has served as director of photography on *Black Mirror* (2011–), *My Brother the Devil* (2012), *To Walk Invisible* (2016), *The Souvenir* (2019), *The Souvenir: Part II* (2021), *The Essex Serpent* (2022) and other features and series. He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and won the Sundance World Drama Competition award for best cinematography for *My Brother the Devil*.

*Sources: imdb.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk, davidraedeker.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Best Interests* (2023), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)
- *The Souvenir* (2019), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-souvenir.md)
- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *12 12 12* (2026), series, Director of Photography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/12-12-12.md)
- *Butterfly* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Unicorns* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Best Interests* (2023), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/best-interests.md)
- *The Essex Serpent* (2022), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-essex-serpent.md)
- *The Souvenir: Part II* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Undergods* (2021), Director of Photography
- *The Souvenir* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-souvenir.md)
- *Swimming with Men* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Waiting for You* (2017), Director of Photography
- *To Walk Invisible* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Where is Rocky II?* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Hector* (2015), Cinematography
- *Incident on the Northern Line* (2015), Cinematography
- *Babylon* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air* (2014), Director of Photography
- *New Worlds* (2014), series, Cinematography
- *The Whale* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Village* (2013), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *I First Saw the Light* (2012), Cinematography
- *I Am Nasrine* (2012), Director of Photography
- *My Brother the Devil* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Top Girl* (2009), Cinematography
- *The Girl with X-Ray Eyes* (2008), Cinematography
- *Elvis Pelvis* (2007), Director of Photography
- *One Minute Past Midnight* (2004), as Focus Puller
- *Brick Lane* (2003), Cinematography
- *Strangers on a Plain*, Assistant Camera
- *Albatross*, Director of Photography

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