Biography
Dirk Nel is a cinematographer. His credits as director of photography include the television film Common (2014), the features Foster (2011), Swinging with the Finkels (2011) and Kids in Love (2016), and series such as Maigret (2016), Innocent (2018), Grace (2021) and Whitstable Pearl (2021). He has also worked as a camera operator on documentaries and other productions.
Nel is a South African-British citizen. His work on documentaries has earned Emmy nominations for Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming, a Rory Peck Award for Cinematography, and a BIFF Award for Best Cinematography for the short A Plea for Grimsby (2015). The production Common received a BAFTA nomination for Best Single Drama.
