---
name: "Dirk Nel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dirk-nel"
fi1m_id: "dirk-nel"
imdb_id: "nm1155984"
tmdb_id: 1404147
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:19:13.877618+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."
---

# Dirk Nel

## Identity

Dirk Nel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dirk-nel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dirk-nel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1155984
- **TMDB ID:** 1404147
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1155984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404147

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1155984/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404147

## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, static1.squarespace.com, loucoulson.co.uk, media25.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Common* (2014), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Bad Parenting* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Titanic: The Digital Resurrection* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Al-Jabriya Flight 422* (2023), Cinematography
- *Whitstable Pearl* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Grace* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Innocent* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Kids in Love* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Maigret* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *A Plea for Grimsby* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Mapp and Lucia* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *Common* (2014), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)
- *Our Lad* (2013), Cinematography
- *Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story* (2012), Camera Operator
- *Swinging with the Finkels* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Too Fast to be a Woman?: The Story of Caster Semenya* (2011), Camera Operator
- *Foster* (2011), Director of Photography
- *At Home with the Georgians* (2010), series, Director of Photography
- *Endgame* (2009), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Passions of Vaughan Williams* (2008), Cinematography
- *Conflict Tiger* (2006), Cinematography
- *Confetti* (2006), Camera Operator
- *Fantastic Mr. Dahl* (2005), Camera Operator
- *Days That Shook the World* (2003), series, Director of Photography
- *Being Considered* (2000), Cinematography
- *Twins: The Divided Self* (1997), Additional Camera

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