Biography
Ernest Vincze, also credited as Ernie Vincze or Ernest A. Vincze, was a Hungarian-born British cinematographer. Born in Budapest on 25 November 1942, he worked extensively in film and television drama and lived for most of his life in London. He died on 6 October 2024.
Vincze served as director of photography on the revived Doctor Who (2005) from 2005 to 2009, photographing 38 episodes including the entire first series and specials such as The Waters of Mars (2009). Other credits include A Very British Coup (1988), Escape from Sobibor (1987), Jeeves and Wooster (1990), Shanghai Surprise (1986) and The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007). He was elected to the British Society of Cinematographers in 1978 and was a fellow of the BKSTS. He served on the BAFTA council for 20 years and was Head of Cinematography at the National Film and Television School from 2000 to 2002. He won a BAFTA Cymru award for his work on Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007).
