---
name: "Gavin Thurston"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gavin-thurston"
fi1m_id: "gavin-thurston"
imdb_id: "nm1008283"
tmdb_id: 565211
wikidata_id: "Q3758995"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T01:50:13.898459+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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# Gavin Thurston

## Identity

Gavin Thurston

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gavin-thurston
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gavin-thurston
- **IMDb ID:** nm1008283
- **TMDB ID:** 565211
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3758995
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3758995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1008283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565211

Cinematographer. Born in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3758995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1008283/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565211

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet*](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Gavin Thurston is a British cinematographer and camera operator specialising in natural history documentaries. He has worked extensively with Sir David Attenborough for more than thirty years, contributing to numerous BBC and other productions.

His credits include director of photography on *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet* (2020), *Our Planet* (2019), *A Perfect Planet* (2021) and additional photography on *The Life of Birds* (1998) and *The Life of Mammals* (2002). He has also served as director of photography on *Monkey Kingdom* (2015) and *Blue Planet II* (2017).

Thurston has received multiple awards for his work, including two Primetime Emmys and several BAFTA nominations. He is the author of the memoir *Journeys in the Wild*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikidata.org, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet* (2020), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Horizon* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Life on Our Planet* (2023), series, Additional Director of Photography, Director of Photography
- *A Perfect Planet* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/david-attenborough-a-life-on-our-planet.md)
- *Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation* (2020), Director of Photography
- *In the Footsteps of Elephant* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Our Planet* (2019), series, Camera Operator
- *Zoo Quest in Colour* (2016), Camera Operator
- *Monkey Kingdom* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Attenborough's Paradise Birds* (2015), Camera Operator
- *The Life of Mammals* (2002), series, Additional Photography, Director of Photography
- *Bloodsuckers* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth* (1999), Camera Operator
- *The Life of Birds* (1998), series, Additional Photography, Cinematography
- *The Trials of Life* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The First Eden* (1987), series, Camera Operator, Additional Photography

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