---
name: "Harvey Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harvey-harrison"
fi1m_id: "harvey-harrison"
imdb_id: "nm0365623"
tmdb_id: 40747
wikidata_id: "Q24533163"
roles: ["Second unit director"]
born: "16 October 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T03:37:28.943322+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."
---

# Harvey Harrison

## Identity

Harvey Harrison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harvey-harrison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harvey-harrison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365623
- **TMDB ID:** 40747
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24533163
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24533163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40747

Second unit director. Born 16 October 1944 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director
- **Born:** 16 October 1944, Kensington, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1990–2006
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (2), 2000s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $574m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24533163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365623/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40747

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Witches*](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md) (82)

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## Biography

Harvey Harrison is a British cinematographer. Born on 16 October 1944 in Kensington, London, he entered the industry in 1961 as a clapper boy and progressed through roles including focus puller and camera operator before becoming a director of photography.

He served as director of photography on *The Witches* (1990), *Castaway* (1986) and *Salome's Last Dance* (1988). Harrison has also worked as a camera operator and second unit director of photography on numerous films, including *GoldenEye* (1995), *V for Vendetta* (2006) and *Troy* (2004). He was president of the British Society of Cinematographers from 1992 to 1994.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Fi1m 73, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004), Fi1m 56, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days-2004.md)
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Fi1m 78, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *RED 2* (2013), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *The Expendables 2* (2012), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Wrath of the Titans* (2012), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Blitz* (2011), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Tracker* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Wolfman* (2010), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *V for Vendetta* (2006), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/v-for-vendetta.md)
- *Sahara* (2005), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2004), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days-2004.md)
- *Troy* (2004), Additional Director of Photography
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life* (2003), VFX Director of Photography, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Shanghai Knights* (2003), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Equilibrium* (2002), Second Unit Director
- *Reign of Fire* (2002), Additional Photography
- *The Avengers* (1998), Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *RPM* (1998), Director of Photography
- *GoldenEye* (1995), Camera Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/goldeneye.md)
- *The Witches* (1990), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches.md)
- *A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* (1989), Cinematography
- *Salome's Last Dance* (1988), Director of Photography
- *American Gothic* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Aria* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Castaway* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Still Smokin* (1983), Director of Photography
- *G'olé!* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Amin: The Rise and Fall* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Burning* (1981), Director of Photography
- *To Russia... with Elton* (1979), Cinematography
- *25 Years* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Genesis: In Concert* (1977), Camera Operator
- *Heading For Glory* (1975), Camera Operator
- *Henry Cleans Up* (1974), Cinematography
- *If You're Not Winning, You're Not Trying* (1973), Camera Operator
- *The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins* (1971), Director of Photography
- *The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer* (1970), as Focus Puller
- *The World at Their Feet* (1970), Camera Operator
- *Simon Simon* (1970), Cinematography
- *The Plank* (1967), Camera Operator
- *The Frasers' Return* (1963), Director

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