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name: "James Welland"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
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updated: "2026-09-18T08:18:23.379147+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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# James Welland

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1961 in Hazlemere, Surrey, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1961, Hazlemere, Surrey, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919816/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62956

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Spooks*](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md) (77)

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## Biography

James Welland is a British cinematographer. Born in 1961 in Hazlemere, Surrey, England, he has worked primarily in television drama since the 1990s.

His credits as director of photography include *Spooks* (2002) and later episodes of *MI-5*, *Touching Evil* (1997), *Crossing Lines* (2013–2015), *Borgia* (2014) and *The Collection* (2016). He has also contributed to feature films such as *Beautiful Creatures* (2000), *Magicians* (2007) and *Undertaking Betty* (2002), and served as second unit director of photography on *Killing Eve* (2018).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Killing Eve* (2018), series, Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/killing-eve.md)
- *The Collection* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Crossing Lines* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Titanic: Blood and Steel* (2012), series, Cinematography
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, Director of Photography
- *Magicians* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Royal Palace* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Casablanca Driver* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Undertaking Betty* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Last Minute* (2002), Cinematography
- *D.I.Y. Hard* (2002), Cinematography
- *Spooks* (2002), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Take a Girl Like You* (2000), series, Director of Photography
- *Beautiful Creatures* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Aristocrats* (1999), series, Director of Photography
- *Aristocrats* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Wavelengths* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Divorcing Jack* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Sixth Happiness* (1997), Cinematography
- *Touching Evil* (1997), series, Director of Photography
- *Was She There?* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Blue Juice* (1995), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Wittgenstein* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Caught Looking* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Trojans* (1990), Director of Photography

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