---
name: "Jermaine Canute Edwards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jermaine-canute-edwards"
fi1m_id: "jermaine-canute-edwards"
imdb_id: "nm3480835"
tmdb_id: 2665714
roles: ["Second assistant camera"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T19:17:17.022929+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."
---

# Jermaine Canute Edwards

## Identity

Jermaine Canute Edwards

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jermaine-canute-edwards
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jermaine-canute-edwards
- **IMDb ID:** nm3480835
- **TMDB ID:** 2665714
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3480835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2665714

Second assistant camera. Born in Jamaica.

## Details

- **Work:** Second assistant camera
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Jermaine Edwards
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Thriller 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $20m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3480835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2665714

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*My Father's Shadow*](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Jermaine Canute Edwards, also credited as Jermaine Edwards, is a British cinematographer. Born in Jamaica and raised in Nottingham, he trained at the National Film and Television School, graduating from its Cinematography MFA programme. He began working in the camera department in the late 2000s.

Edwards accumulated credits as a camera trainee and second assistant camera on films including *Bronson* (2008), *Pride* (2014) and *'71* (2014). He later worked as a “B” camera operator on *The People We Hate at the Wedding* (2022) and *Matilda the Musical* (2022), as well as on television series.

*My Father's Shadow* (2025), directed by Akinola Davies Jr., marked his debut as a feature-film director of photography. Shot on 16 mm in Lagos, the film received a Caméra d’Or Special Mention at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. He also served as cinematographer on the feature *Ish* (2025).

*Sources: flatpackfestival.org.uk, nfts.co.uk, atcrafty.substack.com, kodak.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Fi1m 81, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Fi1m 82, Second Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Bruvvas* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Ish* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Name of Action* (2026), Director of Photography
- *My Father's Shadow* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/my-fathers-shadow.md)
- *Weave* (2024), Cinematography
- *Harm* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The People We Hate at the Wedding* (2022), "B" Camera Operator
- *'71* (2014), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Second Assistant Camera — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)

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