---
name: "Lachlan Milne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lachlan-milne"
fi1m_id: "lachlan-milne"
imdb_id: "nm1681893"
tmdb_id: 1122452
wikidata_id: "Q106207346"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-27T08:57:02.389528+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."
---

# Lachlan Milne

## Identity

Lachlan Milne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lachlan-milne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lachlan-milne
- **IMDb ID:** nm1681893
- **TMDB ID:** 1122452
- **Wikidata ID:** Q106207346
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan_Milne_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106207346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1681893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122452

Cinematographer. Born in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Rachel House](https://film.one/person/rachel-house.md), [Taika Waititi](https://film.one/person/taika-waititi.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $55m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachlan_Milne_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106207346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1681893/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1122452

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Hunt for the Wilderpeople*](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Stranger Things*](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Lady in the Lake*](https://film.one/tv/lady-in-the-lake-2024.md) (57)
- **Disney+:** [*Next Goal Wins*](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Lachlan Milne is an Australian cinematographer. He is a member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS), the New Zealand Cinematographers Society (NZCS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).

Milne grew up in Adelaide, South Australia, around film sets; his father was a director and his mother an editor. He began working in the industry in the early 2000s and has collaborated repeatedly with director Taika Waititi.

His feature credits include *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), *Minari* (2020), *Love and Monsters* (2020), *The Inspection* (2022) and *Next Goal Wins* (2023). On television he shot four episodes of the third season of *Stranger Things* (2019) and served as lead cinematographer on the fourth season. He received a Critics' Choice Award nomination for his work on *Minari*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Lady in the Lake* (2024), Fi1m 57, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/lady-in-the-lake-2024.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Fi1m 50, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *Minari* (2021), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/minari.md)
- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)
- *Stranger Things* (2016), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Exhibiting Forgiveness* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Lady in the Lake* (2024), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/lady-in-the-lake-2024.md)
- *Next Goal Wins* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/next-goal-wins.md)
- *The Inspection* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Minari* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/minari.md)
- *Love and Monsters* (2020), Director of Photography
- *In Vitro* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Nightmares* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Little Monsters* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Martha the Monster* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Family Happiness* (2017), Director of Photography
- *2:22* (2017), Thanks
- *Down Under* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Stranger Things* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/stranger-things.md)
- *Hunt for the Wilderpeople* (2016), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/hunt-for-the-wilderpeople.md)
- *Twisted* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Not Suitable For Children* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Uninhabited* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Sample People* (2000), Assistant Camera
- *Enigma Variations*, series, Cinematography
- *Golden*, Director of Photography

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