---
name: "Mike Spragg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-spragg"
fi1m_id: "mike-spragg"
imdb_id: "nm0819534"
tmdb_id: 22360
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T21:50:51.662049+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."
---

# Mike Spragg

## Identity

Mike Spragg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-spragg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-spragg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0819534
- **TMDB ID:** 22360
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22360

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2005–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Ashley Rowe](https://film.one/person/ashley-rowe.md), [Balazs Bolygo](https://film.one/person/balazs-bolygo.md), [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Dale Elena McCready](https://film.one/person/dale-elena-mccready.md), [Damian Bromley](https://film.one/person/damian-bromley.md), [Edward Bazalgette](https://film.one/person/edward-bazalgette.md), [Euros Lyn](https://film.one/person/euros-lyn.md), [Jake Polonsky](https://film.one/person/jake-polonsky.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819534/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22360

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*The Last Kingdom*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) (72)
- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Fresh Meat*](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Mike Spragg is a British cinematographer and member of the British Society of Cinematographers. He began his career shooting documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel in the 1990s before moving into drama in the early 2000s.

He has worked as director of photography on series including *Black Mirror* (2011), *Doctor Who* (2005), *Fresh Meat* (2011), *The Last Kingdom* (2015), *The Bastard Executioner* (2015), *Midnight, Texas* (2017), *Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler* (2019) and *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (2020). Spragg received a BAFTA nomination for the BBC series *Seven Wonders of the Industrial World* and an ASC nomination for *Strike Back*.

*Sources: imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, moviefone.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Midnight, Texas* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *The Bastard Executioner* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Hughie Green, Most Sincerely* (2008), Cinematography
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Hindenburg Disaster: Probable Cause* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Chutney in Yuh Soca* (1996), Cinematography

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