---
name: "Nicolas Karakatsanis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicolas-karakatsanis"
fi1m_id: "nicolas-karakatsanis"
imdb_id: "nm1785999"
tmdb_id: 236909
wikidata_id: "Q23058155"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T01:56:54.959603+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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# Nicolas Karakatsanis

## Identity

Nicolas Karakatsanis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicolas-karakatsanis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicolas-karakatsanis
- **IMDb ID:** nm1785999
- **TMDB ID:** 236909
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23058155
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1785999/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236909

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1977 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1977, Australia
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Craig Gillespie](https://film.one/person/craig-gillespie.md), [Paul Walter Hauser](https://film.one/person/paul-walter-hauser.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 70 (1), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Crime 1, History 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $308m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23058155, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1785999/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/236909

## Coming up

- *Anxious People* (2026-11-26), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cruella*](https://film.one/film/cruella.md) (66), [*Dumb Money*](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md) (64)
- **Tubi:** [*I, Tonya*](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md) (70)

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## Biography

Nicolas Karakatsanis is a cinematographer. Born in Australia in 1977, he has worked on feature films and television series since the early 2010s.

His credits include *Bullhead* (2011), *The Drop* (2014), *I, Tonya* (2017), *Cruella* (2021), *Dumb Money* (2023) and episodes of the series *Lioness* (2023). He has frequently collaborated with director Craig Gillespie.

*Sources: kodak.com, imdb.com, unitedtalent.com, artnet.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dumb Money* (2023), Fi1m 64, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *Cruella* (2021), Fi1m 66, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *I, Tonya* (2017), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Anxious People* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The Making Of "Ex Drummer"* (2025), Assistant Director of Photography
- *Julie Keeps Quiet* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Skunk* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Dumb Money* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-money.md)
- *Lioness* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *The Mad Women's Ball* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Cruella* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/cruella.md)
- *Een verkeerde toekomst* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Hellhole* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Angel* (2018), Director of Photography
- *I, Tonya* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/i-tonya.md)
- *Racer and the Jailbird* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Triple 9* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Cub* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Loft* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Drop* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Bag Man* (2014), Cinematography
- *Violet* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Bullhead* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Extraordinary Life of Rocky* (2010), Cinematography
- *A Gentle Creature* (2010), Cinematography
- *Siemiany* (2009), Director of Photography
- *We Know* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Close* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Left Bank* (2008), Cinematography
- *Forever* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Dear Julia* (2003), Cinematography
- *Smokescreen over Brussels* (2002), as Imaging Science

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