---
name: "Nigel Bluck"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nigel-bluck"
fi1m_id: "nigel-bluck"
imdb_id: "nm0089458"
tmdb_id: 76845
wikidata_id: "Q64369924"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T09:47:20.936270+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."
---

# Nigel Bluck

## Identity

Nigel Bluck

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nigel-bluck
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nigel-bluck
- **IMDb ID:** nm0089458
- **TMDB ID:** 76845
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64369924
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bluck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64369924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76845

Cinematographer. Born in Gisborne, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Bluck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64369924, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0089458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76845

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Americana*](https://film.one/film/americana.md) (64), [*Lilo & Stitch*](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Nigel Bluck is a New Zealand cinematographer whose work spans feature films and television in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

He studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland and the Australian Film Television and Radio School. His first feature as director of photography was *Stickmen* (2001). He later served as second-unit cinematographer on the *Lord of the Rings* trilogy.

Bluck is known for *The Peanut Butter Falcon* (2019), *Tigertail* (2020), *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* (2022) and *Lilo & Stitch* (2025). He received Best Cinematography awards from the Film Critics Circle of Australia and the IF Awards for *The Home Song Stories* (2007), and has shot episodes of *True Detective*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nzonscreen.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Americana* (2025), Fi1m 64, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/americana.md)
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Fi1m 58, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Anaconda* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Easy's Waltz* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Americana* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/americana.md)
- *Lilo & Stitch* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/lilo-and-stitch-2025.md)
- *The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Tigertail* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Peanut Butter Falcon* (2019), Director of Photography
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Ladygrey* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Son of a Gun* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Tree* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Handsome Harry* (2009), Director of Photography
- *The Home Song Stories* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Half Moon* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Like Minds* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The French Doors* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Dark Stories: Tales from Beyond the Grave* (2001), as Clapper Loader
- *Stickmen* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Black Spot* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Bitch* (1995), as Clapper Loader

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