---
name: "Oli Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/oli-russell"
fi1m_id: "oli-russell"
imdb_id: "nm2000798"
tmdb_id: 1579014
wikidata_id: "Q133760674"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:31:14.274479+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."
---

# Oli Russell

## Identity

Oli Russell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/oli-russell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** oli-russell
- **IMDb ID:** nm2000798
- **TMDB ID:** 1579014
- **Wikidata ID:** Q133760674
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133760674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2000798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579014

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Also known as:** Oliver Russell
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Taylor](https://film.one/person/ben-taylor.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133760674, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2000798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579014

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Catastrophe*](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md) (86), [*The Gold*](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Sex Education*](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Oli Russell is a British cinematographer, also credited early in his career as Oliver Russell. He works primarily in television drama and comedy as director of photography.

His credits include the feature film *Nina Forever* (2015), the Netflix series *Sex Education* (2019–2021, for which he received a BAFTA Television Craft Award nomination for Photography and Lighting: Fiction), *The Gold* (2023), *Derry Girls*, *Riches* (2022) and *Renegade Nell* (2024). He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Gold* (2023), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *Sex Education* (2019), Fi1m 78, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Catastrophe* (2015), Fi1m 86, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Red Eye* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *The Gold* (2023), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *Out of Her Mind* (2020), series, Cinematography
- *Flesh and Blood* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *Sex Education* (2019), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sex-education.md)
- *Nina Forever* (2016), Director of Photography
- *A Gert Lush Christmas* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Catastrophe* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/catastrophe-2015.md)
- *The Mimic* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Free Speech* (2004), Director of Photography
- *What Time Do You Call This?*, Director of Photography

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