---
name: "Owen McPolin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/owen-mcpolin"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T15:49:09.754596+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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# Owen McPolin

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1969 in Cork.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Cork
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Smith](https://film.one/person/adam-smith.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88191847, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574280/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1135881

## Coming up

- *Chasing Millions* (2026-10-09), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time*](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md) (82)
- **BritBox:** [*Little Dorrit*](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md) (76)

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## Biography

Owen McPolin is an Irish cinematographer and member of the Irish Society of Cinematographers. He began his career shooting drama for BBC, ITV and Channel 4, and has worked on international series including *Vikings*, *Penny Dreadful* and *Shadow and Bone*.

His early credits include serving as director of photography on episodes of the BBC series *Little Dorrit* (2008) and *Doctor Who* (2010–2011), starting with Matt Smith’s debut episode *The Eleventh Hour*. He later photographed episodes of the BBC series *Time* (2021) and Apple TV+ series *Foundation* (2021–).

McPolin, born in 1969, has received three IFTA nominations, a Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival for the 2007 tele-film *The Catalpa Rescue*, and a BAFTA for his work on *Da Vinci’s Demons*.

*Sources: tardis.wiki, imdb.com, independentartistgroup.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Time* (2021), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), Fi1m 76, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Chasing Millions* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Barber* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Foundation* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Time* (2021), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-2021.md)
- *Dawn* (2016), Cinematography, Director of Photography
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Outlander* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *Breakfast Wine* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Secret State* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *Me and Mrs Jones* (2012), series, Director of Photography
- *When Harvey Met Bob* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The Take* (2009), series, Director of Photography
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director of Photography
- *Trouble with Sex* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Showbands* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Spin the Bottle* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Mapmaker* (2001), Director of Photography
- *H3* (2001), Director of Photography
- *I Could Read the Sky* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Inside Out: Portraits of Children* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Drinking Crude* (1997), Director, Writer

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