---
name: "Paul Donachie"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-donachie"
fi1m_id: "paul-donachie"
imdb_id: "nm0232626"
tmdb_id: 1969690
wikidata_id: "Q136786065"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "19 June 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T22:28:11.359439+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."
---

# Paul Donachie

## Identity

Paul Donachie

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-donachie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-donachie
- **IMDb ID:** nm0232626
- **TMDB ID:** 1969690
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136786065
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136786065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1969690

Cinematographer. Born 19 June 1961 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 June 1961, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Ariel Levine](https://film.one/person/ariel-levine.md), [Gordon Smith](https://film.one/person/gordon-smith.md), [Melissa Bernstein](https://film.one/person/melissa-bernstein.md), [Rhea Seehorn](https://film.one/person/rhea-seehorn.md), [Vince Gilligan](https://film.one/person/vince-gilligan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 71 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, History 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $28m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136786065, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232626/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1969690

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Paul Donachie is a British cinematographer. Born in Liverpool in 1961, he began his career in the camera department, working as a focus puller on the Hornblower television films in the late 1990s.

He has served as an A-camera and Steadicam operator on numerous high-profile productions, including *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), *Tulip Fever* (2017) and *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019). On the series *Better Call Saul* (2015–2022) he worked as A-camera and Steadicam operator across dozens of episodes before taking on director of photography duties for several instalments.

Donachie was director of photography on four episodes of the Apple TV series *Pluribus* (2025), sharing duties with Marshall Adams. He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, camnoir.com, panavision.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, "A" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie* (2019), "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator
- *Next of Kin* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Tulip Fever* (2017), Steadicam Operator
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, "A" Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), "A" Camera Operator, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), Camera Operator
- *Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters* (1999), as Focus Puller
- *Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant* (1998), First Assistant Camera
- *Hornblower: The Even Chance* (1998), as Focus Puller

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