---
name: "Peter Hannan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-hannan"
fi1m_id: "peter-hannan"
imdb_id: "nm0360346"
tmdb_id: 57699
wikidata_id: "Q16937698"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 February 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T13:04:11.334815+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."
---

# Peter Hannan

## Identity

Peter Hannan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-hannan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-hannan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0360346
- **TMDB ID:** 57699
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16937698
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hannan_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16937698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57699

Cinematographer. Born 1 February 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 February 1941, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Active:** 1970–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Denholm Elliott](https://film.one/person/denholm-elliott.md), [Michael Palin](https://film.one/person/michael-palin.md), [Richard Loncraine](https://film.one/person/richard-loncraine.md), [Terry Jones](https://film.one/person/terry-jones.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (3), 1980s 74 (3), 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 34 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Thriller 3, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $335m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hannan_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16937698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360346/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57699

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Withnail & I*](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md) (88)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Absolutely Anything*](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md) (34)

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

## Biography

Peter Hannan (born 1 February 1941) is an Australian cinematographer who has spent the majority of his career in Great Britain. He began working in the film industry as an assistant cameraman on Stanley Kubrick's *2001: A Space Odyssey* (1968) and has served as director of photography on more than thirty films since 1972.

His credits as director of photography include *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), *Insignificance* (1985), *Withnail and I* (1987) and *Absolutely Anything* (2015). He has also worked as second-unit director of photography on films such as *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004) and *Children of Men* (2006). Hannan received a BAFTA TV Award for Best Photography and Lighting for *Longitude* (2000) and a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award in 2005, shared with others, for the development of the remote camera head known as the Hot-Head.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cinematographer.org.au.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), Fi1m 34, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), Fi1m 78, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *The Missionary* (1982), Fi1m 57, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *Wake in Fright* (1971), Fi1m 86, Focus Puller, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-in-fright.md)
- *Walkabout* (1971), Fi1m 85, Other — [page](https://film.one/film/walkabout.md)
- *Performance.* (1970), Fi1m 81, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/performance.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Dough* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Absolutely Anything* (2015), Director of Photography — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/absolutely-anything.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *The Gathering Storm* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Puckoon* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Solarmax* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Longitude* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Longitude* (2000), series, Director of Photography
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *Milk* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Mothertime* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Not Without My Daughter* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Living with Dinosaurs* (1990), Director of Photography
- *How to Get Ahead in Advertising* (1989), Director of Photography
- *A Handful of Dust* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Withnail & I* (1987), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/withnail-and-i.md)
- *Half Moon Street* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Club Paradise* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Turtle Diary* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Insignificance* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Dance with a Stranger* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Razor's Edge* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *The Missionary* (1982), Cinematography, Director of Photography — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *A Dangerous Summer* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Brimstone & Treacle* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Sredni Vashtar* (1981), Cinematography
- *Blade on the Feather* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Secret Orchards* (1979), Cinematography
- *The Stud* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Full Circle* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Moon Over the Alley* (1976), Director of Photography
- *James Dean: The First American Teenager* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Flame* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Eskimo Nell* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Radio Wonderful* (1973), Cinematography
- *Wake in Fright* (1971), Second Unit Director of Photography, Focus Puller — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-in-fright.md)
- *Walkabout* (1971), as Other — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/walkabout.md)
- *Performance.* (1970), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/performance.md)
- *Goal!* (1966), Additional Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Scientific and Engineering Award 2006: Scientific and Engineering Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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