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name: "Philip Bonham-Carter"
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tmdb_id: 1354496
roles: ["Cinematographer","Director"]
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# Philip Bonham-Carter

## Identity

Philip Bonham-Carter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-bonham-carter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-bonham-carter
- **IMDb ID:** nm0094504
- **TMDB ID:** 1354496
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354496

Cinematographer and director. Born in Gerards Cross, Buckinghamshire.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer, Director
- **Active:** 1970–1989
- **Also known as:** Philip Bonham Carter
- **Frequently works with:** [Kenith Trodd](https://film.one/person/kenith-trodd.md), [Stephen Poliakoff](https://film.one/person/stephen-poliakoff.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1354496

## Biography

Philip Bonham-Carter is a British cinematographer and occasional director. He trained at the London School of Film Technique and spent much of his career at the BBC, where he worked on arts series including *Omnibus* and *Arena*, as well as drama strands such as *Screen One*, *Screen Two* and *Play for Today*.

His credits as director of photography include the 1989 television film *She's Been Away* and feature films such as *American Friends* (1991). He has also directed episodes of documentary and factual series, including work for the BBC on royal family programmes, and later directed the cookery series *Delia's How to Cook* (1998). He was nominated for two BAFTA Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, historyproject.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *She's Been Away* (1989), Fi1m 76, Lighting Camera, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/shes-been-away.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *The Real Macbeth* (2001), Cinematography
- *Lost Civilizations: Greece and Rome* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of The Queen* (1992), Cinematography
- *American Friends* (1991), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *Ball-Trap On The Cote Sauvage* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Home Run* (1989), Cinematography
- *She's Been Away* (1989), Lighting Camera, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/shes-been-away.md)
- *Number 27* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Diary of Rita Patel* (1988), Cinematography
- *Changing Places* (1988), Cinematography
- *Stanley* (1988), Cinematography
- *Deadline* (1988), Director of Photography
- *The Real Buddy Holly Story* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Contact* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano* (1983), Camera Operator
- *Floating Off* (1983), Cinematography
- *The Last Term* (1983), Director
- *Wedding Day - Not only Charles and Diana...* (1982), Director
- *The Silence of the Sea* (1980), Director
- *Who Is Poly Styrene?* (1979), Cinematography
- *Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Premiere* (1977), series, Director
- *Taoism: A Question of Balance* (1977), Cinematography
- *Whose Doctor Who* (1977), Camera Operator
- *New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By* (1976), Camera Operator
- *Easy Go* (1974), Camera Operator
- *Omnibus: François Truffaut* (1973), Camera Operator
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Director
- *Royal Family* (1969), Additional Photography
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Director of Photography

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