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name: "Ray Orton"
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# Ray Orton

Cinematographer. Born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer

## Biography

Ray Orton is a British cinematographer. Born in January 1946 in Uxbridge, Middlesex, he began working in camera and electrical departments in the late 1960s on productions including the film *Kes* (1969) and the documentary series *The World at War* (1974).

He later worked as director of photography or lighting cameraman on films such as *Leaving Lenin* (1993) and television series including *Torchwood* (2006–2007), *Made in Wales* (2009–2010), *The Indian Doctor* (2010–2012) and *The Sparticle Mystery* (2011). Orton also contributed to *The Machine* (2013) as second unit cinematographer. He received a BAFTA Cymru nomination for Best Photography and Lighting: Fiction in 2011.

*Sources: imdb.com, tardis.fandom.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Torchwood* (2006), Fi1m 73, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/torchwood.md)

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