---
name: "Raymond Besant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raymond-besant"
fi1m_id: "raymond-besant"
imdb_id: "nm5296422"
tmdb_id: 3725931
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:52:54.140721+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."
---

# Raymond Besant

## Identity

Raymond Besant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raymond-besant
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raymond-besant
- **IMDb ID:** nm5296422
- **TMDB ID:** 3725931
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5296422/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3725931

Cinematographer. Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5296422/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3725931

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Outrun*](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md) (72)

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## Biography

Raymond Besant is a Scottish wildlife cameraman and photographer from Orkney. He grew up in Kirkwall and began his career in press photography before specialising in long-lens wildlife filming. He has contributed to numerous BBC Natural History Unit productions and series for National Geographic.

His television credits include *Springwatch* (2012–2018), *Nature* (2015–2019), *Frozen Planet II* (2022), *Wild Isles* and *Highlands: Scotland’s Wild Heart*. In 2024 he served as underwater cinematographer on the feature film *The Outrun*. Besant has published wildlife photography books including *Naturally Orkney* (2014) and leads wildlife tours in Orkney. In 2024 he received an honorary Doctor of Science from Robert Gordon University.

*Sources: imdb.com, orkneynature.com, rgu.ac.uk, aberdeencity.gov.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Outrun* (2024), Fi1m 72, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story* (2024), Additional Photography
- *The Outrun* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-outrun.md)
- *Secrets of the Elephants* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Tibet: Roof of the World* (2020), Director of Photography

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