---
name: "Ryan Kernaghan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryan-kernaghan"
fi1m_id: "ryan-kernaghan"
imdb_id: "nm2975835"
tmdb_id: 132866
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-02T23:06:29.221973+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."
---

# Ryan Kernaghan

## Identity

Ryan Kernaghan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ryan-kernaghan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ryan-kernaghan
- **IMDb ID:** nm2975835
- **TMDB ID:** 132866
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2975835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132866

Cinematographer. Born in Belfast.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Music 1, Science Fiction 1, Sport 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2975835/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132866

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Kneecap*](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*Ted Lasso*](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Ryan Kernaghan is a cinematographer. He was director of photography on the film *Kneecap* (2024) and on two episodes of the series *Ted Lasso* (2021).

His debut feature as cinematographer was *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), which premiered at Sundance. Subsequent credits include the films *The Devil's Doorway* (2018), *Boys from County Hell* (2021) and *Kneecap*, and episodes of the series *The Bay* (2019–2021), *Wreck* (2022–2024) and *Karen Pirie* (2022). He has won a BAFTA Award and received an IFTA nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmakermagazine.com, iftn.ie.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kneecap* (2024), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *The Survivalist* (2015), Fi1m 77, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Kneecap* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/kneecap.md)
- *The Hunt for Raoul Moat* (2023), series, Cinematography
- *Karen Pirie* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Boys from County Hell* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Ted Lasso* (2020), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/ted-lasso.md)
- *The Bay* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *The Devil's Doorway* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Bad Day for the Cut* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Childer* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Journey* (2017), Camera Operator
- *Unhappy Endings* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The Survivalist* (2015), Camera Operator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)
- *Short Sharp Shocks* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Attendant* (2012), Cinematography
- *Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?* (2009), Lighting Camera
- *Happy as Larry* (2008), Cinematography
- *Bad Bridgets*, Director of Photography

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