---
name: "Sam Care"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-care"
fi1m_id: "sam-care"
imdb_id: "nm2419211"
tmdb_id: 1746760
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T16:01:01.743694+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."
---

# Sam Care

## Identity

Sam Care

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-care
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-care
- **IMDb ID:** nm2419211
- **TMDB ID:** 1746760
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2419211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1746760

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lewis Arnold](https://film.one/person/lewis-arnold.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2419211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1746760

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Misfits*](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md) (80), [*Skins*](https://film.one/tv/skins.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Sherwood*](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Sam Care is a British cinematographer. He is a graduate of the National Film and Television School and a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

His television credits include *Skins* (2007), *Misfits* (2009), *Marcella* (2016), *The Tunnel* (2013–2018), *Sherwood* (2022) and *Doctor Who* (2024). Feature film work includes *Another Mother's Son* (2017) and *Wet Season* (2019).

Care received a BAFTA Cymru nomination for Photography & Lighting Fiction for the mini-series *Born to Kill* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, samuelcare.co.uk, britishcinematographer.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sherwood* (2022), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Skins* (2007), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Director of Photography
- *Nolly* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Sherwood* (2022), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherwood.md)
- *Murder Manual* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Wet Season* (2019), Director of Photography
- *In the Dark* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Hampstead* (2017), Additional Camera
- *Born to Kill* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Another Mother's Son* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Riot Act* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Couple in a Hole* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Marcella* (2016), series, Director of Photography
- *Harry Price: Ghost Hunter* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Last Post* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Shelter* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Tunnel* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Skins: Rise* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Spoiler Alert* (2013), Director of Photography
- *uwantme2killhim?* (2013), Additional Photography
- *Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Anuvahood* (2011), Additional Camera
- *Chloe and Will's Hot Date Night* (2011), Cinematography
- *Connect* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Nightswimming* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Misfits* (2009), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Greys Inbetween* (2008), Additional Photography
- *Open Secrets* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Changing Faces* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Cuckoo* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Skins* (2007), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Providence* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Decadence is Easy* (2004), Executive Producer, Director of Photography

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