---
name: "Sam Chiplin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-chiplin"
fi1m_id: "sam-chiplin"
imdb_id: "nm8609386"
tmdb_id: 2159978
wikidata_id: "Q121889350"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:45:32.574056+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 Chiplin

## Identity

Sam Chiplin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-chiplin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-chiplin
- **IMDb ID:** nm8609386
- **TMDB ID:** 2159978
- **Wikidata ID:** Q121889350
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121889350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2159978

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121889350, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8609386/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2159978

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Narrow Road to the Deep North*](https://film.one/tv/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Sam Chiplin is a cinematographer. His credits include director of photography on the television mini-series *The Narrow Road to the Deep North* (2025) and *The Cry* (2018), and cinematographer on the films *The Stranger* (2022), *Penguin Bloom* (2021) and *Dirt Music* (2020).

Further credits include *The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart* (2023) and episodes of *Roar* (2022). He has received an ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in a Limited or Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, and an AACTA Award for Best Cinematography in Television, both for *The Narrow Road to the Deep North*.

*Sources: imdb.com, panavision.com, screenaustralia.gov.au, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Narrow Road to the Deep North* (2025), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *The Narrow Road to the Deep North* (2025), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north.md)
- *Yeah the Boys* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Stranger* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Bends* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Penguin Bloom* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Dirt Music* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Cry* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Safe Harbour* (2018), series, Cinematography

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- AACTA Award for Best Cinematography 2021: AACTA Award for Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Penguin Bloom*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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