---
name: "Sam Renton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-renton"
roles: ["Second unit director of photography"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T16:08:08.990051+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 Renton

Second unit director of photography.

## Details

- **Work:** Second unit director of photography
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 48 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 66 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,407m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719887/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1388898

## Coming up

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027-06-10), Second Unit Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Durrells*](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md) (80)

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## Biography

Sam Renton is a British cinematographer and camera operator. He has worked extensively in the camera department on feature films including *Kick-Ass* (2010), *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015) and *Doctor Strange* (2016).

Renton served as cinematographer on six episodes of the ITV series *The Durrells* (2017–2019). He has also been director of photography on *Supervized* (2019) and *Silent Night* (2021), and second unit director of photography on films including *Misbehaviour* (2020), *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), *Kraven the Hunter* (2024) and *Wicked* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Fi1m 41, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Fi1m 54, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *The Durrells* (2016), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), Fi1m 80, "C" Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *Kick-Ass* (2010), Fi1m 74, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *How to Train Your Dragon 2* (2027), Second Unit Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Kraven the Hunter* (2024), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 41, [page](https://film.one/film/kraven-the-hunter.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Silent Night* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Misbehaviour* (2020), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Supervized* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Everyday Performance Artists* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Doctor Strange* (2016), Camera Operator
- *The Durrells* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-durrells.md)
- *Sunset Song* (2015), Camera Operator
- *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), Camera Operator
- *Guardians of the Galaxy* (2014), "C" Camera Operator — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy.md)
- *I Give It a Year* (2013), "B" Camera Operator
- *French Exchange* (2011), Co-Producer
- *The Debt* (2010), Focus Puller
- *Kick-Ass* (2010), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/kick-ass.md)
- *Franklyn* (2008), Focus Puller
- *Imagine Me & You* (2006), Focus Puller
- *Cold Mountain* (2003), Second Assistant "A" Camera

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