---
name: "Stephan Pehrsson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephan-pehrsson"
fi1m_id: "stephan-pehrsson"
imdb_id: "nm0670475"
tmdb_id: 1206106
wikidata_id: "Q40087792"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "10 November 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T17:27:25.253320+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."
---

# Stephan Pehrsson

## Identity

Stephan Pehrsson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephan-pehrsson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephan-pehrsson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0670475
- **TMDB ID:** 1206106
- **Wikidata ID:** Q40087792
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40087792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206106

Cinematographer. Born 10 November 1975 in Hillerød, Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 10 November 1975, Hillerød, Denmark
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Colm McCarthy](https://film.one/person/colm-mccarthy.md), [Farren Blackburn](https://film.one/person/farren-blackburn.md), [Lawrence Gough](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gough.md), [Bryn Higgins](https://film.one/person/bryn-higgins.md), [Carl Tibbetts](https://film.one/person/carl-tibbetts.md), [Damian Bromley](https://film.one/person/damian-bromley.md), [Daniel Kaluuya](https://film.one/person/daniel-kaluuya.md), [Daniel Nettheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-nettheim.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 74 (7), 2020s 67 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Mystery 6, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 6, Crime 4, Comedy 3, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $159m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40087792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206106

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81), [*Wednesday*](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) (71)
- **AMC+:** [*Doctor Who*](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md) (78), [*Luther*](https://film.one/tv/luther.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Endeavour*](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*Humans*](https://film.one/tv/humans.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*The Fades*](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*MobLand*](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Stephan Pehrsson is a Danish cinematographer. Born on 10 November 1975 in Hillerød, Denmark, he trained at the European Film College from 1996 to 1997 before attending the National Film and Television School in the UK, where he completed an MA in Cinematography in 2003.

He began his career in the UK television industry as a camera operator before becoming a director of photography on series including *The Bill*, *Dream Team*, *Holby City* and *Bad Girls*. His credits include *Doctor Who* (2005), *Luther* (2010), *Black Mirror* (2011), *Inside No. 9* (2014), *Humans* (2015), *Wednesday* (2022) and *MobLand* (2025). He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

Pehrsson won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for Photography & Lighting: Fiction for the *Black Mirror* episode "Demon 79" and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie for the episode "USS Callister".

*Sources: imdb.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk, starwarsnewsnet.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *MobLand* (2025), Fi1m 63, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), Fi1m 52, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-strikes-again.md)
- *Humans* (2015), Fi1m 74, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Endeavour* (2013), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Fades* (2011), Fi1m 72, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *MobLand* (2025), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/mobland.md)
- *Your Christmas or Mine 2* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Wednesday* (2022), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Surface* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Hatton Garden* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *Tolkien* (2019), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Les Misérables* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-strikes-again.md)
- *The City and the City* (2018), series, Director of Photography
- *Humans* (2015), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *The C-Word* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The 12 Days of Christine* (2015), Director of Photography
- *La Couchette* (2015), Director of Photography
- *From There to Here* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *The Harrowing* (2014), Director of Photography
- *The Understudy* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Last Gasp* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Tom & Gerri* (2014), Director of Photography
- *A Quiet Night In* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Sardines* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith* (2013), Actor
- *Hammer of the Gods* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Snowmen* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Fades* (2011), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fades.md)
- *Random* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Luther* (2010), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *Werewolves: The Dark Survivors* (2009), Cinematography
- *M.I. High* (2007), series, Director of Photography
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Sea Monsters* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Bad Girls* (1999), series, Director of Photography

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