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name: "Tom Fitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-fitz"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:53:37.436925+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."
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# Tom Fitz

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1767468

## Streaming the US now

- **Discovery+:** [*Planet Earth II*](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md) (86)

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## Biography

Tom Fitz is an American cinematographer specialising in natural history and underwater filming. He has worked as a freelance cameraman for the BBC, National Geographic, PBS and others for over thirty years.

Fitz contributed cinematography to the BBC series *Planet Earth II* (2016). He has also worked on *Planet Earth*, *Blue Planet*, *Frozen Planet*, *Life* and *Our Planet* (2019). He has filmed in all seven continents and five oceans, including polar regions and deep water using ROVs and manned submarines.

Fitz has received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for cinematography, including for *Planet Earth II*, as well as BAFTA awards and nominations. He founded Schoolyard Films to produce educational natural history content for schools.

*Sources: imdb.com, fitz-productions.com, static1.squarespace.com, palmbeachillustrated.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Planet Earth II* (2016), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Our Planet* (2019), series, Additional Photography
- *Planet Earth II* (2016), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/planet-earth-ii.md)
- *Animal Camera* (2004), series, Camera Supervisor

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/tom-fitz