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name: "Vernon Layton"
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fi1m_id: "vernon-layton"
imdb_id: "nm0493645"
tmdb_id: 33282
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:26:14.677067+00:00"
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# Vernon Layton

## Identity

Vernon Layton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vernon-layton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vernon-layton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493645
- **TMDB ID:** 33282
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33282

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33282

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Vernon Layton is a British cinematographer. He began in fashion photography before training as a camera operator at Rediffusion and working on light entertainment, studio dramas and pop programmes at LWT. He became one of the leading commercial directors of photography in London and Europe, collaborating with directors including Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Adrian Lyne.

Layton’s feature debut as director of photography was *McVicar* (1980). He shot episodes of the series *The Professionals* (1977) and *Agatha Christie’s Poirot* (1989). His other credits include *The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain* (1995), *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer* (1998), *Blackball* (2003) and *Seed of Chucky* (2004). He later worked on *Day of the Flowers* (2012), which he also associate-produced. Layton is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: imdb.com, chrisjonesblog.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Day of the Flowers* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Gone Fishing* (2008), Cinematography
- *Seed of Chucky* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Blackball* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Station Jim* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Don't Go Breaking My Heart* (1999), Director of Photography
- *I Still Know What You Did Last Summer* (1998), Director of Photography
- *High School High* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus* (1996), Camera Operator
- *The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Young Americans* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Red Hot* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Under Suspicion* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *McVicar* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, Director of Photography
- *The Finishing Line* (1977), Cinematography

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