---
name: "Will Pugh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-pugh"
fi1m_id: "will-pugh"
imdb_id: "nm2273415"
tmdb_id: 1986794
wikidata_id: "Q57735997"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:41:44.696459+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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# Will Pugh

## Identity

Will Pugh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-pugh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-pugh
- **IMDb ID:** nm2273415
- **TMDB ID:** 1986794
- **Wikidata ID:** Q57735997
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57735997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273415/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1986794

Cinematographer. Born in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Also known as:** William Pugh
- **Frequently works with:** [John Battsek](https://film.one/person/john-battsek.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57735997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273415/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1986794

## Coming up

- *The Last First: Winter K2* (2026-10-02), Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-first-winter-k2.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Rising Phoenix*](https://film.one/film/rising-phoenix.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Will Pugh is a British cinematographer. He was born in London and raised in Nigeria and Malawi. He entered the film industry in 1997 and has worked on both documentaries and narrative films.

His credits include *My Scientology Movie* (2016), *McQueen* (2018), *Rising Phoenix* (2020), *Misha and the Wolves* (2021), *Crime* (2021), *Capturing the Killer Nurse* (2022) and *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* (2024). He is also credited on the forthcoming *The Last First: Winter K2* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rising Phoenix* (2020), Fi1m 74, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/rising-phoenix.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *The Last First: Winter K2* (2026), Director of Photography — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-first-winter-k2.md)
- *The Balloonists* (2026), Cinematography
- *Salisbury Poisonings: The Untold Story* (2026), series, Director of Photography
- *Love+War* (2025), Additional Director of Photography
- *Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Capturing the Killer Nurse* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Crime* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *Misha and the Wolves* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In* (2021), Cinematography
- *Day Zero* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Rising Phoenix* (2020), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/rising-phoenix.md)
- *Hard, Cracked the Wind* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Spiral* (2018), Additional Director of Photography
- *McQueen* (2018), Director of Photography
- *My Scientology Movie* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Light Years* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Blair Years* (2007), series, Director of Photography
- *The Kiss* (2006), Director of Photography

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