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Born: 10 November 1949, Leicester, UK, as Christopher Seager.
Education: Guilford School of Art [1969-71; Film & Television].
Career: Started working for Wessex-tv. Joined BBC-tv as trainee video c.op progressing to c.asst and lighting cameraman. Stayed with BBC-tv until 1994. Became freelance.
Ph commercials.
Member of the BSC since 1996.
Awards: RTS Craft & Design Award nom [1998] for 'Frenchman's Creek'; BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2001] for 'Lorna Doone'; BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2002] for 'The Way We Live Now'; RTS Craft & Design Award 'Lighting, Photography and Camera - Photography (Drama)' [2002-03; 'The Jury admired the simple and understated style and mood that the winner had created. It was, they said, both modern and very natural, and suited the content of the piece perfectly.'] & BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2004] for 'State of Play'; BAFTA TV Craft Award [2004], 'Gemini' Award nom [2005; for Part 1] & RTS Craft & Design Award 'Lighting, Photography and Camera - Photography (Drama)' nom [2004-05] for 'Sex Traffic'; BAFTA TV Craft Award [2005] for 'The Girl in the Café'; BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2009] for 'Hamlet'; BAFTA TV Craft Award nom [2010] for 'Five Daughters'.
Website: Chris Seager
FILMS | |
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1994 |
Stonewall [Nigel Finch] c; originally made as a tvm |
1995 |
Beautiful Thing [Hettie MacDonald] c; 2uc: Jeremy Hiles |
1995 |
It's Not Unusual [Kfir Yefet] c; short/12m |
1995 |
Alive and Kicking/Indian Summer [Nancy Meckler] c |
1995 |
Babymother [Julian Henriques] announced as ph; filmed in 1997 with ph Ron Fortunato |
1996 |
Daphne and Apollo [Clare Kilner] c; short/11m |
1996 |
Room Service [Phil Hunt] c; short/9m |
1996 |
Fever Pitch [David Evans] c |
1997 |
Vent de colère/Angry Wind [Michael Raeburn] c |
2000 |
Samhain [Karen Stowe] c; short/14m |
2000 |
The Magic of Vincent [Charles Palmer] c; short/15m |
2000 |
The Biographer [: The Secret Life of Princess Di] [Philip Saville] c; a tvm in the USA |
2002 |
Ashes and Sand [Bob Blagden] HD-to-35mm/c |
2003 |
White Noise [Geoffrey Sax] s35/c |
2005 |
Stormbreaker/Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker [Geoffrey Sax] s35/c; 2uc: Martin Kenzie; aph: John Marzano; uwph: Jason Bulley |
With dir Dan Reed [right] - "Straightheads"
2005 |
Straightheads/Closure [Dan Reed] s16-35bu/c; ph add scenes: Haris Zambarloukos |
2006 |
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [David Yates] announced as doph, but replaced by Slawomir Idziak |
2006 |
The Holiday [Nancy Meyers] c; co-2uc UK; ph: Dean Cundey |
2006 |
Miss Potter [Chris Noonan] p/c; co-2uc; ph: Andrew Dunn |
2006 |
The Walker [Paul Schrader] s35/c |
2007 |
Flick [David Howard] HD/c; addph: Tony Yates |
[Right] with dir Michael Keaton - "The Merry Gentleman"
2007 |
The Merry Gentleman [Michael Keaton] s35/c |
2007 |
Wild Child [Nick Moore] c; 2uc: Martin Kenzie |
2007 |
New in Town/Chilled in Miami [Jonas Elmer] c; L.A. unit ph: Jamie Thompson |
2008 |
Dark Blue Rising [Andy Serkis] announced; status unknown |
2008 |
My Brother Marvin [Bob Blagden] HD/c; doc/101m |
2009 |
BSC F & DIEs [Film & Digital Image Evaluations] [?] a test of 18 film and video cameras and 19 formats; cph: Gavin Finney, John Daly & Robin Vidgeon |
2009 |
Creeping Zero [Billy O'Brien] c; 3-D Sci-Fi teaser for announced feature film |
2010 |
Retreat [Carl Tibbetts] HD (ARRI D-21) (scope)/c |
2011 |
Penthouse North [Joseph Ruben] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-digital/c; filmed 2011-12 |
2014 |
Set Fire to the Stars [Andy Goddard] HD (scope)/b&w |
2014 |
A Kind of Murder/The Blunderer [Andy Goddard] HD (scope)/c |
TELEVISION | |
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1984 |
Ever Decreasing Circles [ep #7 'The Cricket Match', #8 'A Married Man', #9 'Housework', #10 'Snooker', #11 'Boredom', #12 'The Psychiatrist' & #13 'The Party' dir by Sydney Lotterby] 27-part series, 1984-89; 2nd series (8 ep); other ph: John Baker (ep #6) |
1984 |
Just Good Friends [ep #8 'Guilt', #9 'Another Man', #10 'Meeting Penny's Husband/The Evidence/His Bottle Went', #11 'Caught on a Shoulder Strap/That's How the Police Managed to Catch Him', #12 'Farewell Holiday' & #13 'Pregnant?' dir by Ray Butt] 20-part series (+ 2 Christmas Specials)/tape & film, 1983-86; 2nd season (7 ep) |
1984 |
Just Good Friends [ep 'Hope Not I'm a Vandal' dir by Ray Butt] Christmas Special/90m; see above |
1984 |
Newstime [Richard Boden] pilot |
1984 |
Only Fools and Horses... [6 ep dir by Susan Belbin] 64-part series (incl 19 Christmas Specials)/tape & film, 1981-96 & 2001-03; 4th season, 1985 (7 ep) |
1985 |
Open All Hours [6 ep dir by Sydney Lotterby] 26-part series, 1973 (pilot), 1976, 1981-82 & 1985; 4th series (6 ep) |
1985 |
Yes, Prime Minister [various] 16-part series, 1986-87 |
1985 |
Talking to the Wall [prod: Paul Pierrot] doc/35m; ep BBC2-tv series 'Open Space' (prod by the Community Programme Unit) |
1985 |
Only Fools and Horses... [ep 'To Hull and Back' dir by Ray Butt] Christmas Special/90m; see 1984 |
1985 |
Emergency - Bloomsbury 3 [Harry Weisbloom] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1986) |
1985 |
Countdown to Today [Ruth Jackson] doc; cph: Alex Hansen; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1986) |
1985 |
Strike It Rich! [ep #1 'Wildest Dreams' & #5 'Suspicions' dir by David Maloney] 14-part series, 1986-87; 1st series, 1986 (8 ep) |
1986 |
Brush Strokes [9 ep dir by Mandie Fletcher] 40-part series, 1986-91; 1st series (13 ep) |
1986 |
Scarfe on Scarfe [Gerald Scarfe] doc/60m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena' |
1986 |
Only Fools and Horses... [4 ep dir by Mandie Fletcher] 5th season, 1986 (6 ep); see 1984 |
1986 |
Ten Days in Holloway [Harry Weisbloom] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 |
1986 |
Cry Hungary - A Revolution Remembered [prod: Jeremy Bennett] doc/b&w-c/74m; cph: Ian Kennedy; see 1996 |
1986 |
Just Good Friends [ep #15 'Paris', #16 'Back in London', #17 'Meeting by Chance' & #19 'The Witness' dir by Sue Bysh] 3rd season, 1986 (6 ep); see 1984 |
1986 |
Just Good Friends [ep 'The Wedding' dir by Sue Bysh] Christmas Special; see 1984 |
1986 |
The Chosen Few [Chris Curling] doc; cph: Nigel Meakin; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 |
1986 |
Short Stories [Colleen Toomey] doc; cph: Rex Maidment; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1987) |
1986 |
House of Spirits [Harry Weisbloom] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1987) |
1986 |
Bombay Hotel [Adam Curtis] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1987) |
1987 |
Design Classics [ep #3 'The Volkswagen Beetle' dir by Keith Cheetham] 11-part doc series, 1987 & 1990; 1st series (6 ep); cph: John McGlashan |
1987 |
Brush Strokes [ep #1-6 dir by Mandie Fletcher] 2nd series (7 ep); see 1986 |
1987 |
Truckers [ep #1 'Hired Guns', #2 'One Night in Grimsby' & #8 'Going Under' dir by Jeremy Summers] 8-part series |
1987 |
A Test of Faith [Agnieszka Piotrowska] doc/29m |
1987 |
Scarfe's Follies [Gerald Scarfe] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1988) |
1987 |
Annie Doesn't Work Here Anymore [Harry Weisbloom] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1988) |
1988 |
Women in Black [Colleen Toomey] doc; cph: Chris Sadler; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 |
1988 |
Five Sculptors [ep #1 (29m) 'Antony Gormley' dir by Julia Cave] 5-part doc series; other ph: Colin Waldeck & John Daly |
1988 |
Abbas, Iranian Photojournalist [Patchy Wheatley] doc/58m; ep 6-part BBC-tv doc series 'Exiles' |
1988 |
South of the Border [Lesley Manning (ep #6) & Antonia Bird (ep #8)] 15-part series, 1988 & 1990; 1st series (8 ep); other ph: Alec Curtis (#3) & David Whitson (#4) |
1988 |
Bergerac [ep #57 'Sea Changes' dir by Richard Standeven] 87-part series, 1981-91; 7th season, 1989 |
1988 |
Here Is the News [Udayan Prasad] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screen Two' |
1988 |
Here to Stay [ep #2 'British Through and Through', #3 'The Entertainers', #4 'For Better For Worse', #5 'A Class of Their Own' & #6 'The Prophet Motive'; series prod: Ruth Jackson] 6-part doc series, 1989; cph: Chris Sadler (#2-3 & 5-6) & John Else (#4); ep #1 ph by Chris Sadler & Andy Elliott |
1988 |
Jam Today [Julia McClaren] doc; cph: Richard Ranken; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 |
1988 |
The Kingdom of Fun [Adam Curtis] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1989) |
1988 |
Cairo Vets [Mo Bowyer] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1989) |
1988 |
Knickerbockers in Knightsbridge [Grant Muter] doc; ep BBC2-tv doc series '40 Minutes', 1981-94 (1989) |
1989 |
French Revolution [ep #2 'Requiem for a King' dir by Agnieszka Piotrowska] 4-part (x 50m) doc series; other ph: Alex Hansen (#1 'Dreams of Freedom') & John Beck (#3 'The Terror' & #4 'Ireland's Opportunity') |
1989 |
The Magnum Story [ep #1 (65m) 'Decisive Moments' dir by Patricia Wheatley & Rosemary Bowen-Jones] 3-part doc series |
1989 |
They Never Slept [Udayan Prasad] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screen Two' (1991) |
1990 |
South of the Border [ep #? 'Who Killed Him and Why?' dir by Lesley Manning] 2nd series (7 ep); see 1988 |
1990 |
Oooh Er, Missus! The Frankie Howerd Story, or Please Yourselves [Helen Gallacher] doc/60m; ep BBC-tv arts series 'Arena' |
1991 |
Ashenden [Christopher Morahan] 4-part miniseries |
1991 |
My Sister-Wife [Lesley Manning] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screen Two' |
1992 |
Bad Girl [George Case] tvm; ep BBC-tv series 'Screenplay' |
1992 |
A Is for Atom [series prod: Adam Curtis] doc/60m; ep of 6-part BBC2-tv doc series 'Pandora's Box' |
1992 |
Nice Town [Pedr James] 3-part miniseries |
1992 |
The Vampyr - A Soap Opera [Nigel Finch] 5-part (x 22m) opera, 1992-93; also shown as ep (115m) of BBC-tv series 'Omnibus' (1993) |
1993 |
Skallagrigg [Richard Spence] tvm; ep BBC2-tv series 'Screen Two' |
1993 |
The Bullion Boys [Christopher Morahan] tvm; ep BBC1-tv series 'Screen One' |
1993 |
Bambino mio/Mon enfant [Edward Bennett] tvm; ep BBC1-tv series 'Screen One' |
1993 |
If You See God, Tell Him [Marcus Mortimer] 4-part miniseries |
1994 |
Once Upon a Time in the North [ep #2 'The Time Sean Got Into the Final' dir by John Clive] 6-part series; other ph (+ cph #2): Alec Curtis |
1994 |
Tears Before Bedtime [Tristram Powell] 4-part miniseries |
1994 |
Cold Comfort Farm [John Schlesinger] tvm/b&w-c |
1995 |
The Peacock Spring [Christopher Morahan] 2-part tvm |
1996 |
Cry Hungary [prod: Jeremy Bennett] doc/48m; cph: Garry Morrison & Ian Kennedy; ep BBC-tv doc series 'Timewatch'; sequel to 'Cry Hungary - A Revolution Remembered' (see 1986) |
1996 |
A Dance to the Music of Time [Alvin Rakoff (ep #1 & 3) & Christopher Morahan (ep #2 & 4)] 4-part miniseries |
1997 |
Seesaw [George Case] 3-part miniseries |
1998 |
Big Cat [Richard Spence] tvm; ep BBC1-tv series 'Screen One' |
1998 |
Frenchman's Creek [Ferdinand Fairfax] tvm |
1998 |
The Passion [Catherine Morshead] 3-part miniseries (1999) |
1998 |
Bad Blood [Tim Fywell] 3-part miniseries |
1999 |
In the Name of Love [Ferdinand Fairfax] 2-part tvm; addph: Stuart Howell |
1999 |
Madame Bovary [Tim Fywell] 2-part tvm |
2000 |
The Sins [various] 7-part miniseries |
2000 |
Lorna Doone [Mike Barker] 2-part tvm/s16 |
2001 |
Murder Rooms [: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes] [: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes] [ep #1 'The Patient's Eyes' dir by Tim Fywell] 4-part tvm series |
2001 |
The Way We Live Now [David Yates] 4-part miniseries/b&w-c/s16 |
2002 |
Ella and the Mothers [Gavin Millar] tvm |
2002 |
Lenny Blue [Andy Wilson] tvm |
2002 |
State of Play [David Yates] 6-part series/s16 (2003) |
2002 |
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries [ep #7 'Playing for the Ashes' dir by Richard Spence] 24-part series, 2001-07; 2nd series, 2003 |
2003 |
Suspicion [Jamie Payne] 2-part tvm |
2003 |
The Young Visiters [David Yates] tvm/s16 |
2004 |
Sex Traffic [David Yates] 2-part tvm/s16 |
2004 |
Archangel [Jon Jones] 2-part tvm/s16 |
2005 |
The Girl in the Café [David Yates] tvm/s16; 2uc Iceland: Elli Cassata |
"Hamlet"
2009 |
Hamlet [Gregory Doran] tvm/182m/RED |
2009 |
Marple: The Secret of Chimneys [John Strickland] tvm/HD (Sony F900) |
2009 |
Five Daughters [Philippa Lowthorpe] 3-part miniseries/RED |
2010 |
Joe Maddison's War [Patrick Collerton] tvm/RED |
2010 |
The Nativity [Coky Giedroyc] 4-part miniseries/HD (ARRI D-21); 2uc (ep #1): Steven Hall |
2010 |
Fisherman's Friends [David Pearson] mus doc/60m/HD (Sony PDW-700); cph: Jeremy Humphries; ep ITV1 doc series 'Perspectives' (2011) |
2010 |
The Hour [pilot (ep #1) & #2 dir by Coky Giedroyc, #3-4 dir by Harry Bradbeer & #5-6 dir by Jamie Payne] 12-part series/HD (ARRI D-21), 2011-12; first season, 2011 (6 ep); filmed 2010-11 |
2011 |
Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me [David Richards] tvm/HD (ARRI D-21) |
2011 |
Call the Midwife [ep #1-3 dir by Philippa Lowthorpe & #4-6 dir by Jamie Payne] series/HD (ARRI D-21), 2012-present; 1st series, 2012 (6 ep) |
2012 |
Call the Midwife [Philippa Lowthorpe] Christmas special/75m/HD (ARRI D-21); see 2011 |
2012 |
Call the Midwife [ep #8 dir by Philippa Lowthorpe] 2nd series, 2013 (8 ep); other ph: James Aspinall & Simon Archer; see 2011 |
2012 |
Game of Thrones [ep #27 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair' dir by Michelle MacLaren (MM) & #28 'Second Sons' dir by MM] series, 2011-present; 3rd season/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2013 (10 ep); addph: Robert McLachlan (#27-28), Jonathan Freeman (#27) & Martin Kenzie (#28) |
2013 |
Call the Midwife (One Born Every Minute) Meets Dr Who [Minkie Spiro] comedy sketch/6m; for Comic Relief 2013 |
2013 |
Dracula [ep #3-4 dir by Andy Goddard & #7-8 dir by Brian Kelly] 10-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2013-14; other ph: Ousama Rawi (6 ep) |
2013 |
Tyrant [pilot dir by David Yates] 32-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2014-16; 1st season, 2014 (10 ep); aph: Ville Hyvönen |
2014 |
Galavant [pilot dir by Chris Koch + ep #2-5 & #7-8 dir by various] 18-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2015-16; 1st season, 2015 (8 ep); other ph: John Pardue (ep #6) |
2015 |
Grandfathered/Grandpa [pilot dir by Chris Koch] 22-part series, 2015-16 |
2015 |
Undercover [ep #1-3 dir by James Hawes] 6-part miniseries/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2016; other ph: Stephan Pehrsson |
2016 |
The White Princess [Jamie Payne] 8-part series, 2017; for Starz-tv |