Vanessa Whyte

Take a sneak peek inside the January/February 2026 edition of British Cinematographer

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The January/February 2026 edition of British Cinematographer Happy New Year from all of us at British Cinematographer! As 2026 gets underway, our January/February edition celebrates the creativity, craft and collaboration driving the industry forward — from bold visual storytelling to the techniques shaping cinema’s future. Fresh ideas, renewed energy and new stories start here. CAMERA CREATIVE: ŁUKASZ ŻAL … Read more

David Rom and Vanessa Whyte / Ted Lasso

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TEAM SPIRIT As another chapter of fish-out-of-water football comedy Ted Lasso comes to a close, cinematographers David Rom and Vanessa Whyte reveal how they lensed some of season three’s most iconic sequences.   An innovative approach was required by David Rom to create a sewer in a Victorian arch in East London.   Ted Lasso and its … Read more

Vanessa Whyte

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Goodness gracious Meet The New Wave / Vanessa Whyte Goodness gracious Meet The New Wave / Vanessa Whyte Filmography (so far): cinematographer on BBC’s Murdered For Being Different (2017) and Operator  (2015), Best British Short BAFTA Winner 2016; second unit DP on Broadchurch  (season 3, 2016), Fortitude  (season 1, 2015) and Get Santa  (2014). When … Read more

Illuminatrix To Highlight Leading Female Cinematographers

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illuminatrix, the UK’s first collective of female cinematographers, calls for gender equality amongst cinematographers working in the UK film industry. Despite women making up 50.1% of film students in the UK, recent reports have highlighted the sizeable gender imbalance in the film industry across the globe. Data from Directors UK shows that the field of … Read more