Nina Kellgren | |
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Born | Manchester, England | 26 August 1948
Alma mater | Slade School of Fine Art |
Years active | 198?–present |
Organisation | British Society of Cinematographers |
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Nina Kellgren BSC (born 26 August 1948) is a British cinematographer. Her work on Solomon & Gaenor (1999) made her the first British woman cinematographer to shoot an Academy Award-nominated film and the second woman in the International Feature Film category. The second woman to join the British Society of Cinematographers,[1] Kellgren was honoured with the John Alcott Memorial Award at the 2021 BSC Awards.[2][3][4]
Kellgren was born in Manchester to Jonas Kellgren, a British physician of Swedish and Russian descent, and Thelma Reynolds, an American nurse of English descent from Amesbury, Massachusetts. She has three sisters as well as a half-sister from her father's previous marriage. Kellgren holds a Bachelor and a Master of Fine Arts from University College London's Slade School of Fine Art, having completed her studies in 1972. She got her first job as a camera assistant to Diane Tammes.[5]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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1989 | Looking for Langston | Isaac Julien | |
I'm British But... | Gurinder Chadha | Television film | |
1991 | Young Soul Rebels | Isaac Julien | |
1995 | Y Mapiwr | Endaf Emlyn | |
Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask | Isaac Julien | Docudrama | |
1997 | Cold Enough for Snow | Piers Haggard | Television film |
Beyond Fear | Jenny Wilkes | Television film | |
1999 | Solomon & Gaenor | Paul Morrison | |
2003 | Wondrous Oblivion | Paul Morrison | |
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys | Oliver Parker | Television film | |
2006 | Deep Water | Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond | Documentary |
2008 | Derek | Isaac Julien | Documentary |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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1995 | RTS Awards | Best Camera | Y Mapiwr | Nominated | |
1997 | BAFTA Cymru | Best Cinematography – Drama | Won | ||
2001 | Solomon & Gaenor | Won | [6] |