Phil Méheux

Phil Méheux
Phil Méheux
Born	Philip Méheux; 17 September 1941 (age 83); Sidcup, Kent, England, U.K.
Education	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School[citation needed]
Years active	1966–present
Website	philmeheux.com

Philip Méheux (born 17 September 1941) is an English cinematographer^[1]^[2], known for his collaborations with directors John Mackenzie and Martin Campbell.

He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and served as president of the British Society of Cinematographers between 2002 and 2006.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1976	Exposé	James Kenelm Clarke	Uncredited
1977	Black Joy	Anthony Simmons
1978	Let's Get Laid	James Kenelm Clarke
1979	The Music Machine	Ian Sharp
1979	Scum	Alan Clarke
1980	The Long Good Friday	John Mackenzie
1981	The Final Conflict	Graham Baker	With Robert Paynter
1982	Who Dares Wins	Ian Sharp
1982	Experience Preferred... But Not Essential	Peter Duffell
1983	The Honorary Consul	John Mackenzie
1985	Morons from Outer Space	Mike Hodges
1987	The Fourth Protocol	John Mackenzie
1988	Criminal Law	Martin Campbell
1989	Renegades	Jack Sholder
1991	Highlander II: The Quickening	Russell Mulcahy
1991	Defenseless	Martin Campbell
1992	Ruby	John Mackenzie
1993	The Trial	David Jones
1993	Ghost in the Machine	Rachel Talalay
1994	No Escape	Martin Campbell
1995	GoldenEye	Martin Campbell
1997	The Saint	Phillip Noyce
1998	The Mask of Zorro	Martin Campbell
1999	Entrapment	Jon Amiel
1999	Bicentennial Man	Chris Columbus
2003	Beyond Borders	Martin Campbell
2004	Around the World in 80 Days	Frank Coraci
2005	The Legend of Zorro	Martin Campbell
2006	Casino Royale	Martin Campbell
2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	Raja Gosnell
2010	Edge of Darkness	Martin Campbell
2011	The Smurfs	Raja Gosnell
2012	Here Comes the Boom	Frank Coraci
2013	The Smurfs 2	Raja Gosnell
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Paul Tibbitt	Live-action unit
2021	Three Pints and a Rabbi	Richard Perry

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	Apaches	John Mackenzie
1980	The First Day	Marek Kanievska
2009	A Kingdom Without a King	Richard Perry
2014	Borderline	Kieran Shea David Osorio	Also editor
2015	Lifted	Lin Oeding
2015	Killing Thyme	M.J. McMahon
2018	I Am the Doorway	Simon Pearce	Also executive producer
2020	Officer Down	Simon Pearce

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1968-1972	Omnibus	Tony Palmer	Episodes "All My Loving" and "Born Black Born British"
1977	Play for Today	John Mackenzie Mike Newell John Goldschmidt	Episodes "Just Another Saturday", "Brassneck", "Double Dare", "The Elephants' Graveyard" and "Spend, Spend, Spend"^[4]
1978	Out	Jim Goddard	All 6 episodes
1978	The Professionals	Anthony Simmons Peter Medak David Wickes Martin Campbell	5 episodes; Also directed 2 episodes

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1975	The Whip Hand	Les Blair
1977	The Emperor of Atlantis	John Goldschmidt
1982	The Disappearance of Harry	Joseph Despins
1983	Those Glory Glory Days	Philip Saville
1985	Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future	Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel
1986	Act of Vengeance	John Mackenzie
1986	Apology	Robert Bierman

Miniseries

Year	Title	Director
1977	The Age of Uncertainty	Mick Jackson
1984	Lace	William Hale

Awards and nominations

American Society of Cinematographers

Year	Award	Result
2015	International Award	Won

BAFTA Awards

Year	Award	Title	Result
1978	Play for Today	Best Film Cameraman (For episode "Spend, Spend, Spend")	Nominated
2006	Casino Royale	Best Cinematography^[5]	Nominated

British Society of Cinematographers

Year	Award	Title	Result
2006	Casino Royale	Best Cinematography	Won
2022	Lifetime Achievement Award		Won

References

^ "Phil Méheux to be special guest at Soundstage". British Cinematographer. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Phil Méheux". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinemartographers. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.
^ "Current members of the Academy". www.bafta.org. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Brooke, Michael (2003–2014). "'Spend Spend Spend' (1977)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
^ "Phil Méheux BSC". philmeheux.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

External links

Phil Meheux at IMDb

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[1] "Phil Méheux to be special guest at Soundstage". British Cinematographer. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[2] "Phil Méheux". Internet Encyclopedia of Cinemartographers. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018.

[3] "Current members of the Academy". www.bafta.org. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[4] Brooke, Michael (2003–2014). "'Spend Spend Spend' (1977)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

[5] "Phil Méheux BSC". philmeheux.com. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

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v t e British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film
1953–1975	Oswald Morris (1953) Robert Krasker (1954) Jack Cardiff (1956) Jack Hildyard (1958) Harry Waxman (1959) Freddie Francis (1960) Robert Krasker (1961) Freddie Young (1962) Ted Moore / Douglas Slocombe (1963) Geoffrey Unsworth (1964) Skeets Kelly (1965) Freddie Young / Oswald Morris (1966) Oswald Morris (1967) Douglas Slocombe (1968) Gerry Turpin (1969) Freddie Young (1970) Oswald Morris (1971) Geoffrey Unsworth (1972) Douglas Slocombe (1973) Douglas Slocombe (1974) John Alcott (1975)
1976–2000	Gil Taylor (1976) Geoffrey Unsworth (1977) Douglas Slocombe (1978) Billy Williams (1979) Freddie Francis (1980) Freddie Francis (1981) Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor (1982) Sven Nykvist (1983) Chris Menges (1984) Alex Thomson (1985) David Watkin (1986) Philippe Rousselot (1987) Vittorio Storaro (1988) Peter Biziou (1989) Freddie Francis (1990) Pierre Lhomme (1991) Tony Pierce-Roberts (1992) Janusz Kamiński (1993) Philippe Rousselot (1994) Andrew Dunn (1995) Alex Thomson (1996) Dante Spinotti (1997) Remi Adefarasin (1998) Conrad L. Hall (1999) Roger Deakins (2000)
2001–present	Roger Deakins (2001) Conrad L. Hall (2002) Russell Boyd (2003) John Mathieson (2005) Phil Méheux (2006) Roger Deakins (2007) Roger Deakins (2008) Barry Ackroyd (2009) Roger Deakins (2010) Guillaume Schiffman (2011) Seamus McGarvey (2012) Phedon Papamichael (2013) Dick Pope (2014) Edward Lachman (2015) Seamus McGarvey (2016) Roger Deakins (2017) Alfonso Cuarón (2018) Roger Deakins (2019) Erik Messerschmidt (2020) Ari Wegner (2021) James Friend (2022) Robbie Ryan (2023)

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Phil Méheux
Born	Philip Méheux (1941-09-17) 17 September 1941 (age 83) Sidcup, Kent, England, U.K.
Education	Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School^{[citation needed]}
Years active	1966–present
Website	philmeheux.com