Kate McCullough

Kate McCullough is an Irish cinematographer. She is best known for working on The Quiet Girl for which she received the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer.

Early Life
Kate McCullough spent her childhood on a dairy and onion farm in Meath, Ireland. She first became interested in film when she was home sick from school and her mother rented a movie to entertain her.

Education
Kate McCullough went to Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. Post-graduation, she attended Lodz Film School in Poland, for which she learned how to speak Polish.

Nominations

 * Oscar nominee Best International Feature Film 2022
 * BAFTA Nominee Film not in the English Language 2022
 * ASC Spotlight Award Nominee 2023
 * Girls on Film Nominee Best Cinematographer 2022
 * Best Cinematography Nominee, Irish Film TV Awards 2020
 * Emmy Nominee Outstanding Lighting Direction and Scenic Design 2018
 * Best Cinematography Nominee, Irish Film TV Awards 2014

Awards

 * European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2022
 * Best Cinematorgraphy award at Sundance 2010
 * Donal Gilligan Award Best Cinematography Galway Film Fesitval, Ireland 2011
 * Donal Gilligan Award Best Cinematography Galway Film Fesitval, Ireland 2016
 * Súil Eile Award, Best Cinematography Irish Film Festival, London, UK 2017
 * Emmy Winner Outstanding Science and Technology Documentary 2018
 * Golden Frog for Best Cinematography Docudrama Energa Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Torun, Poland 2018
 * Best Cinematography Irish Film +TV Awards 2021