User:Colm Whelan Cinematographer

Colm Whelan is an Irish Cinematographer and Director of Photography. He is based in London while also working from bases in Ireland, Bangkok and Singapore. His work includes both narrative and documentary alongside music video and commercial production. He has helmed many multi award winning projects for producers such as National Geographic, Discovery Channel, History Television, MTV, BBC and others. In 2017 he shot 3 episodes of the multi award winning drama series Vikings 2013 TV Series Season 6 for History Channel. He was nominated for a Canadian Film and Television Award for his work as Director of Photography on the award winning Drama Documentary Series, Death or Canada for History Television. In 2015 he won the Irish Film and Television Academy award for his work as Director of Photography on A Terrible Beauty. In 2019 he won the World Medal for Cinematography at the New York Festivals TV & Film awards. He is currently in pre production on the 5 part Documentary Drama series, Dun Huang for TenCent in China where he will take on the role of both Cinematographer and Director. Shooting is scheduled for October 2019.