Henry Braham BSC (born 30 October 1965) is an English cinematographer and commercial director.
Life and career Braham’s cinematographic career began in 1989 with the British band The KLF working on their 1991 road movie, The White Room. He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for his work on the miniseries Shackleton.
Known for implementing warm lighting, a very stylized color grading, and sometimes applying fisheye lens, Braham works mostly in big-budget films with a heavy focus on visual effects, especially in films directed by James Gunn.
He has also directed several commercials.Henry Braham - Credits In 2013, Braham has also designed the lighting for the sellout exhibition, “Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones” for the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Braham is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and is also the co-founder of the Good Hemp Food brand with Glynis Murray.
Filmography
Film Year Title Director Notes 1992 Soft Top Hard Shoulder Stefan Schwartz1997 Roseanna's Grave Paul Weiland Shooting Fish Stefan Schwartz1998 The Land Girls David Leland Waking Ned Kirk Jones2001 The Invisible Circus Adam Brooks Crush John McKay 2003 Bright Young Things Stephen Fry 2005 Nanny McPhee Kirk Jones 2006 Flyboys Tony Bill 2007 The Golden Compass Chris Weitz 2009 Everybody's Fine Kirk Jones 2016 The Legend of Tarzan David Yates 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 James Gunn 1st collaboration with Gunn2019 Georgetown Christoph Waltz Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Joachim Rønning2021 The Suicide Squad James Gunn Cinderella Kay Cannon2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 James Gunn The Flash Andy Muschietti2024 Road HouseDoug Liman 1st collaboration with Liman The Instigators 2025 Superman James Gunn 2027 Wade Eastwood Filming TBA Doug Liman Post-production TBA Anthony McCarten Filming
Television Year Title Director Notes 1996 Giving Tongue Stefan Schwartz TV movie 1998 The Comic Strip Presents... Peter Richardson Episode "Four Men in a Car" 2002 Shackleton Charles Sturridge Miniseries 2009 10 Minute Tales Neil Gaiman Episode "Statuesque" 2015 The Bastard Executioner Paris Barclay Episode "Pilot" (Part 1 & 2) 2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special James Gunn TV special
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Title ResultBritish Academy Television Craft Award2003Best Photography & Lighting: FictionShackleton Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series Satellite Awards 2007 Best Cinematography The Golden Compass
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