Seamus McGarvey (born 29 June 1967) is an Irish cinematographer.
He has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, for Joe Wright's Atonement and Anna Karenina.
He began his career as a still photographer, before attending film school at the University of Westminster in London.
After graduating in 1988, he began shooting short films and documentary films, including Skin, directed by Vincent O'Connell, and Atlantic, directed by Sam Taylor-Wood.
He served as cinematographer on the pilot for the TV series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, directed by Anthony Minghella.
His documentary work includes Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home, which followed his work on Wright's The Soloist, and filmed in the same locales; Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction; Rolling Stones: Tip of the Tongue; and The Name of This Film Is Dogme95.
Supplementing his work on features and TV movies, McGarvey has photographed and directed over 100 music videos for various artists, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, U2, and Robbie Williams.
In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Dundee University and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Ulster. He is an Honorary Fellow of Edinburgh College of Art. He is featured in the book In Conversation with Cinematographers by David A. Ellis and in the book Ballinger, Alexander; New Cinematographers (2004) .
He is married to Lorna Tucker, and they live in London. He has three children, Stella McGarvey, Sam McGarvey and Ossian McGarvey Arenlind.
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
American Society of Cinematographers
British Society of Cinematographers
Evening Standard British Film Awards
IFTA Film & Drama Awards
Other awards