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Henry Braham

Henry Braham
Braham in 2025
Born (1965-10-30) October 30, 1965 (age 60)
England
Years active1988–present

Henry Braham BSC (born 30 October 1965) is an English cinematographer and commercial director.

Life and career

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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.[1] In 2013, Braham has also designed the lighting for the sellout exhibition, “Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones” for the Victoria and Albert Museum.[2]

Braham is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers[3] and is also the co-founder of the Good Hemp Food brand with Glynis Murray.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Director Notes
1992 Soft Top Hard Shoulder Stefan Schwartz
1997 Roseanna's Grave Paul Weiland
Shooting Fish Stefan Schwartz
1998 The Land Girls David Leland
Waking Ned Kirk Jones
2001 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 Gunn
2019 Georgetown Christoph Waltz
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Joachim Rønning
2021 The Suicide Squad James Gunn
Cinderella Kay Cannon
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 James Gunn
The Flash Andy Muschietti
2024 Road House Doug Liman
The Instigators
2025 Superman James Gunn

Television

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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

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Award Year Category Title Result
British Academy Television Craft Award 2003 Best Photography & Lighting: Fiction Shackleton Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series Won
Satellite Awards 2007 Best Cinematography The Golden Compass Nominated

References

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  1. ^ Henry Braham - Credits
  2. ^ "Henry Braham".
  3. ^ "BSC Members | British Society of Cinematographers". bscine.com. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ^ "The good life: How Glynis Murray brought hemp to the mainstream UK market". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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